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It’s (almost) official. The Michigan online casino industry will go live very soon. When it does, it will become just the sixth state with legal online gambling (casino or poker). And with all due respect to West Virginia, Delaware, and Nevada, Michigan is part of an even smaller group of consequential online gambling states that…

This is Part 3 of a three-part series laying out the Betting USA’s team’s 21 best predictions for the gambling world in 2021. The first installment focused on US sports betting, and in Part 2, we looked at the other forms of online gambling: casino, poker, and lottery. In this, the final installment, we cover…

This is Part 2 of a three-part series laying out the Betting USA’s team’s 21 best predictions for the gambling world in 2021. The first installment focused on US sports betting, and in Part 2, we shift to the other forms of US online gambling: casino, poker, and lottery. You can read Part 1 here.

The gambling industry is still in the get-to-know-you phase of its relationship with Barstool Sports, and it should pay close attention to the Barstool Fund, which is the industry’s first look at what the company can do when it puts its collective to mind to something.

Robbie Strazynski is the founder of Cardplayerlifestyle.com and the translator of Pulling the Trigger: The Autobiography of Eli Elezra. A Global Poker Award winner (2018 Charitable Initiative of the Year), Robbie has been active in the poker media scene since 2009, producing popular written, audio, and video content. After a year in which the COVID-19…

Search engine giant Google is allowing YouTube users in the United States to opt-out of ads for gambling and alcohol.  Google Ads and non-US YouTube users will gain this option in early 2021. YouTube users can still expect to run into contextual ads related to alcohol and gambling, based on the sites they visit.

Every year, between 1200 -1500 licensed jockeys race at tracks across the United States. This is a tough and unforgiving career – at the bottom rung, you may earn less than $20,000 a year, if you race regularly. Jockeys who don’t get to ride winnings horses only take home the riding fees, which can be…

Finding diamonds in the rough. That was Billy Beane’s approach as the general manager of the Oakland Athletics. Bally’s Corp, previously known as Twin River Holdings, appears to be taking a similar approach to online gambling and sports betting in the US.

The history of electoral betting in the US long predates the repeal of PASPA. In fact, you have to go back to the late ‘80s and the evolution of what started as a political science experiment: the Iowa Electronic Markets.

Success is an ambiguous term, and nowhere is that more evident than in the context of sports betting. This column attempts to better define success in the US sports betting industry, which, as you’ll soon see, is easier said than done, as success is in the eyes of the beholder.