Jerad Paparella 
According to House Speaker David Ralston, Georgia lawmakers are considering using a voter referendum to address gaming expansion and sports betting in Georgia. The referendum would be intentionally vague, which would then allow the Georgia General Assembly to finalize the details of the gaming expansion … Read more
Online sportsbooks have set the over/under for Beeple’s most expensive 2022 NFT at $69.3 million, the same price he sold his EVERYDAYS project for at auction in 2021. While Beeple has already sold a project for $69.3 million, it was a collage of 5,000 separate … Read more
Famous sports bettor Jim McIngvale, commonly known as “Mattress Mack,” has placed a $1.2 million wager on the Alabama Crimson Tide over the Georgia Bulldogs. McIngvale uses his furniture chain – Gallery Furniture – to offer promotions that hedge his massive wagers and ensure a … Read more
The launch of New York’s mobile sportsbooks will have far-reaching consequences – especially in New Jersey, where an estimated 25% of online sportsbook users reside in New York. ALBANY, N.Y. – New York’s long-awaited mobile sportsbook launch could be mere days away after the New … Read more
Nebraska lawmakers have carried over LR26CA – a bill allowing the legislature to authorize, regulate, and tax sports betting – to the 2022 legislative session. The bill was first introduced by Nebraska Senator Brett Lindstrom, the bill’s sponsor – Lindstrom has used his involvement with … Read more
Missouri Representative Jim Murphy pre-filed HB 2144 on Tuesday, the eighth gambling bill to be pre-filed for the upcoming legislative session that began Wednesday. The pressure is mounting on Missouri lawmakers after five consecutive years of failed sports betting bills and with nearby states enjoying … Read more
Rep. Adam Koenig, the sponsor of previous sports betting bills in Kentucky, plans to introduce a brand-new sports betting bill during the spring legislative session. Sports betting is receiving support from major political figures in Kentucky, with all of Kentucky’s neighboring states having either passed … Read more
The expansion to Mississippi’s legal sports betting industry would be very timely, as neighboring Louisiana is set to launch mobile sportsbooks on January 15. JACKSON, Miss. – On Monday, the first day of the 2022 legislative session in Mississippi, Rep. Cedric Burnett introduced a bill … Read more
New York’s online sportsbooks are just days away from launching, with regulators maintaining a goal launch timeframe of the second or third week of January. The nine licensed sportsbooks should be available for most of the NFL playoffs, but the exact launch date will determine … Read more
The Arkansas Racing Commission approved a new set of rules on Thursday that will allow mobile sports betting if approved by the Arkansas Legislative Council on January 28. Conservative estimates project a potential three-fold increase from the $1.2 million in state tax revenue generated by … Read more
2022 is shaping up to be another historic sports betting year after 2021 brought an over 30% increase in states offering legal sports betting and record revenues across the U.S. Several states, including California, Georgia, Massachusetts, and North Carolina are likely to pass legal sports … Read more
Nine states launched their legal sports betting industry in 2021, nearly a third of all states that have legalized and regulated a sports betting industry in the United States. Several states witnessed a large increase in sports betting revenue, handle, hold rate, and tax contributions, … Read more