Articles by: Grant Mitchell

News first broke last week that funds from Ohtani’s account were used to pay seven figures to an illegal bookmaker. That came immediately after his representatives informed MLB that he was the victim of a “massive theft” which he asserts was orchestrated by Mizuhara.

Rep. Zack Stephenson (DFL-35A) spearheaded a deal in the Senate that increased the tax rate from a previous sports betting proposal from 10 to 20 percent. The extra 10 percent will be directed to small charities, a deal that Allied Charities Minnesota said it would be willing to support.

According to a news release from the Harrison County Sheriff's Department, “Young Block,” real name LilDon Williams, 32, was fleeing on foot from two masked men with rifles when he was fatally shot. Williams performed in the Park Hill neighborhood just hours before.

Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced on Tuesday that he will unveil a new set of policies that he hopes will serve as guidelines for what legal sportsbooks can and cannot do to attract audiences. The SAFE Bet Act will protect sports bettors amid the vast proliferation of the industry.

Ted Hartwell of the NCPG said that two-thirds of students who live on campus engage in sports betting. According to estimates from experts in the field, as many as 20% of students use financial aid to fund their betting habits, whereas that money should pay for books and classes.

The new sportsbook will feature next to DraftKings’ retail betting parlor next to Wrigley on the corner of Addison Street and Sheffield Avenue. Customers will be treated to 32 betting kiosks and seven counters inside a 17,000-square-foot facility with 2,000 square feet of screens.

House Bill 1319 will legalize Maryland online casinos and put the Maryland State Lottery & Gaming Control Agency in charge of regulating the market. The bill was introduced by Del. Vanessa Atterbeary (D-Howard), chair of the Ways and Means Committee.

The New York Senate did not include iGaming in its budget proposal released on Monday evening. Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (D-15) raised a proposal to legalize it earlier in the year, though he also said it would not progress if it wasn’t included in the budget.

D.C. Council member and chairman of the business and economic development committee, Kenyan R. McDuffie (I-At Large), said that the operator produced just over $4.3 million from the time it launched to the start of the new year, an underperformance of more than 95%.

The state opened with eight sportsbooks that are available to customers 21 or older anywhere inside state lines. This was after the sportsbooks were granted a 10-day window to pre-register customers, during which they could receive a variety of prizes that were boosted compared to traditional sign-up offers.