Lotteries To Unify Sportsbook? Canada Sports Betting Updates

Lotteries To Unify Sportsbook? Canada Sports Betting Updates - Atlantic Canada

Atlantic and British Columbia lottery corporations are evaluating bids for a unified PROLINE sports betting platform. The proposed “National Sports Betting Solution” aims to deliver online and retail gaming, with potential expansion to other provinces like Québec. Ontario iGaming sites continue to thrive while Alberta … Read more

FTC Eyes DraftKings and FanDuel for Collusion

FTC Eyes DraftKings and FanDuel for Collusion

As a bipartisan issue, Senators Mike Lee and Peter Welch wrote to the Federal Trade Commission asking for an investigation into DraftKings and FanDuel – two sportsbook operators who control over three-fourths of the US betting market. The sportsbooks faced a similar request a decade … Read more

New York Announces Nine Mobile Sportsbook Licensees

New York Mobile Sports Betting

The New York State Gaming Commission recommended nine mobile operators to be granted mobile sports betting licenses on Monday. Each sportsbook, once launched, will be subject to the nation’s highest tax rate on sports betting at 51%, with the licenses effective for a period of … Read more

Kambi Launches Enhanced Game Parlays Ahead Of NFL Season

Kambi - NFL

Kambi has officially announced a new football parlay product dubbed Game Parlays for the 2021-2022 NFL season. Sports bettors can now combine main and player prop bets within a single game and across multiple games at that. Betting fans can also add selections from other … Read more

Rapper Jay-Z Teams Up With Fanatics For NY Sports Betting Bid

Jay-Z

Jay-Z and Fanatics (a sports clothing company) have come together to apply for a mobile sports betting license in New York. The sportsbook would be called Fanatics Sportsbook and would use Kambi as their software provider. The New York Gaming Commission (NYGC) has received six … Read more

LSB Brief: States Pushing For Sportsbook Launches By Fall 07/20/2021

Maryland Lottery & Gaming Commission

Maryland should launch their sportsbooks by the end of 2021 if they remain on schedule. Louisiana has licensed DraftKings as their first DFS operator and plans to go live with sports wagering for NFL betting action. The Mohegan Tribe in Connecticut has switched to FanDuel … Read more

July 1 Marks First Day Of Connecticut Regulated Sports Betting

Connecticut Sports Betting

Connecticut sports betting is officially regulated in its lawbooks starting July 1 but sportsbooks have yet to launch in Connecticut. July 1 is also the last day Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) operations can run in Connecticut without partnering with a sportsbook. HARTFORD, Conn. – Sports … Read more

LSB Brief: ME, CT, & NY Sports Betting Progress 06/29/2021

Maine Gov Janet Mills

Maine Governor Janet Mills has until June 30 to decide on sports betting legislation for the state that is currently in her possession. The Connecticut Lottery will be announcing its top three choices for a sports betting platform on Monday. New York is allowing for … Read more

Connecticut Governor Passes Sports Betting Legislation

CT Governor Ned Lamont

Connecticut should have regulated sportsbooks launched by the 2021 NFL season. The Connecticut Lottery, as well as Tribes in the state, will have mobile sportsbooks and retail sports betting locations across the state. The U.S. Department of the Interior will have House Bill 6451 for … Read more

Connecticut Lottery Considering Four Sportsbooks For Platform

Connecticut

Connecticut sports betting is expected to go live by the 2021 NFL season. Legislation for the industry has not yet fully been hammered out but is expected to be done by June. The Connecticut Lottery is preparing for the impending regulatory market by beginning the … Read more

LSB Feature: The Oddsmakers Behind Your Favorite Sportsbooks

Sports Betting Odds

Looking at the odds makes behind popular sportsbooks, we can see the impact they have I the overall legal sports betting market. SBTech was purchased by DraftKings in the acquisition to make DraftKings go public. Kambi reported record highs in its quarterly earnings report. NEW … Read more

Who Will The Connecticut Lottery Pick As Sportsbook Operator?

Connecticut Sportsbook

The Connecticut General Assembly has not yet passed House Bill 6451 to regulate sports betting in the state. Under the bill, the Connecticut Lottery will be able to participate in sports wagering and has received 15 applicants vying to be their official operator. It is … Read more