1979 stories by Steve Bittenbender
ZenSports Gains Access to Colorado Sports Betting Market Through New Casino
ZenSports has found its partner in Colorado. The company, seeking to establish peer-to-peer sports betting in the United States, signed an agreement late last week with Boulter Developments LLC. The deal means ZenSports will serve as the exclusive online partner for the...
DFS Site PrizePicks Lands New Investments from Poker Realm, Retired NBA Player
Daily fantasy sports operator PrizePicks announced this week it has closed on a “strategic” round of equity funding. And once again, the Atlanta-based company is drawing interest from both the poker world and the locker room. The company did not disclose how...
GameStop the Market: Big Bets on Stock Make Wall Street Look Like a ‘Casino’
The biggest bets made over the past couple days haven’t been placed in a casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Instead, the action’s taken place on Wall Street, as a group of stock traders on Reddit have aimed at hedge fund traders,...
Geolocation Data Shows Record Weekend for Legal US Online Sports Betting Markets
The penultimate weekend for the NFL was a busy one for US mobile sports bettors. Conscious Gaming announced late Sunday night there were more than 30 million geolocation transactions. It's the most ever recorded in one weekend. Mobile sports betting apps use...
888’s Sherman Says US Online Poker May Benefit in Latest Wire Act Ruling
A recent federal appeals court’s decision against a Trump Administration-era opinion on the Wire Act will almost certainly lead to exponential growth in online poker in the US. That’s according to 888 Holdings Yaniv Sherman, who talked with Casino.org after the ruling....
Mobile Sports Betting in New York May End Up Modeled After Pennsylvania: ANALYSIS
Mobile sports betting in New York is closer now to reality than it ever has been. That said, it's a far cry from a slam dunk at this point. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has come out in support of expanding sports betting. However,...
Phil Mickelson Disputes White House Claim He Supported Billy Walters Clemency Case
So, about that part of the Billy Walters clemency case where pro golfer Phil Mickelson wrote a letter in support of the retired gambler...turns out, the Trump Administration didn’t quite get that right. An attorney for the 44-time winner on the PGA...
HHR Opponents Want Parlors Shut Down After Kentucky Supreme Court Declines Rehearing
The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday announced it would not revisit an opinion it gave last fall that select historical horse racing (HHR) machines did not meet the definition of pari-mutuel betting. That decision leaves one of the state’s signature industries at...
Indiana, Pokagon Tribe Reach Agreement on Class III Compact for South Bend Casino
Indiana’s lone tribal casino is one step closer to being able to offer sports betting and other Class III games. Late Thursday afternoon, Gov. Eric Holcomb and Matthew Wesaw, chairman of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians announced the two sides concluded...
Billy Walters ‘Extremely Grateful’ for Trump Clemency, Still Pursuing Civil Case
In a statement released Wednesday, retired professional gambler Billy Walters said he was thankful President Trump commuted his five-year sentence on an insider trading conviction. But he also plans to proceed with a civil lawsuit against those who prosecuted and investigated his...
