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Americans are expected to wager an estimated $30 billion on the upcoming 2025 NFL season through legal U.S. sportsbooks, according to American Gaming Association (AGA) estimates. This represents an 8.5% increase over last season’s revised estimated handle of $27.6 billion.   “This season, fans have more ways than ever to responsibly engage with the game they love. Legal sports betting enhance...

SPO Mike Mulvihill is making a bold bet on an old sport that has been left for dead many times. Mr. Mulvihill, a Fox Sports executive, knew that the old racetrack in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., had for decades drawn tens of thousands of New Yorkers and New Englanders, but was underappreciated nationally. And he believed that Fox Sports could widen its appeal. “It is glamorous like Augusta but...

The National Football League said on Monday its gambling policy prohibits players and staff from using prediction market sites, arguing the platforms “mimic sports betting” and pose risks of manipulation. Sabrina Perel, NFL Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, told reporters that players are barred from making football-related propositions on such sites, while all league personnel are ...

August 20, 2025
According to the database of the National Futures Association (NFA), it appears DraftKings is back in the prediction markets market, as a...
August 18, 2025
For now, Kalshi remains clear to offer sports events contracts to its customers across the U.S. With a new football season approaching fa...
August 12, 2025
The New York State Gaming Commission reported revenues of $330,165,964 in total online sports betting for the week ending August 3. New ...
August 13, 2025
Sports betting delivered $39m to public education in fiscal year 2025. US.- The New Hampshire Lottery has reported that sports betting...
July 15, 2025
The potential deal comes as sources expect a flurry of activity between sportsbooks and prediction markets in the lead-up to football sea...
July 9, 2025
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The North Carolina State Lottery Commission is releasing its sports wagering revenue report for June 2025. It compiles...
June 30, 2025
The lottery brand will be featured on the sleeve of the home and away shirts until 2030, with this five-year signing marking a major part...
July 3, 2025
Maryland sportsbooks could soon see a regulatory change to their promotions The state gaming regulator has proposed reducing how much ...
June 21, 2025
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian announced a partnership with DraftKings at his CES speech in Las Vegas back in January. Since inflight gam...
June 8, 2025
The 2025 edition of the annual joint EL/WLA Sports Betting Seminar in Stockholm (21-23 May), brought together over 120 participants...
June 8, 2025
The three-day WLA and European Lotteries Sports Betting Seminar in Stockholm, Sweden, delved into trends in betting offers, how to revita...
June 5, 2025
Virginia bettors placed a total of $609.7 million in sports wagers this April, an 8.2% increase over the same month last year, according ...
May 30, 2025
The partnership begins in the summer and will last until 2031, and comes ahead of the opening of Finland’s liberalised betting and gaming...
May 30, 2025
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Virginia Lottery released its report on sports wagering activity submitted by licensed operators for the month of ...
May 26, 2025
Before deep-diving into the three main themes, the opening session focused on the national market of the country hosting the event. This ...
May 12, 2025
Players in New York spent $2.15 billion betting on sports online during April, a year-on-year rise of 9.1%, while revenue in the Empire S...
April 30, 2025
(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Michigan Gaming Control Board has formally submitted comments to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission expressi...
May 4, 2025
League tells regulator fast-growing prediction markets could weigh on game integrity NBA concerned about expanding menu of sports cont...
February 23, 2025
DraftKings’ Las Vegas bookmaker Johnny Avello says 4 Nations Face-Off final was the biggest hockey handle they’ve ever had USA-Canada ...
April 13, 2025
New York wrapped up its 2024/25 fiscal year with a strong performance in sports betting, reporting a total handle of $23.94 billion, acco...
April 3, 2025
Colorado’s sports betting market saw an 80% increase in gross gaming revenue (GGR) for February 2025, reaching $46.4 million, up from $25...
April 4, 2025
Virginia’s sports betting industry posted strong year-over-year growth in February, with both handle and revenue increasing despite the s...
April 6, 2025
California’s leading tribal gaming groups have refuted reports that a deal has been reached with commercial sportsbook operators DraftKin...
March 30, 2025
West Virginia sports and iGaming bets saw a massive 43% increase in February. This growth highlights the rising popularity of online gamb...
February 12, 2025
89-percent of money line wagers were placed on the winning Eagles Concord, NH  – New Hampshire players and sports fans were treated to ...
March 21, 2025
Massachusetts sportsbooks saw a 24.6% bump in gross gaming revenue last month compared with February 2024, but handle slipped to its lowe...
March 21, 2025
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has been pushing to raise online sports betting taxes, but lawmakers are trying to push a compromise for the fina...