Legal Sports Betting

Just 94 days after the Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the enabling legislation, Iowa sports betting joins the list of regulated US markets. The first sportsbooks opened Thursday at noon local time, ushering in a new era for the region’s gambling industry. The timeline from passage to launch is among the quickest of the states which have […]

Eight casinos are primed to open sportsbooks at noon Thursday, the day legal Iowa sports betting starts in the state. Of those, seven are expected to offer mobile wagering. Brian Ohorilko, administrator for the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, told Legal Sports Report the following casinos are preparing to launch sportsbooks on opening day: Prairie Meadows Lakeside Isle […]

You probably think we’re here to drag the NCAA from sideline to sideline for not implementing a national injury report in college football. And you’d be trite. Criticize the NCAA for this short-sighted decision if you see fit. Its seemingly willful ignorance of sports betting’s cultural ubiquity both before and after the fall of PASPA […]

The NFL is officially becoming a part of the legal sports betting revolution in the United States, signing an exclusive multiyear deal with Sportradar to distribute official league data for wagering. Here’s a look at what we know and can surmise about the deal. What is in the NFL and Sportradar deal? The pro football […]

The NBA might adjust a key information distribution channel in deference to legal sports betting and daily fantasy sports. The league will look at releasing starting lineups as early as an hour before tipoff for the upcoming season. That consideration emerges as part of a broader review of injury information, according to The Action Network’s […]

Penn National Gaming might not be a household name, but it is well on its way to becoming a dominant force in the sports betting industry. At a glance, its series of new partnerships announced last week appears likely to shift the long-term balance of power in the young US sports betting market. We’re putting the […]

Those looking to beat the rush for the upcoming launch of Iowa sports betting might be able to sign up early for mobile accounts. Brian Ohorilko, administrator of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC), tells Legal Sports Report that casinos with approved account registration controls could start taking sign-ups early next week. The first such approval was issued Wednesday. […]

Here’s my bill. Please don’t pass it. North Carolina Rep. Harry Warren made that unusual request Tuesday in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. He asked the committee to recommend that the Senate not concur with his NC sports betting bill. The committee obliged, setting it up for Warren’s bill to get a vote of nonconcurrence Wednesday […]

Not every week is dense enough with sports betting news to warrant a full-sized recap. But frankly, last week was not one of those weeks. The story that broke Wednesday was the largest in some time. We’ll start with the basics for now, though, available in both visual and audio form. The crew of the […]

This is the second in a periodic series for Legal Sports Report looking at famous sports betting cases, how the cases came together and how they eventually concluded. Read Part I about Legendz Sportsbook here. Part II on Legendz Sportsbook looks at the trial and sentencing of the founders. The prosecution alleged this was one […]