Oklahoma lawmakers overwhelmingly advanced an online and retail sports betting authorization proposal last week but it remains unclear if the bill has support from the state’s leading gaming tribes. The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed the sports betting bill last…
Vermont lawmakers advanced an online sports betting bill Friday, bringing legal wagering one key step closer in the region’s last holdout. The Vermont House of Representatives Friday approved a bill that would allow statewide mobile wagering. It now heads to…
North Carolina’s online sports betting bill advanced multiple times this week, doing so without several major amendments opposed by industry stakeholders. A bill that would legalize mobile wagering in North Carolina advanced out of three separate committees this week, setting…
Less than 1% of monitored global sporting events have indicators of match-fixing, according to a Sportradar report released Wednesday. Sportradar found about 0.5% of observed sporting events worldwide had suspicious betting activity last calendar year. One of the world’s leading…
Georgia sports betting legalization efforts found new life with an unusual legislative maneuver, but it remains unclear if this last-ditch effort will ultimately lead to regulated wagering. Georgia lawmakers earlier this month inserted online sports betting legislation into an unrelated…
Missouri lawmakers have again advanced an online sports betting bill with proponents hoping this year will finally see its passage. The Missouri House “perfected” sports betting legislation Monday, a key step that sets up a formal vote for passage on…
Sports betting operators from around the globe have joined forces to create the Brazilian Institute of Responsible Gaming (IBJR). The group said it will work towards the aim of promoting a fair and sustainable market for sports betting in Brazil.…
Jake Paul-backed Betr has introduced core markets to its sports betting offering in Ohio to coincide with the NCAA basketball March Madness tournament. The operator, which went live with real-money betting in Ohio on the market’s launch day, 1 January,…
Roughly one in four Americans will place some kind of bet on this year’s Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, according to the American Gaming Association. About 68m American adults will wager on March Madness this year, per the AGA. That is…
Six sportsbooks started taking bets in Massachusetts Friday, bringing another high-profile market in the growing number of US jurisdictions with legal sportsbooks. Massachusetts joins 32 other states (plus Washington DC) taking legal bets. The Bay State’s launch comes days ahead…