Zachary Kelley 
ESPN BET launched their first retail sportsbook in Detroit on Wednesday, just in time for the 2024 NFL Draft. The sportsbook is located at the Hollywood Casino at Greektown. ESPN analysts and talent will be at the venue throughout the week to live-air various ESPN … Read more
Underdog Fantasy and PrizePicks made their official returns to Florida on Monday with new Pick ‘Em style games. Both daily fantasy sports operators launched their new peer-to-peer platforms where players go against each other instead of the house. Florida regulators sent cease-and-desist letters to PrizePicks … Read more
The Ohio Casino Control Commission approved new sports betting markets for the upcoming NFL Draft and next year’s WNBA Draft. Ohio looks to compete with the massive sports betting markets offered at internationally-licensed sportsbooks like Bovada. First round coverage of the 2024 NFL Draft begins … Read more
Senator Kristin Corrado introduced S-3080, a bill that would prohibit New Jersey sports betting operators from offering or accepting bets on college player props. New Jersey joins a laundry list of states looking to, or already have, implanted a ban on college player prop betting. … Read more
Sports Betting revenue numbers are available for North Carolina’ first month with online sports betting. The state lottery commission’s report showed more than $659 million in handle from March 11 to March 31. North Carolina earned roughly $12 million in sports betting taxes for the … Read more
Cameron Brink has -10000 odds to be selected second overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft. Betting odds favor Kamilla Cardoso to go third overall with -250 odds. Rickea Jackson expects to be the fourth overall pick with -150 odds. LOS ANGELES – Iowa Hawkeyes guard … Read more
Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara stole $16 million from the MLB superstar. Mizuhara placed 19,000 illegal wagers from Dec. 2021 to Jan. 2024, suffering $40 million in total losses. The US Department of Justice found no evidence of Mizuhara betting on baseball and officially … Read more
ESPN putting their Matchup Predictor and betting odds right next to each other is a tactic to expose inexperienced bettors. The New York Knicks are favored with -140 odds against the Boston Celtics, but ESPN gives them a 42.8% chance to win. ESPN’s discrepancy between … Read more
Caitlin Clark and the success of the Iowa Hawkeyes women’s basketball team can be credited with the 17% jump in Iowa’s March sports betting handle. Iowa’s sports betting handle in March 2024 was $40 million higher than the previous year. More than $272 million were … Read more
Bovada has legal college player props for Indiana and Connecticut residents for the National Championship. The UConn Huskies are 6.5-point favorites over the Purdue Boilermakers on Monday night. Zach Edey has -110 odds to record over 36.5 points and rebounds, while UConn big man Donovan … Read more
Senator John Marty’s sports betting bill, SF 5330, would bring legal sports betting to Minnesota but has many controversial features. The biggest reason why this bill won’t pass is because it doesn’t designate any revenue towards Minnesota’s horse racing industry. This bill also proposes a … Read more
Prop bets on individual college athletes are now banned in Louisiana at domestic sportsbooks per the request of NCAA President Charlie Baker. The NCAA publicly stated they want to remove all college prop betting to protect the athletes and integrity of the game. Internationally-licensed sportsbooks … Read more