Category: Legal Sports Betting

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 into law. The NFL season begins early in September,…

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 so far sculpted sports betting from scratch. The Iowa…

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 Waterloo Isle Bettendorf Rhythm City Riverside Ameristar Council Bluffs…

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 provides ample fodder to do so. Instead we gather…

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 league and the sports data company have been working…

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 Matt Moore. Lineup information currently comes out as little…

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 pieces together a week later, and it'll likely be…

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. People who register for an Iowa sports betting account…

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 on the Senate floor. The bill would create a…

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 LSR Podcast spent the majority of its most recent…