Kentucky lawmakers want a piece of the U.S. sports betting pie after the country’s highest tribunal repealed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992, according to the Kentucky Public Radio. A bi-partisan panel, consisting of six members of the state House of Representatives and three members of the Senate, has been formed to draft and file legislation to implement legal sports betting in Kentucky. Some of the members of the bi-partisan panel were among the lawmakers who pushed for regulation of sports betting in Kentucky in 2017. Sen. Julian Carroll was the first to propose legalizing the…

Over $12 Million Collected in Entry Fees Pennsylvania regulators say online fantasy sports players paid $12.4 million in entry fees to participate in the first month of game-playing being newly regulated and taxed by the state. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said Wednesday that 10 licensed operators reported $1.3 million in revenue from May’s activity after prizes were paid, and paid nearly $200,000 to satisfy the state’s 15 percent tax. Pennsylvanians can play Fantasy Sports if they are at least 18 years old. More at AP

US Congress has postponed next week’s sports betting hearing, while New York legislators have failed to pass a bill in time to legalize sports wagering this year. Earlier this week, it was revealed that the House Judiciary Committee had set a tentative date of June 26 for the hearing. The NFL American football league was one of a number of parties that had been invited to testify at the hearing, which was to focus last month’s Supreme Court ruling on the federal 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). Both Delaware and New Jersey have since passed legislation to…

A bill that seeks the legalization of North Carolina fantasy sports has been taken down from a second committee last week as the panel was forced to change the language of the bill. As this is the second defeat for the bill, it won’t likely pass in this legislative session. The bill, which doesn’t include sports betting operations, stated that fantasy sports wasn’t gambling. Sponsor of the bill Rep. Jason Saine insisted that the bill wasn’t aimed at opening the state to sports books. “Let me be clear. This bill in no way authorizes sports betting or any other form…

US Congress is planning to host a hearing on sports betting next week, with the NFL American football league among those reportedly invited to testify. The move comes after the Supreme Court last month voted to overturn the federal 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). PASPA had blocked more states from regulating sports betting, but since last month’s ruling, a number of states have passed legislation and began accepting legal sports wagers. Delaware became the first state to legalise sports betting post-PASPA earlier this month, while New Jersey, which led the effort to overturn PASPA, last week also…

Online betting in Australia has become so prevalent that almost 80% of the Australians gamble at least once every year. According to the reports of The Economist, Australian adults gamble more per capita income than any other nation in the world. This made some of the world’s top online gambling sites to focus on the booming Australian market. So let’s take a look at the shape of online betting in Australia and see what it has to offer the betting enthusiasts. Is Online Betting Legal in Australia? In the past, Australian punters were allowed to enjoy any form of online…

Disgruntled Masses Over Paddy Power Polar Bear Paddy Power is in hot water at the moment and has been called all sorts of derogatory words. Why? Because they decided to create yet another controversial advertising stunt… even if it was in the name of bringing awareness to an important issue: Climate change and it’s effect on polar bears. Paddy Power published a wraparound ad featuring a polar bear with St George’s Cross sprayed on her side. This, of course, raised an immediate media storm where people were ready to storm their castle with pitchforks and torches. The ad was fake,…

U.S. sports teams are clamoring for sponsorship deals with British bookmaker William Hill as legal sports betting starts to take off in the United States, the chief executive of the company’s American division told Reuters on Wednesday. Since the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in May that flung open the doors to legal sports wagering across the country, the company has been “inundated” with emails and phone calls from teams looking to do sponsorship deals, said Joseph Asher, CEO of William Hill U.S. Asher’s remarks come as sports betting gets set to expand nationwide in states that agree to…