Sports Betting News

Sin City Getting NFL Franchise As Oakland Raiders Move To Las Vegas

July 8, 2022March 31, 2017

Las Vegas is about to enter the NFL fold through the former Oakland Raiders. The league’s team owners gathered and voted 31-1 in favor of allowing the franchise to relocate from Oakland to Las Vegas. While the team isn’t expected to complete the move for another two seasons, the Las Vegas Raiders are set to …

Maryland Legalizes State Regulated Sports Gambling

March 15, 2017March 14, 2017

Another state has put a bill on the table regarding sports gambling. As of February 8, Maryland has a bill in circulation that would establish legalized sports betting in the state, pending the repeal of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, or PASPA. In the event of PASPA being repealed, Maryland would be able …

John McCain Fighting Hard to Legalize Sports Betting

November 18, 2022February 24, 2015

Senator John McCain is calling for expanded gambling privileges, especially within the realm of US based sports betting. Because he hails from Arizona, this can be seen as a competitive move against Nevada’s thriving gambling industry; currently, McCain’s neighboring state is one of only 2 American locales that legally facilitate betting on sports matches. His initial calls for a new legal system of sports betting came right before Super Bowl XLIX. McCain is known to be entrenched with a variety of gambling industry lobbyists, so he would stand to benefit from legislation as well.

Conservatives and Libertarians Rally to Oppose Online Gambling Ban

December 2, 2014

Grover Norquist and Lawson Bader and other conservative advocates joined together to stop Congress from banning US based internet gambling associated with US online poker and casinos, through the “Restore America’s Wire Act”. These efforts were conducted using a coalition letter signed by many officials. The letter stated that the purpose of this bill was to remove the 10th amendments authority to regulate online gambling as states feel is necessary. The letter went on to discuss their hopes that RAWA would not become another instance where the government took over the states’ rights to make decisions they are capable of making. It was made clear in the letter that they were opposed to this legislation, since they feel it takes away rights that should be afforded to the state. They feel the states should be entrusted with regulating the gambling that goes on within their territories.

US Bettor Cashes $100 Online Football Bet for $25,772 – And How You Can Too

July 21, 2022July 22, 2014

With football season just around the corner, we were searching for a news article that would aid you in your online gambling efforts. In doing some quick research, we found proof of something we already knew. When it comes to US sports betting online, football is King. The Nevada Gaming Commission, the regulatory body which …

US Gambling Online Industry Timeline to Present – Which State Is Next to Join

July 9, 2014

The United States online gambling industry is barely 2 years old, as of June this year, but a lot of USA residents are unclear as to exactly what is legal and what is illegal. Quickly, federal statutes do not allow any US-based company to offer sports gambling online. And while there is no single piece of federal legislation which regulates a nationwide online casino or poker industry, those Internet gambling options are available at the state level. Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey all deliver regulated and state-based Internet gambling offerings, with a caveat. You must be located inside those state boundaries to enjoy cyber gambling that is run and provided by those states. With such a young but confusing industry, we thought we would provide a United States online gambling timeline which covers the last couple of years. We have to start all the way back in late 2011, when the most significant piece of federal legislation laid the groundwork for US states deciding their own online gambling destiny.

United States Gambling Online Is Changing How the Internet Works

July 2, 2014

Who is Matthew Katz, and why should his opinion matter to you? Katz is the Chief Executive Officer of Central Account Management System (CAMS), and if you are reading this article, you most likely are a fan of some type of online gambling. The CEO of the payment processing company, which also handles Internet casino player verification, believes that online gambling as it exists and is emerging in the United States is going to transform the way the Internet works.

NJ Appeal Shot Down by Supreme Court

June 25, 2014

The residents of New Jersey, for the past three years, have told their representatives and federal lawmakers that they support sports betting in their state. New Jersey, Delaware and Nevada all offer online gambling in some form, and the New Jersey proposal would allow for the state to offer legal online and off-line sports betting options to its residents. In the United States gambling online industry, currently just Nevada and Delaware can legally deliver legalized sports gambling. To that end, Governor Chris Christie filed an appeal with the Supreme Court asking for a re-examination of sports gambling. This past Monday, the US Supreme Court judges declined to even examine the dispute. They upheld their 2011 decision, halting any efforts by New Jersey to legalize sports betting at this time. This means that at this time, only legal NJ offshore sports betting sites are an option for residents of the Garden State.

US Gambling Online Provider Bovada Increases Casino Promotions for United States Players

June 11, 2014

Long before the states of Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey decided to legalize state based Internet gambling, Bovada delivered legal sports, casino, horse and poker gambling to residents of the United States. By qualifying for an interactive Internet gaming license from the Kahnawake Gaming Commission in Canada, Bovada now provides industry recognized certification. Way back when, Bodog was the leading Internet jurisdiction for US-friendly gambling. Bodog was founded back in 2000, well before the Department of Justice in the US decided to allow individual states to regulate and license online gambling offerings. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has time and again supported the right of Antigua (Bodog’s licensing provider) to offer Internet gambling services to US customers. Now owning respected Kahnawake licensing makes Bodog’s new entity ever more legitimate.

United States Gambling Online – What Is and Is Not Legal in the US

June 6, 2014

This year the World Series of Poker will deliver a $10 million Main Event grand prize. This is the first year since 2006 that the winner of the world’s most popular poker tournament will take home eight figures. More than $50 billion was spent on state-run lotteries last year in the United States. And Las Vegas casinos make over $100 million each spring on March Madness alone. Additionally, March Madness brackets played in sports bars and office pools across the United States involve hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars. In 2014, a record $119.4 million was wagered at Nevada casinos on the Super Bowl. The bottom line? Americans love to gamble. So with the majority of US citizens believing that responsible adult wagering is acceptable, why is United States gambling online illegal? Well, actually, it is absolutely legal.