Pat McAfee Signs Multi-Year Exclusivity Deal with FanDuel

Pat Mcafee - FanDuel

Pat McAfee, former Indianapolis Colts kicker turned sports personality analyst, has officially signed an exclusivity deal with FanDuel. The partnership is the first of its kind as never before has a legal sportsbook and a sports personality curated such a deal. McAfee’s content will now … Read more

Spotlight Sports Group Expanding US Reach With New Content

Spotlight Sports Group

Sports content and data provider Spotlight Sports Group is expanding its presence in the US market with new content. Spotlight Sports Group already has partnerships with US-based companies Pickswise, Racing Post, and FreeSuperTips. The content push will begin with the resumed MLS season and spread … Read more

GVC Holdings Looks Like A Safe Bet For Sports Betting Stocks

GVC Holdings

Deutsche Bank analysts foresee huge positive growth for GVC Holdings in the back half of 2020. Deutsche’s consensus projection for GVC Holdings set its target price at 1040 GBX, nearly 30% above the current price. One analyst went one step forward and projected 2020 earnings … Read more

Suquamish Tribe Is First To Apply For WA Sportsbook License

Suquamish Tribe Sports Betting

The Suquamish Tribe was the first in the state to file their application for a Washington sports betting license. Three other Tribes have followed suit; the Kalispel, Snoqualmie, and Tulalip Tribes have also put in their paperwork to open sportsbooks of their own. The hope … Read more

The IIHF Suspends Seven Players In Belarus For “Game Fixing”

Hockey

Two hockey players from Russia and five from Belarus have been suspended until further notice after admitting to fixing a game in November. At the time the game was “fixed”, players were unhappy with the clubs not paying them and decided to throw the game … Read more

Illinois Mobile Betting Set To Expand With DraftKings Deal

Casino Queen

The DraftKings deal will bring the sportsbook to the Casino Queen as well as give Illinois residents access to the mobile sports betting app. No date has been set for DraftKings to launch in Illinois. SPRINGFIELD, Ill.- DraftKings is officially set to operate in the … Read more

Bellagio Employee Error Caused Huge Loss for Las Vegas Sportsbook

Bellagio Sportsbook

A Las Vegas sportsbook lost almost a quarter-million dollars from odds that were shown to be made after the games started because the book posted the wrong start time. The bets were made on Korean and Chinese baseball games and one bettor won over $100,000 … Read more

New Sports Betting Restrictions Threaten England, Scotland

Englaish Sportsbooks

New betting restrictions in England and Scotland are threatening the English Football League (EFL) and Scottish betting shops, respectively. England is considering banning gambling sponsorships for Premier League clubs in the 2021 season, as well as for EFL clubs by 2023. Scotland has allowed brick-and-mortar … Read more

NFL’s Shortened Preseason To Have Major Impact On Rookie Betting Odds

NY Jets Pre-Season Training

The NFL will be cutting the preseason down to only two games this season There are upsides and downsides to this change including the less NFL game action for rookies. Rookie QBs Tau Tagovailoa (+200 odds) and Justin Herbert (+250 odds) are not favored to … Read more