New York Mobile Sports Betting Sees $600 Million Wagered in Under Two Weeks
In sports, records are made to be broken and, in sports gambling, those records are made for crazy parlays you can brag to your group chat buddies about. Just two weeks after allowing sports betting on phones, New York (and New York gamblers) have…
Iowa sports betting surpassed $2B in 2021 | Insight
Iowans placed more than $2 billion in wagers on sporting events in 2021, according to recently published state figures, eclipsing the $575 million that was legally bet on sports in 2020. John Schultz ERIN MURPHY DES MOINES — As one industry analyst put…
California tribes aim to cut DraftKings out of sports betting
Various California groups are vying for control of sports betting through ballot initiatives. This photo shows TV screens and betting odds in the sports book at the Circa Resort & Casino in 2020 in Las Vegas. John Locher AP Get the Capitol Alert…
Seminoles quietly kick off sports betting in Florida with new app
The Seminole Tribe on Monday quietly launched online sports betting in Florida, amid continuing legal challenges to a gambling deal approved by state lawmakers in May. The tribe’s highly anticipated rollout of sports betting in the state came with no…
Launch of online betting in CT poses high stakes for heavy gamblers, experts say
On Friday morning, Melodie Keen had a session with a client who recently relapsed — a sports bettor who hadn’t gambled for about two years. “He was able to place bets right from his phone,” said Keen, referring to Connecticut’s gambling expansion, which…
Esports Betting Industry On PC-Based Games Is On The Upswing | News
PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — For a long time, the conversation in the gaming world was focused on mobile being the future of the industry. Now, in 2021, the future has officially arrived. Our society is becoming more dependent…
Sports Betting Startups Selected For Las Vegas Pitch Competition | News
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Five sports betting startups have been selected to present their business plans to industry executives and investors at the upcoming Global Gaming Expo (G2E) conference in Las Vegas. A panel of judges…
Check out the 60 fintech startups VCs are betting will be breakout hits
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Goldman And BlackRock Are Betting Big On This New $30 Trillion Mega-Trend
There’s a new mega-trend taking Wall Street by storm… with everyone from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to BlackRock taking notice. One renowned Stanford University economist expects the disruption to personal travel choices to put an extra $5,600 per year back…
Betting on Offshore Oil and Gas could be Challenging, as Sector Hit by COVID and China Risks
A long list of international offshore drilling operators are reporting negative figures, or are even going out of business. The hey-days of the GOM, North Sea or West Africa are already long over, but even new emerging plays in Brazil, Arctic, Middle…