Colorado audit underlines the flaws of rushing sports betting
The Colorado Office of the State Auditor recently released a mandated performance audit of the Department of Revenue’s oversight of the Colorado sports betting industry. To say the report was scathing would be an understatement. The 50-plus page report covers the first year of legal sports betting in the Centennial State, from May 1, 2020, […]
Read MoreBrandt Iden on the challenges facing California sports betting
A tribal initiative that would bring retail sportsbooks to California’s tribal casinos and racetracks has already qualified for the November ballot. A second initiative backed by commercial sports betting operators that would bring mobile betting to the Golden State is a safe bet to make the ballot. Wagers.com sat down with Brandt Iden, Head of […]
Read MoreQ&A: Brandt Iden bullish on sports betting in NC, bearish on MA
Sports betting’s legislative blitzkrieg stalled in 2022, with just two states, Kansas and Maine, passing mobile sports betting laws. Two more states, Massachusetts and North Carolina, could still join the list of legal mobile sports betting states, but time is running out in both locales. Wagers.com sat down with Brandt Iden, the Head of Government […]
Read MoreAnalysis: New York’s sports betting success sets a dangerous precedent
Since the January debut of mobile sports betting, New York has posted some impressive handle and revenue numbers. New York is one of the newest mobile betting states in the country and already making its mark as one of the top-performing states in the nation. And not just because of its population. New York is […]
Read MoreThe World Series of Poker is online poker’s key to US success
In 2003, the World Series of Poker captured the imagination of a generation of would-be poker players. Nearly 20 years later, can the WSOP catch lightning in a bottle twice and possibly pull online poker out of the legislative quagmire it now inhabits? A confluence of events led to the Poker Boom of the mid-aughts. […]
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