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Illinois gets back in sports betting game

As the rest of America’s sports wagering community has been itching for a restart, bettors in Illinois have spent these pandemic-stricken months waiting for any kind of start. The state’s first round of above-board betting in casinos began just days before the near-nationwide shutdown because of the novel coronavirus and required in-person registration for online […]

Illinois ruling huge for daily fantasy sports

An Illinois lawsuit over a $100 bet and involving a 200-year-old statute has led to one influential state Supreme Court decision siding in favor of daily fantasy sports. The state’s highest court ruled April 16 that fantasy sports at their core are games of skill, not chance, through a decision involving a 2016 bet made […]

Iowa’s anniversary a happy one

There’s been enough going on in 2020 in Iowa to have made a year seem like a lifetime, even in perceived flyover country. The Iowa Caucuses came and went to much political fanfare and not much in the way of results. The coronavirus pandemic has come and lingered to much disruption of everyday lives. Big […]

Iowa ready for big things in 2021

Iowa may have launched sports wagering earlier than any of its Midwest counterparts, but to most operators, the state has been taking its revenue potential at a jog, and not a sprint. The Hawkeye State took its first legal bets back in August 2019, but it did so with a specific requirement that all players […]

Michigan Sports Betting Wait Continues…

Who knew that the late Tom Petty would be 40 years the soothsayer, speaking directly to Michiganders still waiting this first week of 2021 to begin sports wagering en masse. Because yeah, yeah, residents of the state have been taking announcements that online approvals were coming in late fall on faith. Then, they took delays […]

Market growth expected for 2021

Sports betting in the Midwest in 2020 felt like a jockey finally guiding their jittery horse into its starting gate, only to watch another competitor false start and make you begin the process again. If you hadn’t already launched operations in 2019, like Iowa and Indiana did, then the spring of 2020 and the onset […]

How Indiana got it right

When it comes to crafting success out of unexpected circumstances, it sure seems like Sara Tait has cornered her portion of the market. The executive director of the Indiana Gaming Commission since the summer of 2015 got her start in the industry because of eagerness. She moved up the career ladder because of her efficiency. […]

Sports betting pace picks up in Detroit

Jeff Hoose was there in Detroit when the FanDuel Sportsbook at Motor City Casino Hotel took its first sports bet in early March. That morning, former Lions running back and all-time NFL great Barry Sanders walked in to be part of the festivities and be among the first wagerers. That night, Hoose, the Midwest regional […]

Indiana sports betting seeing good numbers

There’s at least one Indiana-based organization with its hands in the sports world that doesn’t elicit a facepalm reaction when its name is brought up. And sorry, NCAA: We’re not talking about you. Ed Feigenbaum has been the editor and publisher of the Indiana Gaming Insight newsletter since the early 1990s, and he’s hard-pressed to […]

Tigers-PointsBet deal could be big

Michigan may still be in the dugout waiting out American sports’ months-long rain delay, but one gaming operator is positioning itself for an inevitable resumption with a new twist for the state. Australian-based PointsBet, which launched U.S. operations in 2019, has partnered with the Detroit Tigers to become the first sportsbook to align itself with […]