Author: OnlineGamblingDaily

 December 17, 2020 Players in the Empire State have been able to place wagers on sporting events at land based casinos, but New York online sports betting has so far remained elusive despite repeated attempts to regulate it. However, Governor Andrew Cuomo recently indicated that he is open to legalizing mobile sports wagers in his state. He mentioned the topic while discussing the state’s financial $17 billion deficit, caused in part by the Coronavirus pandemic. New Jersey has emerged as the leader in sports betting with a handle of over $930 million just in November. If the activity were regulated…

Limited Video Lottery revenue fell in November, casino numbers show some recovery T he West Virginia Lottery Commission on Wednesday approved iGaming licenses for the five casinos doing business in the state. The commission moved the licenses for Mardi Gras, Wheeling Island, Mountaineer, Hollywood Casino at Charles Town and the Greenbrier Resort to full license status in separate votes taken at the commission’s regular monthly meeting originating Wednesday in Charleston, West Virginia MetroNews reports.  The casinos had previously been granted 270-day interim licenses. Each operation has paid a five-year $250,000 fee for its license. The Lottery Commission made iGaming a gambling…

California Gaming Association criticized tribal casinos’ decision to stay open with ICUs at capacity limits T he California Gaming Association (CGA), a trade association that represents the licensed commercial cardrooms in California, has criticized tribal casinos in the state for staying open amid rising COVID-19 cases, ICUs reaching capacity limits and statewide stay-at-home orders effective Dec. 5. The association also reaffirmed its opposition against a 2022 ballot initiative from a coalition of tribes to expand their gambling options, including sports betting. Native American tribes, as sovereign nations, are not required to follow the state’s stay-at-home order. In a press release…

“Negotiations are in a very late stage but there is not currently an executed compact,” said Sara Tait, executive director of the Indiana Gaming Commission. If the state and the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, which operates the Four Winds tribal casino in South Bend, reach an agreement on a tribal gaming compact, that would allow the Pokagons to offer Class III gaming in South Bend and replace its slot machine-like Class II bingo devices with traditional slot machines, as well as add table games with dealers, a sports book and potentially a mobile sports wagering application, The Times reports. Under…

T he CAGE Companies (An RLJ Companies Majority Owned Company) and its subsidiary, CAGE Sports BV today announced a strategic business agreement with FanDuel Group to expand America’s #1 Sportsbook to certain jurisdictions where CAGE is licensed or is seeking sports betting licenses in the Caribbean and South America. The new relationship brings together CAGE’s experience in the region with FanDuel’s premier brand and industry-leading sports betting platform. “We are excited about implementing a sports betting business with FanDuel and believe that it will provide our customers with an engaging betting experience only our two companies can deliver,” said Robert…

S takeholders are moving forward with massive plans to build multiple casinos across Nebraska with the passage of all three gambling initiatives last month. That includes one in Lincoln with a $200 million price tag. If all goes to plan, Warhorse Gaming, LLC hopes to make the Lincoln Racecourse, which is currently a single building and a track, an all-inclusive destination,1011 Now reports. “Keep that building and use it for a sportsbook and then build around it,” said Lance Morgan, the CEO of Ho-Chunk, Inc., who runs Warhorse Gaming. “We’re talking about a couple hundred-room hotel, a large gaming floor,…

The first 10 minutes of a trip to the casino is arguably the most critical period. Those 10 minutes can set the tone for the rest of your stay and have a significant influence on your chances of success. In that time frame, most gamblers will make several key decisions. Those include the amount of money you plan to spend, the game you’ll play, and whether or not to make a pit stop at the bar. With that being said, it’s always possible to change the course of a trip, as nothing is truly finite until you cash in your…

Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno gave us one hell of a treat last weekend at UFC 256 and according to UFC President Dana White, a rematch is absolutely, positively 100% happening in 2021. Five rounds were not enough to decide a winner between the two and so it’s obvious we need at least another 25 minutes to find out who is better. Bovada has opened its betting lines for the expected rematch and according to the online sportsbook, Figueiredo is a decent -275 odds-on favorite to beat Moreno. The challenger meanwhile, came back at +215 in what should be one…

The 2020-21 season is coming up fast and bettors are already heavily involved making futures bets on all the major awards. While a lot of this action is focused on the best players, you can also speculate on the top coaches in the league as well. With that in mind, we’re going to dive in-depth and take a look at the futures betting market for the NBA Coach of the Year. With the NBA season fast approaching, it’s a great time to speculate on how the new campaign will turn out. The old cliché states that everybody essentially has a…

Neither of the Premier League clubs we trusted yesterday wound up coming through, which was quite frustrating. Manchester City couldn’t even beat West Brom as -920 favorites, but those are the breaks sometimes. As a bettor, you’ve just got to dust yourself off, forget about the misses, and get back to the grind today. BetOnline has a couple of more odds boosters on the menu for this Wednesday. We have more Premier League action all afternoon long, including what should be a thrilling match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur. We’ve also got more college basketball betting on tap for tonight.…

The first two days of the last notable CSGO event of 2020 are all done and dusted. The second day paved the way for a major surprise, BIG defeated Astralis 2:0, following a nail-biter on Vertigo. Yep, that means Astralis has to go up against Vitality to secure a spot in the semifinals against the better of NaVi vs. Liquid. Oh, what a match that one’s going to be! The second day of the #IEM Global Challenge has come to an end. Fear not, we’ll be back with top tier Counter-Strike starting at 15:30 CET tomorrow! See you then! 👋…

For the first time in nearly a month, the Favorites came away as the overall winner in Week 14 by going 12-4 SU and 10-6 ATS. It was easily one of their best weeks of the 2020 season. For the year, Favorites are now 136-67-1 SU and 91-111-2 ATS. Home teams went 8-8 SU and 10-6 ATS last week. Yet, it was an improvement from the horrible Week 13 showing where home teams went 4-10 SU and 3-11 ATS. For the season, Home teams are 101-102-1 SU and 96-106-2 ATS. Lastly, the Unders went 11-5 in Week 14 which extends…

On Saturday, December 19th, the UFC will return to action from their Apex Center in Las Vegas for UFC Fight Night 183: Thompson vs Neal. However, before we check out the main card action, we must examine the preliminary card first. As of this writing, UFC Fight Night 183’s preliminary card features eight bouts with the notable athletes such as Anthony Pettis, Karl Roberson, Sijara Eubanks, Pannie Kianzad, Deron Winn, Rick Glenn and more. The featured bout of the prelims is a welterweight contest between #12 Anthony Pettis and Alex Morono as it was dropped from the main card down…

The NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year Award should probably just be named after the Los Angeles Clippers at this point. Five of the last seven Sixth Man winners have come from the Clippers. Jamal Crawford won it twice in 2014 and 2016 as a Clipper, while Lou Williams won in both 2018 and 2019. Williams came in second behind teammate Montrezl Harrell, who won it last year. In fact, players that played for the Clips at some point during their career have won Sixth Man in each of the last seven years. The last player to win it that…

 December 16, 2020 For a third month in a row, Iowa sports betting set a record for revenue. The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission data shows that over $87 million was wagered on sporting events in the state, both online and in land based sports books last month. November was the second straight month where over $80 million was bet. The handle in September was over $72 million. More than $445 million of the total money wagered in Iowa has come through online bets. Starting on January 1, bettors won’t have to register new online accounts with in-person visits to…

Some gamblers can never seem to catch a break while playing their favorite game. On other hand, some casino gamblers can’t lose no matter what game they’re playing. What makes one player get the best cards? What makes the dice fall in your favor? More importantly, does luck actually exist? And how do you get lucky while gambling? On this page, we’ll attempt to dive into these questions. We’ll examine a few superstitions in gambling, the science of luck, as well as how luck affects skill-based games. Gamblers and Superstition From the moment our ancestors first played games of chance…