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As the NFL announces a trio of official sponsorship deals with Caesars, DraftKings, and FanDuel, a key phrase in the legislation in four regulated states for official data mandates could yet have a central role in what the sportsbooks end up paying for NFL data.

Sportsbooks have been supplied with a fast betting data feed during March Madness in an apparent contravention of the NCAA’s stance against the commercialization of its product for betting purposes, according to evidence seen by Betting USA.

In February, VIXIO GamblingCompliance issued a report with results from its US Sports Betting Regulatory Survey. The survey began in November 2020 to review current state and federal policy restrictions that could create a challenge in the industry as the market tries to expand.

The news that the NHL is taking a small stake in PointsBet to accompany the marketing partnership announced last week raised eyebrows among observers. The announcement regarding the multi-year official betting partnership is itself far from unique. PointsBet is now the fourth official sports betting partner for the NHL after signing deals in late 2019…

There was a palpable level of excitement when a fund from ETF provider ARK made its debut investment in betting and gaming last week via a small-ish slug of DraftKings stock. The news helped send the DraftKings share price up 9% on Tuesday.

This weekend’s Super Bowl LV between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be a record-setter in the sports betting world. According to the American Gaming Association (AGA), 23.2 million Americans plan to bet $4.3 billion on the game, and nearly one-third of bettors (7.6 million) plan to do so through online sportsbooks.

The tale of GameStop, and how a Reddit army managed to roil the financial markets raises all manner of issues for financial regulators and poses some questions for the legislators regarding attitudes to online gambling.

This post lays out the team at Betting USA’s 21 best predictions for the gambling world in 2021. Each prediction was revisited at the end of 2021 to see what we got right, and what we got wrong. The following predictions are divided into sets of seven, the first focuses on US sports betting, while…

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.

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.