Legal Sports Betting

Fox Bet’s online sportsbook is now live in New Jersey. The launch marks a watershed moment in the emerging market for legal U.S. sports betting, representing the first time an American sports media company has lent their brand to serve as the face of a real-money sportsbook. Technically, this is more of a rebranding than […]

Indiana sports betting officially will begin Sunday, the first day allowable under state law. The Indiana Gaming Commission issued its initial round of go-live authorizations Wednesday to five casinos. Three of them will open the doors to their retail Indiana sports betting Sunday: Ameristar East Chicago Hollywood Casino Indiana Grand Also receiving approval were another Horseshoe […]

Thirteen casinos and three off-track betting parlors are gearing up for the start of Indiana sports betting starting in September. Four casinos have announced plans to launch retail sportsbooks by the Sept. 5 kickoff to the NFL season, with the majority of operators aiming to open by Week 2. “We have received some proposed launch […]

Happy football season, guys and gals! College football kicked off with a flourish this past weekend, ushering in the annual busy stretch for sports betting. Regulated sportsbooks in 11 US states are taking bets as the season begins, up from five last year (and, of course, just one a year prior.) That list will continue […]

At long last, online sports betting has arrived in West Virginia. Again. FanDuel Sportsbook rolled out its mobile platform on Monday, bringing WV online sports betting back from the brink of extinction. It’s been almost six months since the failure of BetLucky opened up a gap in the betting market and punched a hole in the […]

Kambi announced early Thursday an extension of its New Jersey sports betting contract with DraftKings Sportsbook, as well as a major expansion. The UK-based back-end operator provided little detail about the arrangement, declining to disclose either term or financial commitment. The new setup clearly solidifies Kambi’s position in the DraftKings Sportsbook universe though. The most […]

Barely a year after the fall of PASPA, a small corner of US sports betting is staring down its first major failure. It’s not match-fixing, nor is it point-shaving or insider-information leaking. It’s a “who-done-it” to answer the question: who killed West Virginia sports betting? This is a high-tech, white-collar tale involving three companies once […]

If you’re running an online sports betting app in Pennsylvania or planning to start one, you’re hoping to avoid history repeating itself. Unless you’re FanDuel Sportsbook, of course. FanDuel accounts for a huge percentage of the total revenue and wagers in the New Jersey sports betting industry in its first year — around 50% of all […]

Hello again, ladies and gents, and welcome back to your regularly scheduled recap of last week’s sports betting news. There’s not a ton to touch on, so we should be able to keep it brief this week. As always, the LSR Podcast serves as an appropriate audio accompaniment for this recap — listen while you […]

Iowa sports betting will launch today, which is an amazing statement given the quick timeline to get here. The Iowa Legislature initially tasked the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC) with an ambitious target to have legal sports betting up and running by Aug. 15. That’s just three months after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a sports betting bill […]