This Week in Gambling

Ever since the 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, the federal law restricting sports gambling to four states, legal sports betting has spread like wildfire. Now a potential battle for Oklahoma sports betting is playing out between the Governor and the state’s tribal gaming interests. At the recent Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association convention at the Cox Business Center no fewer than four sessions have been devoted to sports gaming… that’s more than any other topic. The sessions are sponsored by United Kingdom-based Sports Betting Community, a “news, media and events company” that promotes…

The Major League Baseball deal with DraftKings is the latest major sponsorship for the DFS operator. Moving forward, the company will be the league’s official gaming partner. Despite initial opposition, MLB has been actively involved with gaming companies, including a partnership with MGM Resorts International signed at the end of 2018. DraftKings remains the largest fantasy betting companies in the United States, with properties in New Jersey and Mississippi, and another offer coming up in West Virginia. As a result of the partnership, DraftKings will be allowed to use league data and leverage the brand’s power by using the MLB’s…

Sports Betting with Cryptocurrencies – The global sports betting market is expected to be fragmented, owing to huge number of players operating in the market on a regional and global scale. The players including GVC Holding PLC, Paddy Power Betfair PLC, Bet 365 Group Ltd, The Star Group, and William Hill PLC, accounting for around 25-30% share globally, lead the sports betting market. The important factors boosting the growing share of the market involve in-house product development, mergers and acquisitions, and new innovations. For example, Paddy Power collaborated with Betfair, in 2016, to launch Paddy Power Betfair, and took over…

America’s top fifty casinos have an abundance of slot machines, free drinks, luxury suites, clubs, pools, concerts, and golf courses aim to keep people betting, and to keep them coming back. When you head to a casino, your goal is to have a good time. Most people drink and play responsibly, and if they are lucky enough to win a little money they walk away happy. Even if they don’t win, it’s all good so long as they had fun and played within their means. Some casinos are better at it than others. Wynn Casino and Encore at Wynn, the…

Two tribal casinos are taking sports bets in North Carolina Friday when Governor Roy Cooper signed a bill allowing the activity at limited locations. The bill restricts sports wagering to tribal lands and does not allow mobile bets. Revenue estimates for sports bets and horse betting are between $1 million and $1.5 million for the state annually. The original wagering bill was passed in April with the approval of the state North Carolina Senate and House of Representatives. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was the only tribe that agreed to a compact with the state. The activity of betting…

It’s been almost two years since Internet gambling was approved in the Keystone State, approving casino games and Pennsylvania online poker. Now, casinos have gone live on the web and are accepting players… but poker is no where to be found. There are 7 casinos in the state which have been granted Gaming Certificates by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board in order to have online poker. But players in the state were sadly disappointed that no operator launched a poker site during the first week of operations, raising doubts whether the activity would go live at all. So what gives?…