SportsHandle and friends deliver another round-up of the week’s big developments in US sports betting.
Live Blog: Kansas Goes Live With Regulated Sports Wagering
Kansas officially became the 32nd state to offer some form of sports betting in the United States with Thursday’s launch at noon CT.
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Top Elected Officials Voice Opposition To California’s Proposition 27
Though California Gov. Gavin Newsom deems himself neutral on Proposition 27, the digital sports betting ballot initiative with funding earmarked for homelessness and mental health programs, several other key elected officials voiced strong opposition to the measure Monday in describing it as a sham.
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Ontarians Wager $4 Billion (CAD), Market Produces $162 Million Gaming Revenue In Q1
The public can finally see numbers indicating how Ontario‘s new regulated iGaming and online sports betting market is performing since its launch on April 4.
Ontarians wagered more than $4 billion (CAD) and the market produced $162 million total gaming revenue — from iCasino, online sports betting, and online poker — for the period of April 4-June 30, according to the first revenue report released by iGaming Ontario. (As of Aug. 30, $1 CAD is equal to $0.76 USD.)
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Netflix’s New Donaghy Doc Traces Evolution Of Integrity In Sports Betting
If you’re looking for sympathetic characters in the new Netflix documentary Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul, about the Tim Donaghy NBA refereeing scandal, well, you won’t find many. A redemption story this is not, but it’s incredibly relevant to how Americans’ attitudes — in particular, those Americans who are in charge of major sporting organizations — have evolved since Donaghy gambled on games he officiated, and how his tips helped fatten the wallets of the Gambino crime family.
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Diamond Tooth Gerties: The Fascinating Story Of Canada’s Oldest Legal Casino
There are nearly 100 land-based casinos in Canada, but gamblers looking for a unique gaming and entertainment experience will want to travel to Canada’s Far North, where you can get into a poker game, drink a shot with a petrified big toe in it, and enjoy watching the Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights.
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NASCAR Parlay Provides Nearly $1 Million Payout For FanDuel Bettor
A FanDuel bettor will not be lacking for gas money anytime soon after an unlikely four-leg parlay delivered a payout of nearly $1 million Sunday with the results of Sunday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR Cup Series event at Daytona International Speedway in Florida.
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With NFL Regular Season On Horizon, New York Sports Wagering Continues Rebound
A late-summer rebound in mobile sports betting in New York reached a familiar perch.
New York bettors risked $200.1 million for the week ending Aug. 21 in the latest weekly mobile sports betting report from the state gaming commission, the highest handle since the week ending July 3. That marked four straight weeks of increasing volume after a five-week decline.
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Lottery Analysis Says Hundreds Of Millions Lost Due To Skill Games
The Pennsylvania Lottery sold nearly $15 billion in scratch-off tickets from October 2017 to March 2022, but it says the number would have been another $650 million higher if not for the growth in competitive “skill game” gambling machines at lottery retailers and elsewhere.
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Poker Has That ‘Luck Factor,’ Including Being Part Of A $1.2M Bad Beat
Ray Brodersen is no poker pro. He’s one of millions of Americans who learned the game as a kid and enjoys it as an adult. The self-employed businessman doesn’t mind driving a few miles each week from his suburban Pittsburgh home to the Rivers Casino to indulge a hobby that occasionally makes him a few bucks.
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The Grass Was Always Greener For One Sports Betting Addict
Everybody likes a good redemption story, and in the addiction recovery community, such yarns often come in the form of memoirs. A recovering addict — once hooked on gambling, drugs, alcohol, or another vice — gets to a place where they share their sordid stories so that readers might avoid or learn from their mistakes.
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