Posted on December 27th, 2024
Offshore sportsbooks have been around for 40 years and available online for just about 30 years. Before the striking down of PAPSA, offshore sportsbooks were the only alternative to flying to Las Vegas to place your sports bets. Millions of people from around the world placed their sports bets by logging in online or calling […]
Posted on November 22nd, 2024
Just like any other business, there is a marketing side to operating a sportsbook. Getting customers is the ultimate goal no matter what you are selling. In movie theaters, sporting events and live entertainment they call it “getting butts in seats”. The customer is king. Without them there is no business. The main measurement sportsbooks […]
Posted on November 6th, 2024
One way sportsbooks have been known to shut down a hot player is to limit his bet size. This is an old trick and usually comes from a panicky bookmaker. Before offshore books and U.S licensed online sportsbooks, local bookies would limit a player when he went on a multi-week heater but their reason was […]
Posted on August 22nd, 2024
Almost all licensed sportsbooks in the US have become extremely strict when it comes to limiting (and sometimes banning) people’s accounts. BetMGM, FanDuel, DraftKings, and many other big names all regularly engage with this practice, putting strong limits on what players can and can’t do while using their sites. This has caused major controversy in […]
Posted on August 1st, 2024
In late May, the state of Michigan ordered a cease-and-desist of Bovada sportsbook (Rated A). The State of Michigan included the following reason: “Due to the unregulated and unlicensed online gaming offerings on Bovada” and went on to cite several state laws. The sportsbook stopped accepting new clients from Michigan immediately and as of August […]
Posted on July 10th, 2024
The iconic Las Vegas property The Mirage is set to shut down in just a week from today. The property was purchased by the parent company of Hard Rock Casinos which is owned by the Seminole of Florida. It will undergo a full renovation and re-open as the Hard Rock Casino in 2027. The property […]
Posted on April 18th, 2024
We all know a sportsbook loves a loser. If you are on a terrible losing streak and cannot seem to cobble together a win or two, the sportsbook is your best friend. They surely won’t intervene and try to stop you from continuing to wager. But what happens if you win on a regular basis? […]
Posted on November 11th, 2023
Competing with the big budgets of the fresh-on-the-scene online sportsbooks like BetMGM, Caesars and Hard Rock means amping up your incentive game if you are a long established book. The folks at BetOnline sportsbook fully understand this and have taken on the challenge. This month, they have launched the BetOnline “VIP Rewards” program. This is […]
Posted on November 7th, 2023
Last week we reported Seminole Hard Rock’s plans to reboot their online sportsbook after some key legal decisions were made clearing the way. Namely, the suspension of the original deal between the State of Florida and Seminole Hard Rock was lifted. We reported the sportsbook should be live by next month. Well, it didn’t take […]
Posted on January 23rd, 2023
When legal sports betting in Ohio went live on January 1st, 2023, the launch went off with a bang. It is safe to say that the launch lived up to expectations. To put things into perspective, north of 11 million sports betting transactions were made on the first two days that Ohio sports betting was […]