Industry News of the Day for February 4, 2022
iDEA Growth Member News:
- Play WV, 2.3.22: PointsBet Sportsbook Partners With Troon To Expand Golf Footprint
- PointsBet recently announced a new partnership with the golf operator, Troon.
- Online Poker Report, 2.4.22: Entain Announces Global Innovation Hub , Partypoker NFTs In Race To iGaming’s Metaverse
- Global sports betting and online gaming giant Entain has announced it is launching an “innovation hub” called Ennovate. Its aim is to further establish itself as a world leader in interactive entertainment.
Overall Industry News:
- SBC, 2.4.22: SportsHandle: That Was The Week That Was In US Sports Betting
- SportsHandle and friends deliver another round-up of the week’s big developments in US sports betting.
New York:
- Legal Sports Report, 2.4.22: NY Sports Betting Handle Shatters US Monthly Record In 23 Days
- New Yorkers have bet $1.625 billion in just 23 days to make mobile NY sports betting the biggest market in the US.
- Westport News, 2.4.22: New York Blows Past New Jersey For Top Sports Betting Market
- It’s official: New York is now the largest sports betting market in America after just four weeks of taking mobile bets.
South Dakota:
- Play USA, 2.4.22: South Dakota Voters May Get To Expand Sports Betting To Mobile
- South Dakota voters could decide if SD sports betting expands beyond Deadwood casinos.
- Legal Sports Report, 2.4.22: Mobile South Dakota Sports Betting Already On The Horizon?
- Mobile sports betting could be on the ballot in South Dakota this November, a swift course correction in a state that launched retail sportsbooks just last year.
Virginia:
- Legal Sports Report, 2.3.22: VA Sportsbooks Bill To End In-State College Ban Alive In Senate
- There is still a chance that VA sportsbooks could take bets on in-state colleges, though House support seems unlikely.
Louisiana:
- Legal Sports Report, 2.3.22: How Louisiana Sports Betting Beat New York In Mobile Debut
- Louisiana bettors clearly were excited for the mobile sports betting debut last weekend.
- Play USA, 2.3.22: In First Week, Louisiana Tops New York In Key Mobile Sports Betting Stat
- Louisiana’s history was forged – or at least made more colorful – by scallywags and gamblers on Mississippi River paddle wheelers and in New Orleans card rooms.
Arizona:
- Legal Sports Report, 2.4.22: New Arizona Sports Betting Bill Could Increase Tribal Licenses
- A new bill in the Arizona Senate could increase the number of mobile sports betting licenses in the state.