Tania Michaelian

In a surprise turn of events, Arlington Park has declined to apply for a casino license under the new Illinois gaming expansion law.

The NFL has named sports data firm Sportradar its official distributor of league data. Sportradar now has exclusive rights to distribute NFL data involving real-time scores, player stats and more to media organizations and sports betting operators moving forward.

The Alliance of American Football was a nice idea. From a football fan’s standpoint, it was nice to have something else to watch after the Super Bowl. While the action wasn’t always great (or even good), it wasn’t a bad way to pass a little time overall until it folded back in April.

States that have legalized sports betting to date have taken one of two general approaches in addressing college sport wagering. In some states, the law treats college betting nearly the same as wagers on pro sports. As long as wagers are placed with licensed sportsbooks, regulators have no issue with college betting.

When the prospect of legal sports betting began to actually seem like a very real possibility last year, the first concern that popped into the minds of many was the risk of increased match-fixing.

Major League Baseball has signed DraftKings Sportsbook as an Authorized Gaming Operator (AGO) after the two reached a multi-year agreement announced on Thursday.

DraftKings Daily Fantasy has become the PGA Tour’s first-ever official fantasy sports partner. The American professional golf circuit has been moving away from its traditional opposition to sports betting in recent times, culminating in this week’s multi-year marketing partnership with one of the country’s larger sports betting providers.

LineLibrary is a Chicago-based startup that has its sights set on completely changing the way sportsbooks do business. With a vision of “creating the NASDAQ of sports betting markets,” LineLibrary wants to create the first independent betting exchange designed primarily for sports betting operators.