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States Looking for $1,000,000 Windfalls from Sports Betting

In May, the United States Supreme Court voided a law that had been in effect since 1994, called the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act or PASPA, on constitutional grounds. It set into motion the possibility that all fifty American states or some of them would, in time, legalize sports betting within each state’s jurisdiction. The various states have, indeed, begun discussing legalization of sports betting in their individual jurisdictions. …

4 Tips for Betting on the World Cup

The biggest news in sports and concomitantly in sports betting is the World Cup of football. Sports betting has become the big news in the United States because the Supreme Court only one month ago declared PASPA, the law that had made sports betting illegal in all but four states, unconstitutional. The change in the law was too close to the start of the World Cup tournament to allow many …

3 Choctaw Casinos in Mississippi Begin Taking Sports Bets

The three land based casinos run by the Choctaw Native American Tribe in Mississippi are quickly working through the process to offer sports betting in the state. In addition to all the casino bonuses these casinos offer, legal sports betting will be a welcome addition to the casinos repertoire of games and other attractions. The three casinos are the Golden Moon at Pearl River Resort, the Silver Star Casino, and …

News Abounds about Sports Betting and Statistical Analysis

The upcoming decision of the United States Supreme Court on the legality of sports betting in the US has everyone speculating about whether the Court will give the go ahead or not and many are already talking about how they will market sports betting to the American public. In many jurisdictions, sports betting will be allowed only at established casinos and will serve as a sort of casino bonus for …

March Madness Begins for 68 Teams and Their Fans

With all the talk about the impending Supreme Court decision about sports betting, and with the imminent start of the annual NCAA college basketball tournament, fondly known as March Madness, it’s appropriate to explain the tournament and the sports betting opportunities it presents. Gambling opportunities are prevalent in the US from land based casinos to online casinos with hundreds of casino games, to racing, lotteries and many other ways Americans …

Pulling the Wool Over the World’s Collective Eyes

Much virtual ink was spilled writing about Usain Bolt’s rumored career change from track and field to football, or as the Americans call it: soccer. The greater part of analyses about the pending change was whether Usain Bolt, as great as he has been in running, could become an effective football player in one of the world’s top leagues at the ripe old age, for an athlete, of 31. After …

Can a Great Athlete in One Sport Become a Star in Another Sport at Age 31?

Usain Bolt is the most famous sprinter in Olympic history. He won eight gold medals and set numerous world records in doing so. But those medals pale in significance as he recently announced that he had signed to play football with a professional team. For Real or a Gimmick? At this point, we cannot say whether the club signed Bolt as a promotional gimmick or if he actually showed signs …

Breaking News Sends Shock Waves through Sports Betting Industry

DraftKings has long contended that it is not involved in sports gambling. Those denials have been thrown to the wind as DraftKings announced that it is establishing a sports gambling business. Jason Robins, CEO of DraftKings, says that the move is in anticipation of an American market in which sports betting is legal in all jurisdictions. Legalisms DraftKings has always relied on the semantic difference between games of skill and …

The NFL May Have Buried Itself

The big news out of the Supreme Court and New Jersey has overshadowed another major development in the world of sports betting. A large sports book, run out of a casino in Las Vegas, has announced that for three consecutive weeks in November, betting on college football surpassed betting on NFL games by up to $400,000 per week. This news item was buried amid all the talk leading up to …