Interviews

Sports betting, and particularly online sports betting, is the gambling product du jour, but it’s not the only item on the menu. Another fast-spreading product that gets far less attention is online lottery.

This is the second installment of our two-part interview with Matt Holt, founder and CEO of U.S. Integrity. In Part 2, Matt discusses the new sports gambling education course the company has established in conjunction with Ohio University.

A lot has happened since the Supreme Court of the United States repealed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) on May 14, 2018.

This column is the first of a two-part interview with Matt Holt, founder, and CEO of U.S. Integrity.

Oklahoma sports betting is now legal – depending on who you ask. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced separate deals with the Otoe-Missouria and Comanche Nation in April which, among other opportunities, would allow the two tribes to take in-person sports bets at some of their facilities. Those agreements were later allowed to pass into law…

Coronavirus has altered or effectively halted nearly every industry in all corners of the world. Legal gaming has been especially devastated. As casino floors and hotel rooms sit vacant, Americans have shifted their attention to online casinos and poker rooms in the handful of states with regulated online poker.

GameCo LLC is intent on dragging the gaming industry into the 21st century. The creator of the world’s first Video Game Gambling Machine (VGM™) recently announced a new partnership with GRID, an innovative esports data platform.  

The coronavirus outbreak has impacted nearly every social interaction across the world, shuttering nearly every professional sports league and crippling the fledgling U.S. sports betting market less than two years after it was allowed to grow nationwide.

Betting USA spoke with Jackpocket CEO Peter Sullivan about the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on state lotteries, and how his company could help mitigate the impact.

This is the second installment of Betting USA’s deep-dive into the companies offering alternative products in the absence of, or alongside, legal online gambling and sports betting.