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Sportsbooks, handle, odds and the betting business worldwide.
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Spain is favored over Lionel Messi's Argentina in the 2026 World Cup final as US sportsbooks brace for a record handle near $4.3 billion. Odds, props and what it means.
The NFL has indefinitely suspended Arizona Cardinals director of college scouting Ryan Gold for leaking draft information and betting on NFL and college games. He is now appealing.
The NBA ended its July Board of Governors meetings with no vote on a Las Vegas team, yet Adam Silver called the interest "music to my ears" and pointed to a decision by the end of 2026. Here is what it means for betting and the gambling capital.
Ohio regulators have approved Plannatech to operate Prime Sports, clearing the sharp-focused sportsbook to relaunch in the state after a Chapter 11 restructuring. Here is who Plannatech is and what happens next.
Sportsbooks are on course for record World Cup 2026 handle, with global wagers estimated near 60 billion dollars. But gross win, hold rates and cross-sell tell a more complex story about what operators actually make from the tournament.
A dozen more defendants in the mob-linked rigged poker case tied to the NBA gambling scandal will plead guilty to wire fraud, with nine more in plea talks, prosecutors told a Brooklyn court.
Illinois handle fell about 10% to $1.14bn in May 2026 and bets placed dropped 21%, the state's biggest annual fall of the year, as the per-wager tax bites and tax receipts near $54m.
Arizona will accept applications from August 13 to 27, 2026 for up to 10 in-person sports betting licenses taxed at 8 percent, as it also targets illegal operators.
Betting exchange Matchbook is operating ADI PredictStreet's regulated prediction markets on its own platform across five countries, using its licences instead of blockchain. Here is what the deal signals for the fast-growing sector.
Matt Fitzpatrick says gambling-related abuse of players is becoming a serious problem in golf, echoing Jordan Spieth as the R&A launches a new fan code of conduct at Royal Birkdale.
Former NBA player Ed Davis appeared in a Brooklyn federal court on July 14 to answer sports bribery, wire fraud and money laundering charges tied to alleged prop bet fixing involving Malik Beasley.
US sportsbooks face a growing push to implement college campus geofencing restrictions, but the technical challenge of drawing accurate exclusion zones around urban campuses interwoven with public roads and private buildings is proving substantially harder than state-line enforcement, with experts warning that students can simply cross the street.