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The Election Betting Experiment: Will Congress Rebottle This Genie?
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January 8, 2025
The Election Betting Experiment: Will Congress Rebottle This Genie?
By: Jake Gray
Just this fall, Americans in all 50 states were able to put their money where they mouth was on the outcome of the 2024 Presidential Election—what many news outlets call, and even one platform itself has called, election betting. Betting, notably, is not legal in all 50 states. Before the Supreme Court’s ruling, sports betting was largely prohibited nationwide under PASPA, with only Nevada and a few other states grandfathered in to varying extents. While nearly 40 states plus the District of Columbia have legalized sports betting in the time since the Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) in Murphy v. NCAA (2018), election betting as it is currently implemented is not, strictly…
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Our Big Three Predictions for the Online Gaming Industry in 2025
January 6, 2025
Our Big Three Predictions for the Online Gaming Industry in 2025
By: Sara Dalsheim
In 2025, we will celebrate the seventh anniversary of the repeal of PASPA and the resulting increase in legalization and popularity of various offerings in the gaming industry – namely sports wagering and online casino gaming. We predict 2025 will bring the following to the industry: (1) further actions from state authorities to fight back against the illegal offshore market; (2) further clarifications from state…
“The Devil Made Me Bet It” – the Third Circuit Considers Arguments in Bettor’s Case Against Casino
December 16, 2024
“The Devil Made Me Bet It” – the Third Circuit Considers Arguments in Bettor’s Case Against Casino
By: Abbey Block
Can a casino be held liable for encouraging its patrons to gamble, particularly when those patrons exhibit signs of problem gambling? That is the question the Third Circuit Court of Appeals was left to contemplate following oral arguments in the case of Antar v. The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, LLC et al., which took place last week.[1] The plaintiff in the case, Sam Antar,…
Tennessee Sports Betting Posed to Open for Business, But is it Bad Business?
October 16, 2020
Tennessee Sports Betting Posed to Open for Business, But is it Bad Business?
By: Ifrah Law
If sports betting goes live within the state as expected by November 1, Tennessee will become the nineteenth state (plus Washington D.C.) to accept a legal sports bet. Tennessee is noteworthy in its sports betting regulations because it would be the first instance of online wagering without the requirement of partnering with a brick-and-mortar casino. On the surface, Tennessee is open to an unlimited number…
Taking a Lead to Build Your Gaming Platform’s Customer Base
July 30, 2020
Taking a Lead to Build Your Gaming Platform’s Customer Base
By: Ifrah Law
State by state, the U.S. regulatory landscape is shifting in favor of legalized online gaming and sports betting. As states come online, operators are seeking to acquire and to increase their customer base. A tried and true marketing strategy to push traffic online—and that operators are using successfully to promote their gaming services—is lead generation. Lead generation marketing is estimated to be a $12 billion…
For Payment Processors: A Compliance Plan That Even Banks and Credit-Card Networks Will Love
July 24, 2020
For Payment Processors: A Compliance Plan That Even Banks and Credit-Card Networks Will Love
By: Jeffrey Hamlin
A little more than two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, striking down federal limits on the expansion of sports betting. Since then, a number of states have legalized sports betting—Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia, to name a few. Indeed, many states now permit sports betting at brick-and-mortar establishments as…
Betting Operators Look at In-House Options for Customer Leads
July 23, 2020
Betting Operators Look at In-House Options for Customer Leads
By: Steven Eichorn
Cold-pitch sales are a difficult proposition, especially when done over the Internet. The challenge is greater when competing products are similar and the barriers to entry are low, making it harder for a company to differentiate itself from the competition. So goes the case for online gaming operators who often face difficulty in attracting new users to their platform, especially when there are registration requirements…
Despite Pandemic, New Sports Gambling And Online Gaming Market Entries Proliferate
July 20, 2020
Despite Pandemic, New Sports Gambling And Online Gaming Market Entries Proliferate
By: Ifrah Law
If someone had told you at the beginning of 2020 that, by March, global sports would largely shut down, with a slow resumption not happening until the summer of 2020, you may have predicted that 2020 would be a bad year for businesses involved in sports wagering, fantasy sports, and iGaming. Yet, the rapid legalization of sports wagering across the United States has not relented,…
