Lorcan Palaca 
Ohtani leaves the Dodgers rotation indefinitely, pausing a run of 95 strikeouts and a 1.79 ERA. He stays the everyday designated hitter because the sore left knee is his back leg when batting. His .413 xwOBA sits above his .397 wOBA, meaning the contact has … Read more
Manfred said Harper’s activity was not a violation of the basic agreement, which permits players to appear in sportsbook ads. The clip reached Terry Thompson, a FanDuel VIP customer who says he lost nearly $2 million to online sportsbooks. Harper posted that he never consented … Read more
New York’s mobile sportsbooks took a record $2.25 billion in June, up 36.6% from a year earlier. Gross revenue fell 43.5% to $117 million as the hold rate hit an all-time low of 5.18%. The World Cup and the Knicks’ championship run drove the volume … Read more
Rep. Josh Gottheimer introduced the Facial Recognition to Protect Children Act on July 15 with eight bipartisan cosponsors. The measure would force sportsbooks and prediction markets to scan a user’s face to estimate age before a wager. Despite its name, the bill relies on facial … Read more
Tarik Skubal, a two-time reigning AL Cy Young winner, could be on the move at the MLB trade deadline. The Dodgers sit +170 to win the World Series, a price an ace would barely shorten. A longer contender like the Brewers or Cubs would see … Read more