BetOnSports Liquidators Return 4.63% of Player Balances - 06/07/2011 9:07

Long-time online sports bettors will recall the demise of BetOnSports, which ceased operations in 2006. Prior to ceasing operations, BetOnSports was arguably the largest USA-facing online bookie in terms of market share. It was also a publicly traded company.

Now five years later, the company's liquidators in... view more>>

Legalized Sports Wagering In .... California? - 07/08/2010 9:08

California State Senator Roderick Wright, a name familiar to those that are keeping up with efforts to create online poker legislation in California, is at it again.

Senator Wright sponsored online poker legislation earlier this year, but agreed to postpone a vote in the legislature due to vocal resistance... view more>>

Delaware's Bid to Offer Single Game Sports Betting Comes Up Short - 08/05/2010 16:05

As reported on in a previous Wheretobet.com telegram, Delaware appealed restrictions on their sports betting lottery system to the U.S. Supreme Court. This was in response to a decision made by a U.S. Appeals Court stating that Delaware could not offer betting on individual games.

As... view more>>

Popular Sportsbetting Forum Sued for Copyright Infringement - 17/04/2010 15:04

The Las Vegas Review-Journal has sued popular sportsbetting forum Major Wager for allegedly posting Review-Journal stories involving sports and sports betting on its Web site without authorization.

This follows other lawsuits filed by the Review-Journal against other parties. Apparently R-J never gave notice nor requested that any of... view more>>

Hedge Funds Investing in Sports Betting? - 10/04/2010 11:04

Hedge Funds are beginning to invest in Sports Betting, but not in the way that you might think. They are not buying shares in public betting companies.

Centaur, a London based company, has just launched Galileo (link: http://www.centaurgalileo.com /).

Galileo's trading team analyzes and trades the betting... view more>>

US Senators Wyden and Gregg Introduce Online Gaming Legislation - 25/02/2010 8:02

Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Judd Gregg (R-NH) have introduced the Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2010, which includes provisions to legalize and regulate Internet gaming.

"With so much media focus on the differences between Democrats and Republicans in Congress, this bipartisan initiative highlights the growing support... view more>>

Iowa Mulls Offering Legalized Sports Betting - 05/02/2010 8:02

The Iowa Senate is considering a bill that would offer legalized sports betting in Iowa Casinos.

This bill has a long uphill climb ahead of it, as it not only needs to be approved by the Senate prior to the first sports bet being accepted, it will need to... view more>>

Delaware Appeals Restrictions on Sports Betting to US Supreme Court - 16/01/2010 15:01

Prior to the 2009 NFL Football season, Delaware launched a plan for legalized sports betting within the state.

However, professional sports leagues along with the NCAA launched a case seeking an injunction against the state. In the process of hearing the injunction, the US Appeals Court... view more>>

Former BetOnSports CEO David Carruthers Rescinds Guilty Plea - 01/10/2009 9:10

The British online gambling executive David Carruthers, who has spent three years under house arrest in Missouri, has withdrawn his "guilty" plea just days before he was due to be sentenced by a US court on racketeering charges for breaching America's sweeping restrictions on internet gaming.

Carruthers was chief... view more>>

U.S. Appellate Court Shoots Down Delaware's Sports Betting Plans - 30/08/2009 11:08

After a hearing on Monday, 24 August, the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that the State of Delaware cannot offer single-game sports betting, because doing so "violates the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act."

The case was not yet... view more>>