Making sense of the illogical resistance to legal online gambling
It’s been just a few short years since the fall of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), and sports betting is legal in more than half the country. Compare that to online casino and poker, which are below the Mendoza line when it comes to legalization, with just seven out of 50 states […]
FOX’s limited choices on betting
‘Where there’s a hit, there’s a writ’ runs the old saying and it has never been more true than with the legal spat between FOX Corp. and Flutter Entertainment over the stake in FanDuel. To briefly recall, the dispute centers on the right to buy an 18.6% stake in FanDuel that FOX Corp. was granted […]
Online casino revenue numbers point to a golden opportunity
As sports betting proliferates across the U.S., its legislative successes stand in stark contrast to the six states that have legalized online casino gambling. Despite the lack of access to legal online casino sites, those six states tallied more than $3.7 billion in revenue in 2021. Two months in, and 2022 is on pace to […]
Data deals point to NCAA betting shift
Two deals by the major sports data providers point to NCAA being the next major field of data competition, suggest sources. Recent deals involving Sportradar and Genius Sports have a significance for the market for College sports data, and particularly College football. First we have Sportradar’s deal with Bowl Season, which coordinates the various College […]
Analysis: Massachusetts serious about gambling ad cut downs
With legalized sports betting on the legislative agenda, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) wants to get out in front of the anticipated media onslaught. In a meeting on Monday, the MGC explored several proposals to limit the amount of gambling advertising in the state. Massachusetts is the latest state expressing concerns about the volume of […]