Industry News of the Day for November 11, 2021
iDEA Growth Member News:
- SBC, 11.11.21: Spotlight Sports Group Examines Betting Technology Ecosystem In Research Paper (features Kambi, Sportradar, Evolution Gaming)
- Spotlight Sports Group has published the inaugural edition of BetTech Ecosystem, a research paper examining sports betting and igaming’s major suppliers.
- US Bets, 11.11.21: Platform Provider Kambi Out To Make Inroads On Single-Game Parlays
- It is the sports betting rage of the moment, a nationwide wave started by FanDuel that other operators have eagerly chosen to ride with various tweaks unique to their respective sportsbooks.
- SBC, 11.11.21: The Fight For Market Share In The US Sports Betting Space (PointsBet’s CEO Sam Swanell mentioned)
- The early evidence from September onwards suggests the marketing blitz that accompanied the early weeks of the new season is having an effect.
Overall Industry News:
- Play USA, 11.10.21: PlayUSA Rewind: Mississippi Considering Mobile Sports Betting For 2022
- Several states, including New York and Mississippi, are finally putting mobile sports betting front and center.
Sports League News:
- Sports Illustrated, 11.10.21: Betting and the NHL: Rolling the Dice
- It’s a bit late to the party, but the NHL is going all-in on betting.
New York:
- Play NY, 11.10.21: NHL Executive On NY Online Sports Betting: ‘Tax Rates That Are 51% Aren’t Going To Be Helpful’
- Many aren’t happy with the online sports betting structure set up in New York.
Mississippi:
- WLOX, 11.11.21: Mobile Sports Betting Now Possible At One South Mississippi Casino
- Mobile sports betting has finally arrived in South Mississippi. The Beau Rivage is currently the only casino that allows it and gamblers can only do it on casino property.
- WXXV 25, 11.10.21: Beau Rivage Launches First Sports Betting App On The Coast
- Today, Beau Rivage Resort and Casino officially launched their mobile sports betting app making them the first casino on the Coast to have this app.
- Sports Handle, 11.10.21: Could Mobile Sports Betting Come to Mississippi in 2022?
- Mobile sports betting could be on its way to Mississippi in 2022.
Arkansas:
- Arkansas Times, 11.11.21: Mobile Sports Betting In The Cards For Arkansas
- Illicit bookmaking may go the way of buggy whips with the coming arrival of mobile sports betting in Arkansas.
Florida:
- CBS Miami, 11.10.21: Feds Defend Seminole Tribe Control Of Sports Betting In Florida
- The U.S. Department of the Interior has fired back against allegations that a deal giving the Seminole Tribe control of sports betting in Florida violates federal law, pointing to a decision by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature to allow the tribe to accept bets from throughout the state.
- Sports Handle, 11.10.21: Federal Attorneys: Seminole Compact Not In Violation of IGRA, Amendment 3
- Federal attorneys filed a brief Tuesday in their defense against two Florida parimutuels, claiming that the latest Florida-Seminole Tribe compact does not violate the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and further explaining why state lawmakers were able to expand gaming without going to the voters.
- Federal attorneys filed a brief Tuesday in their defense against two Florida parimutuels, claiming that the latest Florida-Seminole Tribe compact does not violate the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and further explaining why state lawmakers were able to expand gaming without going to the voters.