Sports Betting
Cable and streaming customers are seeing fewer sports betting commercials, which have saturated the advertising market for sports TV in recent years. Excessive ad spending worked for licensed sportsbooks during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. That changed three years later. Ad spending by sports betting companies in 2023 saw its first non-pandemic decline since […]
Pennsylvania lawmakers are pushing to ban smoking in casinos throughout the KeyStone State. Smoking inside casinos is currently permitted because of loopholes in Pennsylvania’s Clean Indoor Air Act. House Health Committee Chairman Dan Frankel is sponsoring a bill that would ban smoking in Pennsylvania casinos The legislation is sponsored by House Health Committee Chairman […]
Casinos in Pennsylvania have generated nearly $850 million in revenue from retail slots and table games, according to the American Gaming Association (AGA). The Keystone State has one of the most successful markets in the country, collecting the second-most commercial gambling revenue in the first quarter of 2024. Pennsylvania collected nearly $1.7 billion in […]
Evolution Gaming announced the launch of its long-awaited Crazy Coin Flip live slot and the future launch of Super Sic Bo in the United States. Crazy Coin Flip is now streaming live to players in New Jersey from the company’s live casino studio in Atlantic City. Super Sic Bo will go live on December […]
A gambler won $100,000 on an insane $100 four-leg futures parlay bet at FanDuel Sportsbook, involving the Texas Rangers winning the 2023 World Series, the Kansas City Chiefs winning Super Bowl LVIII, Scottie Scheffler taking home the green jacket at the 2024 Masters, and San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama being named NBA Rookie […]
A FanDuel Sportsbook bettor turned $10 into $192,324.65 after hitting a seven-leg parlay comprised of three NBA playoff same-game parlays. A FanDuel Sportsbook gambler made a $10 wager on a seven-leg same-game parlay, three same-game parlay bets The FanDuel gambler correctly picked seven players to go over their respective props Sunday to make bank. […]
Aaron LaBerge, president and CTO of Disney Entertainment and ESPN, will leave the company in June after more than 20 years, after which he will join casino and sports betting operator PENN Entertainment as chief technology officer. Aaron LaBerge to exit for personal reasons related to his family, looks forward to joining PENN Entertainment […]
The National Council of Legislators For Gaming States (NCLGS) is planning to review the gambling industry’s progress in Pennsylvania during its summer meetings this July. The meetings are scheduled to be held at Rivers Casino Pittsburgh, and prominent members of the state’s gambling industry are expected to be on the “Welcome to Pennsylvania!” panel. NCLGS […]
The NFL has reinstated six players who were suspended for the 2023 season for violating the league’s gambling policy. Sports betting was first legalized by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018. NFL reinstates Shaka Toney, Quintez Cephus, Rashod Berry, Demetrius Taylor, C.J. Moore, and Isaiah Rodgers from gambling suspensions In April, the NFL reinstated then-Washington […]
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell joined ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” on Friday to talk about the impact that sports betting has made on players, officiating and whether it could be affecting the outcome of games. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says league “didn’t support” the legalization of sports betting, believes it must adjust “I haven’t felt […]
