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IMG ARENA, a London-based sports betting service and content hub, has entered into a multi-sport, portfolio-spanning partnership with SG Digital, a division of Scientific Games. The partnership will see SG Digital’s OpenSports platform become the first partner of IMG ARENA’s Golf Event Centre, a provider of comprehensive shot-by-shot data, live streaming as well as interactive […]

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (or NCAA) has asked for assistance from senators in Washington to help push for federal sports betting legislation. Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Senator Chuck Schumer have both committed to helping the NCAA and have said that they will be drafting a federal sports betting bill together. This is not […]

While other states are reaping the benefits of legal sports betting industries, Michigan continues to lag behind. The state is still trying to jump start efforts to introduce a bill that will see the legalization and regulation sports betting, and where all stakeholders will be in agreement.  So far, seven drafts have been submitted and have […]

Ahead of this year’s centennial National Football League season, multiple states and betting companies took advantage of new US laws and pushed for legal and regulated sports betting markets across the United States.  Efforts have definitely paid off, according to top online sports betting groups. DraftKings said that the amount wagered on sports betting off its […]

The state of Iowa only went live with its sports betting industry last month, but already it is clear that it was an excellent move. The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission published the first monthly report pertaining to sports betting, although in practice the report only covers 17 days. According to the gambling authority, bettors […]

After opening two sportsbook venues (Turning Point Casino and Point Place in Bridgeport) in New York state on August 1st, the Oneida Indian Nation has launched its third – and most ambitious – project to date. The tribe launched the biggest sportsbook in New York with Caesars Sports at Yellow Brick Road Casino, just in […]

Last Thursday marked the beginning of the first phase of legal mobile sports wagering in Rhode Island. The Twin River brand announced a soft launch of its product, allowing players wanting to bet on sports via mobile devices to take advantage of the opportunity. To do so, they first need to visit the Lincoln-based Twin […]

As the official season of the National Football League opened last week, there was plenty of action reported at Atlantic City-based casino sportsbooks. The eight sportsbooks in the city were filled with football fans and bettors, keen to start backing their favorite tams on the opening weekend of the centennial NFL season. Some of the […]

The sports betting partnership signed between The Stars Group and Fox Sports has resulted in the launch of the new Fox Bet brand in New Jersey’s gambling market. Players in the Garden State now have access to yet another fabulous brand. The Fox Bet app can be downloaded onto iOS and Android mobile devices. Players […]

An article in the New York Post described how New Jersey is set to overtake Las Vegas as the sports betting capital of the world. We will already see this happening in the upcoming National Football League season, according to the article. The NFL season will “open the floodgates of sports bettors flocking from New […]