Report: Sports Betting’s Future Is Super-Social
According to sports analyst Lloyd Danzig, sports betting’s track moving forward will look a lot like the one taken by fantasy sports. The early years of fantasy leagues focused on season-long models. But when companies shifted the emphasis to daily competitions, the industry took off, to the tune of $350 million in revenue last year. […]
Handicapping the Preakness
Talk about an upset. The experts and a whole boatload of bettors found themselves off course when it came to presumed Kentucky Derby winner Tiz the Law, who ran second to Authentic last weekend. But that’s what makes horse races. How will Tiz, Authentic and others perform at the Preakness Stakes, coming up Saturday, October […]
Online Slots: Tight Game? Loose Game? How to Tell
Slot players are always searching for a loose game, one that pays off more than others. While that’s difficult enough in a casino, online slots can often be enigmatic. You don’t know what you’ve got until you start playing. In all legal gaming jurisdictions, either online or land-based, slots are required to pay back a […]
Keys to Victory for Texans Over Chiefs in NFL Week 1
In a rematch from the AFC Divisional round matchup to open the 2020 NFL season, the Kansas City Chiefs will square off with the Houston Texans on Thursday Night Football. Deshaun Watson will be playing his first game for the Texans since signing a four-year, $156 million contract extension. Will he have enough time to […]
Connecticut OTB Operators Press for Sportsbook
Connecticut’s off-track betting operators are becoming more assertive in arguing that they have a right to a piece of the action as it relates to sports betting. They are also more willing to call the state’s two gaming tribes, the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes, an impediment to a settlement because they insist on a […]
Illinois Governor Rescinds Registration Requirement
Maybe you shouldn’t invite DraftKings CEO and co-founder Jason Robins to any party thrown by Rush Street Gaming. Seems he has issues with the competitors’ actions in Illinois. It happened on August 21, after Governor J.B. Pritzker rolled back the requirement that customers must register for sports betting accounts in person, a requirement Rush Street […]
ESPN Opens Media Studio at Linq
Caesars Entertainment has teamed with sports media giant ESPN to open a studio complex on the Las Vegas Strip for the production of an array of betting-themed programming. A joint statement described the 6,000-square-foot facility at The Linq Hotel as the “epicenter of ESPN’s sports betting-themed content for linear, digital and social shows,” one that […]
Sportradar Awarded NHL Data Rights
A competitive auction awarded Sportradar the rights to distribute data for the National Hockey League to sportsbooks in the U.S. and elsewhere. Final terms have yet to be disclosed but the bidding for the ten-year term of the contract is believed to be more than $250 million, according to Sportico. If finalized, the agreement would […]
Indiana Sports Betting Explodes
July proved lucrative for the Indiana sports betting market, rising 138 percent to $70.9 million, based on Indiana Gaming Commission figures. In June, sportsbooks took in $29.8 million. Credit the return of Major League Baseball and the NBA for the July success and expect higher results in August. Still, the numbers pale from the pre-coronavirus […]
Two More Illinois Casino Sportsbooks Open
Illinois now offers bettors six sportsbooks, the latest two opening on Thursday, August 20 at Hollywood Casinos in Aurora and Joliet, both owned by Penn National Gaming, increase the number of places sports betting is available in the state of Illinois to six. Earlier this month, William Hill launched its sportsbook at Grand Victoria Casino […]
BetMGM Launches Casino in West Virginia
BetMGM, the online betting brand owned jointly by MGM Resorts and GVC Holdings, last week launched a BetMGM Casino in West Virginia, delivering a wide range of online casino games to players in the Mountain State. BetMGM Casino will launch with 30 games ranging from best-in-class Blackjack and Roulette games to a host of slots, […]
Sports Betting’s Future Is Super-Social
In a lengthy analysis on Medium.com, sports analyst Lloyd Danzig said the track faced by sports betting moving forward resembles the one taken by fantasy sports. The early years of fantasy leagues focused on season-long models. But when companies shifted the emphasis to daily competitions, the industry took off to the tune of $350 million […]
