This Week in Gambling

Lottery officials intend to launch Oregon sports betting in time for football season. The lottery hopes to put the state at the forefront of a national sports betting bonanza after a U.S. Supreme Court decision last May cleared the way for every state to get into the business. The numbers are potentially huge. Ten months since New Jersey sports bets went live, its “handle” (total dollars wagered) has topped $1 billion per quarter. Investment bank Morgan Stanley last November predicted that American sports betting could reach $215 billion a year by 2025. “There is a huge pent-up demand,” said David…

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New York sports betting is getting closer to reality, as the state Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee has unanimously voted to advance a bill that would legalize in-person and mobile gambling in the state. Introduced in January by Senator Joseph Addabbo, Senate Bill 17 passed the Committee by a vote of 6-0 and will now progress forward to the Senate Finance Committee for further debate. Should the bill come into law, there would be two different tax rates for the type of bets placed in New York. casinos that secure a license would pay tax at 8.5% on gross…

This week’s show covers sports betting regulation in another state, the pending roll out of regulation in another, and more broadcast television partnerships with gambling companies! Also, we will be filming on the streets of Las Vegas this week, so come on down and join us!   Hello my friends and thanks for joining me on another edition of This Week in Gambling.  I’m Todd J Todd, and this show has been shaken… not stirred. We have stories to cover from Iowa and Nevada, but first this week’s big story us: This Week in Gambling! Yeah! Geez… must be a…

Another broadcast network is taking the plunge, as an ESPN sports betting partnership has been struck with Caesars Entertainment. This deal includes the construction of a brand new ESPN-branded television studio at The LINQ Casino on the Vegas strip. There sports betting content will be blasted out on ESPN’s new sports betting show “Daily Wager.” “Daily Wager” launched in March as a daily program on ESPNews airing at 3 p.m. — also available for streaming on the ESPN app. Key to the deal is Caesars’ “data” and branding to be integrated across ESPN’s programming. This includes Caesars serving as “ESPN’s…

This Week in Gambling is happy to share our schedule for filming in Vegas this coming Memorial Day weekend, and you’re invited to crash our set… if you’re in town. We will be shooting scenes with performers and tourists on the Strip and down on Fremont Street, and we welcome anyone to walk right up and jump in with us… if you like being on camera, of course. Our schedule is listed below, and we hope to stick to it as close as possible:   Thursday May 23rd, 2019: 4pm: We will begin at the iconic Las Vegas sign then…