Category: Sportsbetting

Federal Ban on Sports Betting Found Unconstitutional By J. Phillip Vogel   Fans of sports betting have a massive reason to celebrate. In the recent and historic Supreme Court decision on Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, they found that the federal ban on sports betting, as established by the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection […]

Super Bowl Makes Annual Appearance in Las Vegas By Buzz Daly   Just in time to rescue a nation badly in need of a remedy for the winter blahs and distraction from relentless politically-inspired turmoil, we get to celebrate our favorite unofficial national holiday, Super Bowl Sunday. Ostensibly, the Super Bowl crowns the NFL’s best […]

Sports Books hope March Madness mirrors Super Bowl success By Buzz Daly   Hitting a parlay is the best-case scenario for bettors since it generates maximum return for minimum risk. That is how Las Vegas anticipates the profits of parlaying the Super Bowl with March Madness, which follows just a few weeks later. These are […]

Where They Fit In Your Betting Arsenal By Buzz Daly     If there is a common denominator that most of us are forced to deal with in an era fraught with uncertainty, it is the presence of stress in our everyday lives. That is even more true for frazzled sports bettors during this time […]

Expansion of mobile sports wagering fuels industry growth By Sean Chaffin The Denver Broncos may have been a winner for many Super Bowl 50 bettors in 2016, but it was Nevada casinos that cleaned up – with a record $132.5 million wagered on the game within the state. That total topped the previous record of […]

New pari-mutuel fantasy betting scores big among Vegas sports books By Buzz Daly   Until recently, the newest twist in sports betting – daily fantasy sports – completely bypassed Las Vegas as the issues of implementation, licensing and of course feasibility were unresolved. The intense TV promotion of daily fantasy sports last year by a […]

Here’s what’s going on in the sports betting industry By Buzz Daly   With slim pickins’ in the sports books this month, Las Vegas endures triple-digit temperatures that lull sun-baked sports bettors into letting their bankrolls hibernate, while the boys that take our bets are plotting ways to kick start the action for the coming […]

There’s a growing army of legal sports betting proponents By Buzz Daly   Not everyone buys into the notion that evolution is for real and a positive development. Darwin’s theory still has nonbelievers, and evolved modern man is considered a wimp by some women. But the burgeoning evolution that is changing negative attitudes about legal […]

Sports books prepared as baseball season draws fewer bettors By Buzz Daly   With all due respect to bears and their genetically programmed behavior—which causes them to abandon normal activity and withdraw for several months into a slumber-like state, hibernation—they do bear (pun intended) a close resemblance to some sports bettors. The crucial difference is […]