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Canadian Gaming Association Calls on NHL to Join Fight for Legal Single-Game Sports Betting
The Canadian Gaming Association CGA wants single-game sports betting to be legal in Canada and it wants the NHL’s help to make it happen. The Canadian Gaming Association estimates some $14 billion in Canadian bets are handled by the offshore markets. Legalizing single-game wagering is key to breaking the black market and the NHL can […]
read moreUK Minister of Sport Resigns, Accuses Government of Bowing to Bookmaker FOBT Interests
Tracey Crouch, the UK Minister of Sport, has stepped down from her position in protest, citing her government’s “unjustifiable” decision to delay new restrictions on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). Tracey Crouch has quit as Minister of Sport, accusing her government of bowing to special interests. (Image: Evening Standard) Crouch posted her resignation letter to Prime […]
read moreNBA Sports Betting Plan Follows Yogi’s Advice: When You Come To A Fork In The Road, Take It
That’s one thin tightrope Dan Spillane will attempt to walk in executing the NBA sports betting plan in 2019. The league’s senior vice president of governance and policy detailed in a Gambling Compliance article ($) how the NBA will simultaneously handle private agreements and public legislation. The NBA plans more deals like its $25 million agreement […]
read moreLas Vegas Raiders Sign First Major Partner For New Stadium As Caesars Makes Another Sports Betting Deal

Caesars Entertainment announced Thursday it will be a founding partner of the Las Vegas Stadium, the eventual home of the Las Vegas Raiders. The deal does not appear to include naming rights to the $1.8 billion stadium. Those rights are expected to generate a significant portion of the Raiders’ contribution to the stadium cost. “Sports […]
read moreWhat Can Early New Jersey Numbers Tell Us About US Sports Betting Market Potential?
A phrase cropping up a lot in public discussions and articles about regulated US sports betting and New Jersey in particular it is, we are “just in the first innings.” That should be borne in mind when reading this article. It looks at just the first two months of sports betting data from the New […]
read moreRecord-Smashing September Shows Nevada Sports Betting Still Reigns Supreme In US Market

Reports of the death of Nevada sports betting in the new legal US market appear to be greatly exaggerated. Sportsbooks in the Silver State took a record-breaking $571 million in wagers in September. That appears to be the largest total in Nevada history, tracing back to the start of record-keeping in 1984. Nevada sports betting […]
read moreWill Virginia Be For Bettors In 2019? One State Legislator Will Try To Make It Happen

The push to legalize sports betting is sweeping through state capitols as legislatures gear up for next year. Now it has made its way to Virginia where a state lawmaker plans on introducing a sports betting bill next year. “I think there is an appetite for this,” Delegate Marcus Simon told FOX 5 DC. “I […]
read moreRocky Mountain Sigh: Colorado Sports Betting Likely Not Coming Until At Least 2020
State Representatives Cole Wist, R-Centennial, and Alec Garnett, D-Denver, want to put Colorado sports betting to a statewide vote in 2019. That likely would mean no sports wagering until 2020. Wist believes that state legal sports betting is an easy decision. He told the Denver Post: “It seems to me it’s a no-brainer. We should […]
read moreJudge: New York Daily Fantasy Sports Are Illegal Gambling; What’s Next For DraftKings, FanDuel?
The future of is suddenly in jeopardy in New York daily fantasy sports. The ruling by New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Gerald W. Connolly holds that DFS contests — and their enabling legislation — fall under constitutional prohibitions against gambling. NEW: state judge in New York declares daily fantasy sports contests to be gambling, not games […]
read moreThe Week In Sports Betting: NCAA Passes On Integrity Fees, But Does Form A Committee

Welp, the Legal Sports Report crew didn’t win the Mega Millions jackpot this week. And you better believe we tried. Maybe not as hard as this guy, but we tried. Our loss is your gain, though, as we’ve retained our day jobs reporting on the sports betting industry. So instead of spending Friday afternoon picking out […]
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