Sports Betting News

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed bill A4113 into law, which will ban 30 in-state colleges from partnering with sports betting operators. The ban comes as lawmakers also consider a bill to eliminate college player prop betting.

Bet365 Sportsbook has announced a new partnership with the WNBA’s Indiana Fever, just one month after reaching a similar deal with rival Chicago Sky. The deal will allow the sportsbook to advertise with the team and offer exclusive in-app content.

The sports betting industry is on edge after DC lawmakers approved a tax change and seem likely to protect controversial sports prediction markets. Industry proponents believe this will lead to irreversible damage to the industry, resulting in less tax revenue for states.

The MLB has suspended Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz amid an investigation into unusual betting patterns around two of his pitches this season. The investigation focuses on micro-betting, which allows bettors to wager on specific moments in a game or event.

The California Attorney General released his opinion on the DFS industry and found that all forms of these competitions violate the state's gambling laws. The opinion suggests that DFS operators will likely be excluded from the country’s largest market.

Underdog has filed a lawsuit to stop California Attorney General Rob Bonta from releasing an opinion on the legality of the daily fantasy sports industry. The operator claims they were not given enough time to prepare for the damaging fallout expected to follow.

A controversial new per-bet tax is set to debut in Illinois on Tuesday. The state’s online sportsbook operators have been vehemently opposed to it, with two industry leaders adding new fees for bettors to cover the revenue lost.

Sports betting is in the spotlight for the wrong reasons once again after a federal investigation into NBA star Malik Beasley was announced on Sunday. The investigation is looking at unusual betting patterns around the guard last season.

The Rhode Island House failed to vote on a bill that would have expanded the state’s sports betting market. Concerns over the current contract the state has with IGT ultimately led to the bill being pushed off for at least one more year.

The Florida Attorney General’s office has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the state’s 2021 gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe. It claims that the compact is protected under the Constitution, as past court rulings have confirmed.