Legal Sports Betting

As detailed by Legal Sports Report last week, the Department of Justice unsealed three indictments against a range of New York-based individuals including some alleged to be associated with the Colombo organized crime family. The indictments cover a wide range of charges, many of which are common to organized crime indictments, but the one against […]

The US government is alleging that members of an organized crime family tried to fix a top-level college basketball game in 2018. Wiretaps on the Colombo organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, according to the charges brought in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. From the US attorney’s office […]

A sportsbook will appear inside a professional sports venue for the first time in the United States, thanks to a new deal struck on Thursday. Here comes a sportsbook where pro sports teams play The company that owns Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., announced that it had partnered with William Hill to place a […]

DraftKings Sportsbook received last-minute approval Wednesday for a next-day launch of online sports betting in Indiana. DraftKings partnered with Penn National Gaming to run an online sportsbook under the license of Ameristar East Chicago. The authorization from the Indiana Gaming Commission means DraftKings and Ameristar will join Rush Street Interactive and French Lick Casino as the first operators […]

DraftKings’ thirst for more deals doesn’t seem to end. The latest example: A partnership with Pepsi. The sportsbook and fantasy sports operator officially announced on Tuesday that it had struck a deal with the soda company to provide a free prediction game. The prediction game itself was already live, however. It comes as DraftKings became the […]

For the third time in four months, Nevada sports betting ceded its crown to New Jersey in August. Licensed NV sportsbooks saw close to $288 million in total wagers for the month, up about 16% from August last year. That still wasn’t enough to keep pace with the surging NJ sports betting market, however, which […]

Daily fantasy sports partnerships have become somewhat less glamorous in 2019, but Thursday’s news out of Boston put the industry back in the limelight. The NFL and DraftKings issued a joint press release this morning announcing a “landmark” multi-year DFS deal. DraftKings is now the Official Daily Fantasy Partner for the king of the US […]

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman helped to pass the 1992 law that stifled legal sports betting in the United States. He later fought to keep the statute in the face of a court challenge from the state of New Jersey. Years later, Bettman dons the last new accessories in his makeover from opponent to evangelist as […]

Sports betting legislation advanced through the Michigan House Regulatory Reform Committee on Tuesday, but that’s not an indication it’s on the move. Rep. Brandt Iden tells Legal Sports Report that the chances of getting language to legalize Michigan sports betting or iGaming in the Michigan budget are slim. Prospects for the rest of the session […]

The quest for official league data rights and fees has evolved since it first emerged in Indiana in January 2018. The early wave of requests for 1% integrity fees has died down, with the leagues now seeking 0.25% and/or official data mandates. The question many are asking is, why should the leagues get paid? What is the foundation of their argument? The short […]