SportsHandle and friends deliver another round-up of the week’s big developments in US sports betting.
Seminole CEO Jim Allen Undeterred By Legal Challenges As Florida Betting Launch Nears
Speaking on stage last week at a closely watched panel at the 2021 Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, Seminole Gaming CEO Jim Allen openly described how his life is dominated by work, not play.
On the panel at the Venetian Expo on Wednesday, Allen told a packed audience that his workaholic tendencies have contributed to several health scares, including two heart attacks and two strokes over his four-decade-plus career in the gaming industry. To underscore his work ethic, Allen shared an anecdote of interviewing a candidate for a position on the company’s executive team hours after he was himself discharged from a hospital for open-heart surgery.
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Connecticut Regulator Prioritizing Consumers With Digital Soft Launch
On Tuesday, the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection prepared for the 3 p.m. launch of digital sports betting and online casino platforms via DraftKings and FanDuel, as well as Rush Street Interactive‘s sports wagering platform.
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Online Operators Need To Stop Pushing Casino Play On Sportsbook Patrons
Currently, there are only four states (with Connecticut about to be the fifth) where online sportsbooks and online casinos exist side-by-side. And in those states, the operators are starting to fall all over themselves in an effort to get sportsbook bettors to enter the -EV world of the casino.
And they’re doing it with good reason.
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Who’s Covering Who’s Covering
David Purdum can trace the birth of a career transition to … a pending birth.
Seeking a side hustle to generate supplemental income for his family with a child on the way, the newspaperman commenced freelance writing for a sports wagering website.
“I soon found that the interest in sports betting outweighed the coverage that was available,” he said. “Plus I learned that I really enjoyed writing about the characters and stories that the wild world of sports betting produces.”
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The Devils In The Details: ASU’s Point-Shaving Scandal Gets The Netflix Treatment
Is there any head hoops coach who’s gotten a rawer deal than Bill Frieder? In 1989, after the University of Michigan grad led his alma mater to its fifth straight NCAA men’s basketball tournament — where they’d advanced to the Sweet 16 the year prior — Frieder announced that he’d be leaving Ann Arbor to take the head coaching job at Arizona State University.
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Michigan Online Casinos Shatter All-Time Monthly Record
The online casino rush in Michigan showed no signs of slowing down in September, as a new record was set for total receipts by operators with nearly $102.4 million. The previous record was set a month earlier, with $97.2 million.
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