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To the surprise of online gambling operators and prominent legal experts in the field, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will review the court ruling that blocks New Jersey based sports gambling. It was the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that ruled against the law initially because they considered it to be in direct contention with the federal law that prohibits state…

A draft of a federal sports betting bill has appeared in Congress in which the federal government would have to approve state laws legalizing sports gambling. Here's a copy of the draft bill: Sports Betting Discussion Draft Legal Sports Report is not aware of who authored the draft, or who had a hand in its creation. After promises from more than one senator to…

Public, give yourself a hand: you cut into Nevada sports betting revenue in October just as you did elsewhere. A strong month for football bettors slashed gridiron win by about $18 million last month. That led to Nevada's overall hold coming down by nearly half, from a state-record $56 million to $29 million. Handle fell slightly from September, down from a best-ever $571 million…

You can make that eight states where sports bets can be made legally, once Rhode Island officially gets into the game Monday. Twin River Casino, in Lincoln, will launch its sportsbook at 3 p.m. Monday, the facility confirmed in a press advisory. More from Twin River: An opening bet ceremony will kick off the new product with Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello, Senate President Dominic…

Maryland casinos won $157.96 million last month to mark a new monthly all-time record haul in state gaming history. Maryland casinos won more money last month than ever before. (Image: Los Angeles Times) The bounty marked an 18.6 percent increase on October 2017 when the state's six casinos won $133.23 million. The new monthly record surpassed the previous mark of $156.55 million by about…

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…

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 have long been a core part of the Caesars…

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 hit its previous high of $565 million in October…

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 think there is certainly a revenue opportunity in Virginia.”…

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…