Football betting news to cover! Week 1 of the NFL season kicked off along with fantasy football leagues and new sports betting opportunities! Also, one company is expanding its Las Vegas presence while making deals to move into online gambling! Finally, we have lost a poker legend.   Hello friends! Thanks for joining me on This Week in Gambling! Jay Todd here back after a week off for my colonoscopy. Well actually, I just got brought back into court by my ex-wife who wanted more child support… but it’s basically the same thing. And here’s this week’s big story. Football…

New American Gaming Association (AGA) research shows sports bettors are moving their business away from illegal bookies and toward legal options. Average spending with illegal bookies fell 25 percent in legal sports betting states last year, while legal online and mobile betting spend increased 12 percent. Illegal offshore operators also saw a three percent increase in states with legal sports betting. The most influential factors for bettors who had shifted from the illegal to legal market are confidence that bets will be paid out (25%), awareness of legal options (20%), and a desire to use a regulated book (19%). “We’ve known…

Sports betting is a hot topic all over America, but several California tribal casinos are not please with the latest attempt to regulate the activity in the state. Now, the Coalition to Authorize Regulated Sports Wagering has taken legal action requesting more time to qualify a sports betting initiative for the statewide ballot. The Coalition represents more than 25 Native American tribes in California. They argue that the state‘s Coronavirus shutdown prevented them from collecting voter signatures in recent months. The coalition originally hoped to make the ballot for November 3rd but said it has run out of time. The…

Whether you were starting your engines, entering the octagon or the tee box, or enjoying an afternoon on the pitch, the past two weeks have been a great time to once again break out the parlay calculator and return to the first big of normalcy in sports betting since the coronavirus began shutting sports down in early March. With the return of NASCAR Cup Series racing – in real-life cars, not a video game – a major UFC card, Bundesliga soccer in Germany and a two made-for-TV golf events, there was much for sports bettors to sink their teeth into, and…

As the world of professional sports waits for an end to the Coronavirus pandemic, the scheduled launch of Washington DC sports betting has once again been postponed. Slatted for then end of March, there is now no definite timeline for a rollout. There had been speculation that betting on sports would be available by the second quarter of of this year, although initial plans were for a January launch. The DC Lottery had to push that date back due to a September legal challenge. Now, despite being ready and tested, the web and mobile wagering platforms of the lottery did…

It’s sometimes hard to imagine, but celebrities eat, sleep and go through the same everyday experiences we do. Like regular people, they can also cave in to temptation, and try their luck at a casino game or two in the hope of striking lucky. Alternatively, they may look to sports betting for their thrills, with legalized sports bets now spreading in the United States. Ben Affleck Playing leading roles in iconic films such as Armageddon (1998) and Pearl Harbour (2001), Affleck is top of the list for good reason, with the Cali state native known for loving poker and blackjack….