The PGA suspended two players late last week for violations of the PGA Tour Integrity Program related to sports betting. Both players were found to have placed bets on professional golf events in violation of stated PGA policy (and widely observed customs). Neither player, however, bet on events in which they were actually participating. Vince…
Colorado appears to be the latest state to propose regulations to help clear the increasingly blurred line between regulated sports betting and daily fantasy sports (DFS) prop pick 'ems. In this case, the Colorado Division of Gaming is focusing on the fact that, unlike traditional DFS products, prop pick 'ems pit players against the house…
Penn Gaming and ESPN are eager to launch ESPN BET in the regulated Massachusetts gaming market as they possibly can. But that plan hit a snag recently when the Massachusetts Gaming Commission began asking the sports juggernaut some difficult questions about the dividing line between ESPN's sports programming, and ESPN's dreams of being the biggest…
Lost in the land rush mentality of the current US gaming market is the fact that Pennsylvania is the second biggest market in the country outside of Nevada. While Pennsylvania doesn't seem to embrace the Silicon Valley energy of New Jersey's online gaming or the glitz of Nevada's, it's a solid competitor. In 2022, Pennsylvania…
The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) is putting its foot down on a type of daily fantasy sports (DFS) pick 'ems that have become a little too much like regulated sports betting. Michigan is just the latest state to ban DFS pick 'ems and, in all likelihood, won't be the last. At the heart of…
Does a server on an Indian reservation really count as tribal gaming if the customer making the bet on that server is another part of the state? That's the question that the anti-gambling group No Casinos Inc. is asking in an amicus (friends of the court) brief it filed in the ongoing Florida gaming compact…
The US Supreme Court issued a stay postponing the launch of regulated sports betting in Florida for five days. It's a small delay that's likely to blossom into a years-long court battle about the minutiae of Florida's gaming compact and the future of tribal gaming. At the heart of the case is a move by…
College athletes need protection against a host of new challenges brought on by regulated sports betting in the United States. That's what the NCAA president Charlie Baker is saying as he launches a new campaign to get state legislatures to enact laws to help protect student athletes from harassment by gamblers while maintaining the integrity…
The old expression, "Politics makes for strange bedfellows," is coming to life in the state of Florida as the anti-gambling group No Casinos, Inc. is filing an amicus brief in a case pitting poker rooms against big casino interests. It's a soap opera-like atmosphere with sky-high financial consequences for all parties involved. At the heart…
MGM Resorts is confirming that a "limited number" of customer Social Security Numbers (SSNs) were compromised during a recent cyber attack that had a severe effect on the company's daily operations. The admission that that most sensitive piece of US customer data was breached comes in the wake of a post-attack investigation launched in an…
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