CANADA’S SPORTS BETTING BILL FACES FURTHER DELAY
A decision has been made to prorogue Canada’s parliament until September 23, further delaying the bill that was first introduced in 2016. US.- Four years on since an initial bill to legalise sports betting was first presented, a decision has…
COLLEGE FOOTBALL CANCELLATION “INEVITABLE” FOR 2020
By Erik Gibbs This past July, the Ivy League announced that it would not hold any athletic activity the rest of the year. Several FCS conferences, which are included in the NCAA Division 1-AA, went down next, and it now appears that the…
UNLV ASKS “THE BIG QUESTIONS” ON SPORTS BETTING
The University has released a report on the effects of sports betting in America. US.- The University of Nevada Las Vegas has released a report into the effects of both legal and illegal sports wagering in America. The report was…
SBC ANNOUNCES DIGITAL EVENTS FOR EUROPE, AMERICA, CIS & AFRICA
SBC has finalised its autumn 2020 conference & exhibition calendar, with two new regional showpieces focusing on Africa and the CIS added to its highly popular Digital Summit series. Meanwhile SBC’s two sports betting events Betting on Sports Europe and…
AGA PRAISES LEGISLATION TO ELIMINATE TAXES ON SPORTSBOOK OPERATORS
The American Gaming Association (AGA) President and CEO Bill Miller has released a statement on bipartisan legislation Reps. Dina Titus (NV-01) and Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) introduced last week to repeal the federal excise and head taxes: “The federal excise and head taxes levied on legal U.S. sportsbooks…
BRAZIL GOVERNMENT ACCELERATES SPORT BETTING PRIVATIZATION.
The Brazilian Board of the Investment Partnerships Program (CPPI) included sports betting during its meeting Wednesday with the presence of President Jair Bolsonaro and Economy Minister Paulo Guedes, who chairs it, to discuss new ventures to be qualified under the…
KNEELING AS A FORM OF PROTEST RETURNS TO THE NFL
By Erik Gibbs The U.S. is in an uproar over what many now see as gross racial inequality on several fronts. After two high-profile race-charged incidents occurred almost back to back this year, the country has been dealing with major riots,…
SPORTS GAMBLING APPS BECOME HUGELY POPULAR IN THE U.S.
By Erik Gibbs It always helps to look at any negative situation through a positive lens. As damaging as the coronavirus has been around the world, recovery is going to happen, and things will return to normal. In fact, for the…
THE NBA HAS DRAWN OUT A ROADMAP TO COMPLETE THE SEASON
By Erik Gibbs The NBA continues to work on a plan to complete the 2019-20 season, called off because of the coronavirus, and thinks it now has a viable solution. There are still a lot of details that have to be…
ICYMI: TO DRIVE OUT ILLEGAL MARKET, MEDIA MUST STOP PROMOTING OFFSHORE, UNREGULATED SPORTBOOK.
By Bill Miller, AGA president and CEO As we mark two years since the Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA)—the federal prohibition on sports betting—venues from Madison Square Garden to T-Mobile Arena and…