State sports betting regulation in America could be in jeopardy if plans for federal oversight are implemented from a Congressional draft bill. That leaked legislation would require states to have have their betting regulation approved by the US Attorney General and the purchase official major league data under The comprehensive legislation would force states to apply for approval from the Attorney General when implementing new sports betting laws and regulations. However it does not specify if this would be required retrospectively for those states where betting is already legal and regulated. In a nod to the sports leagues and those lobbying…

The possibility of having Major League Baseball in Las Vegas seemed unlikely six years ago. While giving a deposition in a New Jersey sports betting case, then-Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig spoke steadfastly against ever placing a franchise in Las Vegas and railed against gambling as “evil.” Today, a group is working with investors to build a stadium and bring a major-league team to Las Vegas. Those efforts come as Selig’s successor, Rob Manfred, calls Las Vegas a viable market for the sport and baseball’s decision-makers descend on the city for the league’s Winter Meetings at Mandalay Bay from…

A collective of US sports betting operators have announced the formation of a new national non-profit organization to help monitor integrity and fight fraud in the wake of the strike down of PASPA in June and the subsequent growth in sports wagering. Under the working title of the Sports Wagering Integrity Monitoring Association (SWIMA), the group will collaborate with state and tribal gaming regulators, law enforcement and other stakeholders. The group, so far, comprises member operators, or companies with affiliated licensees, including MGM, Caesars, William Hill PLC, DraftKings and FanDuel, a subsidiary of Paddy Power Betfair PLC. Joining them are…

The biggest revelation in baseball Tuesday wasn’t that Major League Baseball sports betting deal with MGM — that was only a matter of time since the Supreme Court decision to legalize sports betting. The biggest revelation in baseball came during the announcement of the MLB-MGM deal and it was this: Pace-of-play isn’t that bad after all. Yes, you read that right. Baseball’s slow pace is being propped up as a good thing after years of hearing about how it’s ruining baseball and years of developing new rules aimed at fixing it. It goes to show, when sports gambling becomes legal,…

A new report has predicted a period of rapid growth of American sports betting – forecasting that it will grow to the second-largest market in the world – but also warned that it may reach just a third of its potential size by 2030. Produced in conjunction with iGaming Business and ICE Sports Betting USA, H2 Gambling Capital’s US Sports Betting: The Road to 2030, described the repeal of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) as the gambling industry’s biggest opportunity in a decade. It said that due to the rapid roll-out of regulations, the US sports betting market…

The entrepreneurs Kristoffer Ekman Sinclair and Johan Friis launched the ‘PugglePay’ company in 2012 and a few years later, thinking fast-forwardly, they rebranded the company. So, founded in 2016, Zimpler is a fairly new mobile payment method, by Swedish creators. It is carefully designed to be a simple, mobile-friendly online payment option. The idea behind Zimpler was to create a customer-centric payment system that allows users the best and easiest-to-use payment system. They created a payment system that is really gamblers-friendly, as it has tools that help you set your own spending budget. Plus, it is licensed by the Financial…

In a letter to deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein, one Congressman is expressing fear over mobile sports betting and what he believes would be an influx of criminal activity related to sports betting. James Sensenbrenner Jr, member of Congress and chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations, says his concerns stem from the legalization of US sports betting. He wrote: “On September 27, the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations, which I chair, held a hearing titled ‘Post-PASPA: An Examination of Sports Betting in America’. After hearing from a panel of experts representing…

Legal Rhode Island sports betting by the end of this Thanksgiving week! Six months after the US Supreme Court ruled to allow the adoption of sports betting by any state, Rhode Island is among a vanguard of jurisdictions that have legalized it, eager for what could be a significant source of new tax revenue. With Massachusetts and other northeastern neighbors still debating the issue, Rhode Island lawmakers this summer approved sports betting at the state’s casinos, Twin River and Tiverton Casino Hotel. It’s a cautious first step. Rhode Island won’t allow remote betting from computers and phones. Next year, though,…