… WalletHub estimates there will be more than $10 billion worth of gambling around the 2023 edition of the NCAA Tournament. Over 50% of Americans will place an online wager on the event. Those are big numbers, and they are not all coming in strictly above-the-board methods. About 40% of […] Read more »
Betting on sports betting growth
The Super Bowl is just over a week away, where the Philadelphia Eagles will face the Kansas City Chiefs in what is usually the biggest night in football every year. The Super Bowl is also one of the biggest money-making nights of the year for sports – between TV ads, […] Read more »
Sports gambling growth driven by small group of highly engaged sports fans
In the past few years, legal sports betting has exploded as an industry in certain states. Now, a new Ipsos poll finds that the industry’s growth is on the back of a very small group of Americans. Fewer than one in ten report placing official bets in the past year. […] Read more »
California: Both sports wagering initiatives trail, while Newsom maintains a comfortable lead
The latest Berkeley IGS Poll of Californians considered likely to vote in the November general election finds the two sports wagering initiatives, Propositions 26 and 27, trailing by significant margins six weeks before the election. The poll finds Proposition 27, the initiative to allow online sports wagering, trailing two-to-one (53% […] Read more »
Support for legal sports betting grows, Post-UMD poll finds
As states across the country legalize sports betting and online sportsbooks flood sports television with celebrity-backed advertisements, Americans are growing more accepting of the practice, a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll finds. Four years after the Supreme Court overturned a law that limited sports gambling mostly to Nevada, 66 percent […] Read more »
America’s pastime is changing
Another year, another delayed Opening Day. Instead of the pandemic causing disruptions, stalled contract negotiations pushed the MLB Opening Day back this year. Contracts aside, taking a wide view, the last two years have sprung new changes for America’s past time. Thanks to the lockout, digital media adoption, and, of […] Read more »