Breaking down 4 (more) 2021 sports betting legalization candidates
California, Georgia, Missouri and Kansas are four leading candidates to approve sports betting in 2022. They are not alone. Though each of the following face their own respective political and/or logistical challenges, here are four more states that could pass sports betting legislation next year: Massachusetts It seems that just about every elected official in […]
Breaking down 4 sports betting legalization candidates for 2022
After COVID-19 curtailed state legislative sessions nationwide in 2020, lawmakers more than made up for lost time in 2021 on the sports betting legalization front. Nearly a dozen states passed sports betting legalization bills or accepted their first legal wagers in 2021, capping off another busy stretch in the three years since the Supreme Court […]
European giants look at global expansion
A tweet from a renowned British racecourse bookie in the last week of December mistakenly suggested that every major sports-betting and gaming brand in the UK was now under the one roof of Entain. It was swiftly deleted after his followers pointed out that three of the companies named – Paddy Power, Betfair and Sky […]
2021 sports betting legislation year in review; biggest disappointments
Though 2021 was a groundbreaking year for the U.S. sports betting market, several states either failed to pass meaningful legislation or did so with major handicaps. Here are four states that largely disappointed this year: New York tax, structure upsets market In 2022, New York will be the most populated state accepting legal sports bets. […]
2021 sports betting legislation year in review; 4 best surprises
After the start of the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered 2020 legislative sessions (and much of the rest of society), elected officials returned to their respective statehouses with (mostly) uninterrupted sessions. For a handful of these states, the 2021 session gave elected officials enough time to pass legal sports betting bills. Here are the best developments from […]