SportsHandle, along with friends, brings you another update on the biggest developments in US sports gambling.
Researchers Try to Explain Gamblers’ Behaviour at Vegas Gathering
The trays of shot glasses are a must-have for a Wednesday morning in Las Vegas.
The 18th International Conference on Risk-Taking & Gambling at UNLV was no exception. Only the shot glasses contained nonalcoholic smoothies that included spinach, kale and apples.
Tori Horn, a University of Memphis graduate student, presented a paper titled “Alcohol consumption while gambling: New evidence within a responsible gamblingFramework” in which she found that a high probability of people with gambling problems also being at risk of developing a drinking issue.
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ZenSports Offers Cash Back Rewards to Tennessee Sports Bettors
ZenSports, as Tennessee’s thirteenth online sportbook, is preparing to enter the U.S. sports betting market online . It has plans to introduce a bonusing approach that no other sportsbook has yet tried.
Mark Thomas, CEO of KeyStar (Thomas founded ZenSports), said: “We looked at the industry and it was a bit surprising to me to see that many sports betting operators offer bonuses up front, before they know if their customers will stick with them.” When you visit Vegas, you won’t be given a freebie just for walking through the door. You must show that you are going to play.
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MLS Player Alves Enmeshed In Brazil-Based Match-Fixing Probe
Five months after Pele’s death, Brazil’s biggest soccer nation has been shaken by an historic match-fixing controversy.
The leading U.S. While sportsbooks in the U.S. have closely monitored foreign match-fixing plans in the past, a scheme that has implicated several major Brazilian clubs resonates far more on North American soil. This month, state prosecutors at the Public Ministry of Goias charged 16 people, including seven professional football players, with a complex scheme that involved eight or more 2022 matches.
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NCAA Study of College-Aged Sports Bettors finds 61% have placed a live bet
Opinion Diagnostics has conducted a survey that was shared with the NCAA. The results show that despite the restricted access to legal sports gambling, a majority college-aged adults bet on sports.
The survey took place between April 18-25 and included 3,527 responses. Participants were aged 18-22. One-seven hundred and twenty two of the survey participants are students at universities in the United States. In the survey, 58% of participants had placed a bet on sports and 67% were students who lived on campus. College students bet on their school’s team regularly (41%), while a third have used student bookmakers.
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New York regulator backs off of plan to ban third-party sports betting advertisements
This year, two prominent Northeastern States have proposed new regulations for affiliate marketing in Sports Betting. These include the possibility of banning advertising of sports betting by third-party companies.
The New York State Gaming Commission approved proposed rules in February that would prevent compensation to third parties based upon the number of customers, wagers placed or the result of the bets. Massachusetts prohibited affiliate marketers from entering revenue-sharing agreements with sportsbooks. However, other forms of advertising were allowed on a limited scale.
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Read Between the Lines: Financial literacy in Sports Betting
The British are coming.
The U.K. The United States’ sports betting industry has collectively reacted to the white paper released by the U.K.
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In the Money: Remembering When Poker Became Mainstream
Chris Moneymaker, a Tennessee accountant who was previously anonymous, became the most recognized name in poker overnight.
After 20 years of anonymity at the poker tables, he is finally gaining ground.
During the last two decades, his opponents have been vying to get a shot in. They wanted to eliminate Moneymaker from World Series of Poker Main Event. They wanted to beat him at least once in a large pot, or bluff him one time and have a good story to tell.
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