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.
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…
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.”
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
A new and somewhat surprising candidate to be Pennsylvania’s second legal online poker room has emerged, GGPoker. As first reported by PokerFuse.com, NSUS Group, Inc., the parent company of GGPoker, previously applied to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) for an online gambling license. The application was approved on Wednesday, granting them an Interactive Gaming…
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