WINNING POST: CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF ANIMAL BETTING SPORTS
US: Florida greyhounds – dog days are over Florida, home to the oldest continually operated dog track in the world (and one of the largest) has banned wagering on greyhound races in the state from 2020. The state constitutional amendment…
IGB DIARY: UNHAPPY PUNTERS, LAW SUITS AND CROUCH
Happy Friday igamers, this week we query the Australian bookies attempts at taking bets on the Melbourne Cup, get up to speed on the continuing Steve Wynn saga and more Tracey Crouch news. How not to impress punters Down Under……
MIXED COMMISSION APPROVES PM 846 AND BRAZIL TAKES KEY STEP TO LEGALIZE SPORTS BETTING
A Mixed Committee approved Provisional Measure (PM) 846/2018 that regulates the transfer of funds from lotteries to areas such as public safety, culture and sport, and includes the permission for the Union to legalize and create the sports betting modality…
MICHAEL JORDAN INVESTS IN ESPORTS
Basketball legend Michael Jordan has invested in Team Liquid, one of the earliest and popular esports ventures in the USA. The NBA legend is one of the two new investors who provided $26 million to, aXiomatic, which owns Team Liquid….
SPORTS BETTING CAN OFFER A PARADIGM SHIFT FOR US STATE LOTTERIES REVIVAL
(United States).- Limited growth in revenues and profits or even stagnation pose a direct risk for State budgets and significant hurdles in the Lotteries’ process for digital transformation that is critical for addressing in a sustainable way the next generation…
ONLINE AND SPORTS BETTING COMBINE FOR ‘BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN’
The United States will become the world’s top legal sports-betting market within five years, and online wagering will be a major reason for that, a panel of experts agreed Monday at the Global Gaming Expo. “This will be the biggest…
ESPN’S VAN PELT TELLS G2E AUDIENCE LEGALIZING SPORTS BETTING IS GOOD ‘COMMON SENSE’
ESPN personality and anchor Scott Van Pelt was an early proponent for the legalization of sports betting in the U.S. His reasoning was simple, he told an audience at the Global Gaming Expo Wednesday. “Because I have common sense,” he…
CONOR MCGREGOR LOSS, NFL UPSETS FUEL STRONG WEEKEND FOR SPORTSBOOKS
A Saturday night that saw heavily-backed underdog Conor McGregor lose to Khabib Nurmagomedov in UFC 229 was followed by an upset-filled NFL Sunday that some bookmakers called their best of the season. MGM, which operates sportsbooks in Nevada, New Jersey and Mississippi, said the…
SPORTS BETTING HEROES BATTLE FORCES OF EVIL AT HOUSE HEARING.
Thursday’s sports betting hearing in the US congress was not unlike The Lord of the Rings, in that the forces of darkness significantly outnumbered the wagering heroes. Thursday saw the House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security,…
AMERICAS CARDROOM TO HOST POKER CASH GAME IN COSTA RICA
Beginning September 28, Americas Cardroom (ACR) will be in Costa Rica. It’s just a little weekend getaway, but the US-facing poker site will host a poker live cash game for a few of the site’s lucky winners. The game, a Cage Event,…