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The Chik-fil-A Kickoff looks to be one of the most exciting matchups for the first official week of college football. The Georgia Bulldogs will begin their title defense with a “neutral site” matchup against the Oregon Ducks. Both teams are currently ranked in the top 11, and both teams have aspirations of making it to…

There was a lot of chatter following the first batch of online gambling and sports betting market and revenue numbers by iGaming Ontario. The release covers the first three months of Ontario’s online gambling industry, which had a much-ballyhooed launch on April 4. After the buildup and excitement, the industry waited months for revenue numbers.…

California is the online gambling industry’s white whale. Operators have long sought to find an entry point to the country’s most populous state and the world’s fifth largest economy. The industry has discovered the state’s entry points are expensive, tightly sealed, and well-guarded by a trio of entrenched and powerful gaming interests and a political…

Every kid dreams of throwing down a monster dunk. Going downhill with a full head of steam, taking off, and finishing with thunder. Sometimes it’s a windmill, sometimes it’s a two-handed throwdown in traffic, but it’s always with authority. For most of us, that’s all it will ever be: a dream. Very few are gifted…

Ohio settled on Jan. 1, 2023, to launch its mobile sports betting industry. Once you overlook the somewhat ridiculous choice to launch at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day, the Ohio sports betting industry is expected to be one the best performing in the country, with all the usual suspects involved. Based on…

The Kansas Lottery has announced a sports betting launch date of Sept. 1, setting the stage for an entire football season of sports betting in Kansas. The news comes just a couple of weeks after the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission released its proposed sports betting regulations. Here are five things you need to know…

Florida is expected to be a sports betting paradise, but the state’s attempt to legalize sports betting has run into a mountain of problems. Rather than dealing with mobile sports betting the way other tribal gaming states did, by licensing tribes as commercial operators, the state and the Seminole Tribe decided to renegotiate its compact.…

With a conference committee reaching an eleventh-hour agreement, Massachusetts is the latest state to legalize sports betting. A very restrictive Senate bill raised legitimate fears of legislative overreach. Still, the final product was a very sensible bill, balancing the needs of the consumer, the industry, and the state. That balance isn’t always found, as many…

Dubbs Anderson, former PGA Tour caddy and host of the Props Golf podcast, is back following a solid betting performance at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Reaching for those “plus-money peaches,” Anderson offers his top BMW Championship picks, best bets, props, and sleepers this time around. The event starts the morning of Thursday, August 18…

The major offseason activity is in the books. So, it’s time to check the sportsbook landscape to shop for the best team futures. Armed with a wealth of information, now is the time to get some division winner tickets and monitor line movement as the offseason progresses. Attentive bettors usually nab the best odds in…

Californians will head to the ballot box in November to decide the fate of sports betting in the state. Voters will have two options to choose from, as two propositions, Prop 26 and Prop 27 have qualified for the ballot. One would legalize sports betting via tribal casinos and horseracing venues. The other would bring…

Massachusetts pushed a sports betting bill across the finish line at the eleventh hour, while several other states from Minnesota to North Carolina to Missouri were near misses. The difference between success and failure is razor thin, as Sportradar’s Head of Government Affairs, US — Brandt Iden — explains. Massachusetts Gets It Done Steve Ruddock:…