Tag: kentucky

Kentucky sports betting has gained a powerful ally. In a recent letter to state legislators, Attorney General Andy Beshear called for lawmakers to pass an expanded gambling bill that includes legal sports betting. “The solution is not to cut legally promised benefits but to create a new dedicated stream of revenue solely for pensions,” Beshear wrote. “The answer is simple – expanded gaming.” Kentucky…

Following a recent uptick in chatter, a state lawmaker this week made the first step toward legalizing Virginia sports betting. Delegate Mark Sickles pre-filed a bill onto the 2019 calendar aimed at repealing constitutional prohibitions against sports betting and online lottery ticket sales. Sickles is not the first to suggest the idea; Delegate Marcus Simon discussed it last month. While sports betting bills have become almost commonplace…

Iowa State’s doing some great stuff, so let’s fade Texas again. We’re abandoning our bell cow, Kentucky. We went 2-0 last week, which brings us to 20-14-0 for the season. One of our picks (Boston College +20.5) was a squeaker, losing to Clemson 27-7 but still Covering the Spread. The other was a huge ATS win for Oklahoma State, which lost by a point…

College Basketball Season Tips Off Tuesday Night Seven Teams Are Getting Significant Action in Futures Betting The Two Favorites, Duke and Kentucky, Play on Opening Night The best matchups in college football come around sparingly and almost always make you wait a month or more into the season to arise. College hoops has blue blood rivalries seemingly nightly, with none bigger than preseason favorites…

If Louisiana wants to gauge residents’ temperature on sports betting, the state’s top gaming regulator says to use the November vote on daily fantasy sports as a starting point. “The same kind of people that play fantasy sports are the kind, at least a portion, that are going to bet on sports,” Jones told the Senate Judiciary B Committee on Wednesday. The seven-member committee…