Category: Legal Sports Betting

Another state now has online sports betting, as West Virginia's first wagering app launched Thursday. Casino operator Delaware North launched its BetLucky.com online and mobile app for WV sports betting. West Virginia joins New Jersey and Nevada as US states with legal mobile apps for sports gambling. The first Pennsylvania sportsbooks also opened recently, including one at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh. PA sports betting online should launch…

At just one physical casino in only two weeks, PA sports betting generated more than a half-million dollars in revenue. It certainly appears the Keystone State is ready for legal sports betting, based on those initial returns. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) released Thursday its revenue figures for the first-ever month of PA sports betting. They show more than $500,000 in revenue on…

It feels like we've said this at least a half a dozen times this year, but this time we really mean it. This last week was — without question — the busiest week of sports betting news since the US Supreme Court repealed PASPA in May. There have been plenty of busy weeks over the past seven months, mind you, but none quite as…

Partnerships between professional sports leagues and sports betting operators are becoming more common in a post-PASPA world. Today, the National Basketball Association announced another major deal, this time with FanDuel. The expanded multiyear deal makes the daily fantasy sports turned sports betting operator an “authorized gaming operator of the NBA,” in addition to continuing as the “official daily fantasy partner” of the NBA and WNBA.…

Just last week, the news surfaced that the NFL was looking for a national casino partner. Now, it appears close to finding one. A source familiar with negotiations tells Legal Sports Report that the NFL and Caesars Entertainment Corporation are getting close to inking such a deal. The terms and scope of the deal under negotiation are unknown. If the deal is cemented, it…

On Tuesday afternoon, lawmakers in the District of Columbia passed a bill that legalizes sports betting within its boundaries. The Sports Wagering Lottery Amendment Act of 2018 rewrites the DC books to permit both retail and online/mobile sports gambling. The DC sports betting bill is subject to Congressional review, but an emergency measure also passed separately to allow for preparations in the interim. The signature of Mayor…

Nearly all of the gambling bill passed in the final hours of the Michigan lame-duck legislative session deals with casinos and internet gaming. A single line tucked into the internet gaming section of House Bill 4926, though, is of particular interest to sports bettors. Could this be the sentence that legalizes Michigan Bovada sports betting? The division may permit internet gaming operators licensed by…

Shockwaves reverberated through the gaming industry on Wednesday with the revelation that the online gaming business in the US could be turned on its head by the Department of Justice. Or it won't be turned on its head at all. An opinion from the DOJ appears to be coming — as first reported at Online Poker Report — that reverses the DOJ's stance that the Wire Act…

The nation's capital was the focus of the US sports betting industry this week, via bills both at the federal and city level. But there was also a lot of buzz around the country as legislatures prepare to address legal sports gambling in 2019. Here's a roundup of what went down around in the sports gambling industry this week: DC sports betting A long-promised sports…

Dublin-based Marketmaker Software Ltd. claims that its cash out patents cover the popular sports betting option that allows bettors to exit a bet before the result is known. The claim could affect a number of apps in New Jersey sports betting including DraftKings Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook, and Betstars. These apps feature the functionality which Marketmaker claims to own. How does cash out work? The…