At least $9 billion has been bet —legally— on sports in the U.S. in the year since New Jersey’s victory in a U.S. Supreme Court case cleared the way for other states to do it. Together with Nevada, Delaware, Mississippi, West Virginia, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, the total so far is $8.9 billion, not counting figures from those states for last month.
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Asher talks in-game betting, DFS operators turned sportsbooks, year one post-PASPA and more
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The 50th-annual World Series of Poker began in late May at the Rio with the set of 89 championship tournaments running through mid-July. The Main Event—the $10,000 buy-in that annually determines the overall champion to follow in Moss’ footsteps—begins on July 3 and lasts 10 days, with the final table airing live on ESPN.
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The D.C. Council and Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) authorized city officials to suspend procurement rules while awarding a lucrative contract to the Greek gaming company Intralot. They said it was necessary to launch a sports-betting mobile app quickly to maximize tax revenue.
Read More . . .Illinois will finally conduct a thorough study of the gambling problem in the state — the first such survey in nearly 30 years. It said it will spend more money to treat addiction, too.
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Apple App Store HTML5 Policy Change Scrambles Mobile Sportsbooks. Real money gaming providers can ill afford to ignore Apple’s new app policy.
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The uncalled infraction had a direct impact on the result of the game with the Blues scoring on the same sequence. PointsBet’s Good Karma Payout has refunded all Bruins pregame moneyline bets in the form of bonus bets as part of the payout.
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Since 2015, Shaq has produced an extremely popular podcast titled The BIG Podcast with Shaq, which is distributed by podcast network PodcastOne. One of the BIG show’s top sponsors is Antigua-based online sportsbook BetOnline, but that relationship is set to end now that the NBA has finally clued in to the deal.
Read More . . .SBCAmericas spoke to DraftKings Head of Sportsbook Johnny Avello, who gave his thoughts on the possibility of game seven, the injuries that have plagued the Warriors and even whether ‘the Drake curse’ has had an impact on odds.
Read More . . .While neither league nor several sportsbooks would discuss the financial specifics of the agreements with The Associated Press, the NBA is pursuing deals that require sportsbooks to pay either a percentage of handle to the league or a fixed fee.
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Big headlines honored "professional gambler” James Holzhauer, who this week ended his historic run on the popular game show Jeopardy. Much publicity was given to what he attributed his skills . . . maybe too much.
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