As esports continues its march toward mainstream acceptance, video game publishers, teams and players find themselves learning on the fly and navigating new, often unexpected, challenges once reserved for top-tier traditional sports athletes and celebrities.
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2018 did not lack for either headlines or significant changes in the gaming industry, which continues to adapt to changing social and economic realities.
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SportsBusiness Journal on Monday released its annual list of the most influential people in sports business for 2018. At the top of the list sits "The American Sports Gambler," a nod to the massive new consumer base that for decades had been mostly off limits to U.S. companies in every state but Nevada.
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Sheldon Adelson wants to build a casino in New York City, and the corporation he runs is enlisting some of New York’s most prominent players in a campaign to win the close ally of President Trump his prize.
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Gaming houses are doubling down on esports as the industry continues to bloom. While the cyber sport has found ways to intersect with even the most alien trades, gambling is curving out to be more endemic than you'd expect.
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While all the leagues are slowly developing game plans with regard to legalized betting, NASCAR took a big step last Tuesday when it announced a multi-year agreement with Sportradar to utilize its sports betting fraud monitoring services, in a joint announcement by the two companies.
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Baseball and gambling used to be mortal enemies. Here’s how they fell in love.
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Call it an "integrity or royalty fee", the debate remains who will pay the price and how will the betting public be fairly and honestly served.
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Sunday went to the underdogs and left bettors battered and bruised, especially the unfortunate souls who put big money on the New England Patriots to beat the Miami Dolphins. Underdogs went 9-5 against the spread on Sunday, with seven outright upsets, and sportsbooks across the nation reaped the benefits. Here are the notable bets:
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Bill Miller, currently senior vice president of government relations for the Business Roundtable, was selected for the post to oversee the gaming industry’s Washington D.C.-based trade organization following a more than four-month search, sources said.
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The Miami Dolphins have already completed one December miracle with miniscule odds, and now it won’t take nearly as much of a long shot to get them into the playoffs.
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Two nuns at a Catholic church in Southern California are suspected of embezzling up to $500,000 in school funds, allegedly using some of the money to go on trips and gamble at casinos, a spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles told ABC News.
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