DraftKings And UFC Sports Betting Partnership
The country’s leading mixed martial arts organization, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), has announced a “groundbreaking agreement” with DraftKings as a UFC official betting partner.
EPIC Risk Management Problem Gambling Survey
There has been no shortage of news during Problem Gambling Awareness Month. The latest development on the responsible gambling front is a long-overdue national problem gambling survey.
Monumental’s Ted Leonsis Continues To Tout Esports Betting
Ted Leonsis said what was to be expected about his excitement over the sports-betting opportunity in a recent interview. But it was his comments about esports betting that are perhaps more informative.
Bettor Safe: Conscious Gaming Online Gambling Education Tool
Among the factors tamping down the legal US online gambling industry are consumer awareness and conflation between state-licensed online gambling sites and unlicensed offshore betting sites. A new initiative launched this week by Conscious Gaming called Bettor Safe seeks to remedy the situation. The campaign’s key objective is to educate US gamblers on the legality…
NCPG Problem Gambling Awareness Month: Support Is Growing
For nearly two decades, the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) has designated March as Problem Gambling Awareness Month (PGAM). The campaign coincides with March Madness, which serves as “the backdrop that NCPG and its partners across the country leverage to help raise awareness and create action for those suffering from gambling problems.”
North Dakota Online Poker Legislation Advances
Editor update: The North Dakota Senate voted unanimously to fail the North Dakota online poker legislation effort described in this post. We will continue to follow future efforts to legalize online poker in ND as they develop. US online poker scored another small victory earlier this week as the North Dakota House of Representatives passed…
Is The Impact Of Sports Betting Wagering Prohibitions Overblown?
The ability to capture revenues currently headed offshore to unlicensed sportsbooks is one of the central talking points when the legalization of sports betting is debated. The argument goes that because there’s a demand, and people are currently engaged in the activity through black market operators, it should be legalized and regulated. Because prohibitions don’t…
Can Betway US Succeed In The Legal Sports Betting Market?
An important and telling insight can be gleaned from the ten days of sports betting and online gambling data released by the Michigan Gaming Control Board for the newly regulated market in late January. That insight is, between them, the top four competitors – in order of handle FanDuel, DraftKings, Barstool, and BetMGM – controlled…
SportRadar Fraud Detection Services: Offered Free to Leagues
The international sports data and content deliverer, Sportradar, is doing its bit to fight match-fixing around the world. The Swiss-based company will provide its Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS) free of charge to hundreds of sports leagues and federations who sign up from October this year.
Kambi Festival of Sportsbook: Schedule and Agenda
Kambi hosts an annual week-long content series dubbed the Festival of Sportsbooks. The 2023 schedule for the virtual content series has not yet been revealed. Dubbed the “Kambi Festival of Sportsbook,” the event is an interesting addition to the usual conference calendar, as it’s the first time (to my knowledge) that a specific company is…
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