SportsHandle and friends deliver another round-up of the week’s big developments in US sports betting.
Do 64% of People Really Oppose Sports Betting Sites Handing Out Freebies?
Two mainstream sports media journalists with an interest in gambling turned a few heads recently by exploring the topic of the New Jersey mobile sports betting sites refunding losing bets. Sports-business-reporter-turned-sports-gambling-reporter Darren Rovell was a guest on last week’s Sports Illustrated Media Podcast with Jimmy Traina, where Traina vented about this practice of sportsbooks giving back money on occasion following a high-profile bad beat.
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Theme Songs For 12 States Moving Forward On Legal Sports Betting
State-by-state talks about the legalization of sports betting have been non-hypothetical conversations for about 10.5 months now, following the fall of the federal ban PASPA in May 2018. Now eight states have legalized and currently regulate sports wagering in some form, while dozens of pieces of legislation to bring more states into the industry are still alive as we head into the second quarter of 2019.
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Arkansas Sports Betting Bill Bans Wagering On Special Olympics, WWE
There are dozens of sports betting bills across the country, but one filed in Arkansas on Monday is rather unique. Among other things, it includes a prohibition against wagering on the Special Olympics, WWE events and American Kennel Club dog shows. The proposal by state senator Will Bond (D) is called the Athletic Event Wagering Act of 2019.
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For New York Sports Bettors, Another Football Season Of Trips To New Jersey Likely
It’s often a bad bet to go against inertia, and that was the case again this weekend as a New York State annual budget of $176 billion was finalized without any movement toward legalization of mobile sports betting. That should leave neighboring New Jersey sitting pretty not only for this summer, but possibly for another entire football season.
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