The upcoming UFC 280 fight card has stirred up a buzz online, and with good reason too. Headlining the event is a vacant lightweight title fight between former champion Charles Olivera and Islam Makhachev. Oliveira has a solid run of 11 wins in a row, only losing the lightweight title for not making the weight …
A coalition of CA Indian tribes has gathered enough signatures to put expanded gambling on the 2022 ballot Retail sports betting, craps, and roulette are part of the initiative If approved by voters, domestic online sports betting will not be available in CA After Florida recently legalized online sports betting through an updated Seminole gambling …
Just about all land-based casinos have closed in the United States due to the effort to prevent the further spread of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19). USA gamblers are now urged to self-quarantine in their homes for the immediate future. The Tampa Bay Times reports that one of the final holdouts in keeping their casino doors …
After nearly eight months since the law was initially signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker, Illinois sports gambling finally launched this week. Rivers Casino in Des Plaines accepted the ceremonial first bet from Chicago Blackhawks announcer Eddie Olczyk, who placed a $100 wager on the Chicago White Sox to win the American League pennant at 16/1 …
One of America’s most well-known sports broadcast networks has officially partnered with one of the world’s premier sportsbook operators. And the two giants are now pushing their chips into the center of the table and going all-in on the future legalization of online sports gambling in the United States. CBS Sports and William Hill announced …
For only the second time since the U.S. Supreme Court decision to repeal the Professional And Amateur Sports Protection Act in May 2018, a sitting governor has rejected their state’s sports betting legislation. Democrat Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill last week that would’ve made sports betting legal in Maine and included language allowing sportsbooks …
Over the weekend, Fox Sports placed an interesting bet on the future of sports television and online gambling in the United States. And the sports network made their wager in a market that has yet to allow legalized sports betting via online and mobile apps. Despite allowing only brick-and-mortar casinos to operate sportsbooks in New …
Lawmakers in the Great Lakes State are going “all-in” on legalizing online gambling in Michigan. Michigan Legislature passed an iGaming bill package this week, which includes the potential legalization of four types of web-based gambling: online casinos, Internet poker, sports betting, and daily fantasy sports. The state Senate voted 35-3 Wednesday morning, and the House …
Indiana jumped on the sports betting hype train at the beginning of September, becoming the 13th state to offer sportsbooks as a result. Now, Purdue University is looking to derail that train. The Purdue University Board of Trustees approved the adoption of a new “sports wagering policy” on Thursday, October 10th, that “bans faculty, staff …
For the National Football League, late really is better than never. The NFL has taken its first major step into the sports betting world. The richest professional sports league in America has not moved as quickly as the NHL, MLB, or NBA, despite a legal sports betting revenue projection of $2.3 billion. After the slow …