Author: Chris Feery

Two online gambling giants, Flutter and The Stars Group, have announced their plans to join forces, creating the world’s largest online gambling operator.

Sports media company theScore has made no secret of its plans to branch out into the sports betting space. Those plans continue to take shape, but they are also beginning to bear fruit.

The college football regular season is right around the corner. For those hoping for an update on the reporting of player availability requirements, you’re in luck. If you were hoping the update would say that reporting on the status of players prior to games getting underway would become standard, not so much.

NBC Sports Washington garnered a bit of attention back in January when it debuted an alternate betting-themed feed of select Washington Wizards games. Also included in the broadcast was a free predictive contest called “Predict the Game” in which viewers could compete for prizes by answering questions about what would happen in the game.

As legal sports betting spreads across the US, sports fans in a growing number of states aren’t the only ones chomping at the bit for a piece of the action. A whole host of gaming companies are joining the party as well, and many more are on the way.