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Cardinals land Bet365 as sponsor in advance of Missouri sports betting launch
Sportsbook Bet365 will put its name on an all-inclusive outfield seating deck at Busch Stadium and air spots on St. Louis Cardinals radio broadcasts as part of a sponsorship designed to introduce the brand in advance of the rollout of legal sports betting in Missouri later this year. The U.K.-based ...
EDGE Markets launches banking platform for gamblers with $17M seed round
Sports betting financial firm EDGE Markets has publicly launched banking platform EDGE Boost on the back of a newly announced $17.2M seed funding round.
Irving City Council strips gambling from Sands Corp. Resort proposal
The Irving City Council early Friday morning passed a “version of a proposed zoning ordinance that stripped out permissions for gambling” for the Las Vegas Sands Corp.‘s “proposed ‘destination resort’ near the former Texas Stadium site,” according to Chase Rogers of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. The City...
SBJ Betting: Can March Madness jump-start ESPN Bet?
SBJ Betting: Can March Madness jump start ESPN Bet?
End of football takes expected toll on sports betting handles in February
Just in time for March Madness, we finally got December filings from gambling regulators in Arizona which allow us to put a long-awaited bow on 2024.
ESPN looks to brackets to bust sportsbook slump
Many in legalized sports betting states who filled out brackets in ESPN’s ubiquitous tournament challenge contest this week were greeted by a congratulatory pop-up fronted by falling confetti after they hit the submit button -- along with an invitation to wager on their chosen winner at ESPN Bet, wi...
Sportradar confident it can turn profit on rights it got from IMG
I sensed more than one raised eyebrow earlier this week when reporting that Endeavor would fork over $225 million to get Sportradar to take over its failed entry into the data distribution business, IMG Arena.
SBJ Betting: Data-provider financials insulated from unlikely run of favorites
SBJ Betting: Data provider financials insulated from unlikely run of favorites
2024 handle share recap: DraftKings closed gap; Fanatics surged
Now that Arizona is the only December jurisdiction still outstanding, we can draw conclusions on what the handle shares of each of the leading U.S. sportsbooks looked like in 2024, based on a review of 14 states that release results of individual operators.
New York breaks own handle record as January ticks up
Sportsbooks in New York opened the year by breaking the U.S. monthly handle record they set in October, taking $2.487 billion in bets, an increase of 27% over last January.
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For the league to step in and say that a team chose to play one player over another player and that was the wrong decision, I think that's a bit of a slippery slope.-- NBA EVP/Strategy & Analytics Evan Wasch, on the league monitoring player availability but not mandating how coaches rotate players in game.
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