All posts by John Holden
So How Exactly Is New Mexico Sports Betting Legal, And What Does It Mean In Other States?
New Mexico never passed a law allowing legal sports betting. So when a tribe in the state launched sports betting this week, it raised some...
What We Learned About Sports Betting In Congress, Part Two: The Witnesses
What did the witnesses at the Congressional sports betting hearing tell us, and how accurate were they?
What We Learned About Sports Betting In Congress, Part One: The NFL
Now that Congress has broached the subject of sports betting what did we learn and what's next? First off, we learned more about what the...
Legislative Sausage Making: How We Got UIGEA
As Congress prepares to hold a hearing about sports betting in the US, here's a look at how we got the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling...
Legislative Sausage Making: How We Got The Wire Act, Part Two
The Wire Act -- a law that deals with illegal interstate sports betting -- only came into being after more than a decade of Congressional...
Legislative Sausage Making: How We Got The Wire Act, Part One
The Wire Act is the remaining federal law that deals specifically with sports betting in the US. How did Congress get to the Wire Act,...
Five Ways Legal Sports Betting Could Run Off The Rails
September 1 will mark the date that another state launches sports betting and it is probably a good time to take stock of what has...
Making Sense Of Pro Sports Leagues’ Search For Sports Betting Data Fees: Case Study No. 7
CBC vs. Major League Baseball Advanced Media, a case about fantasy sports, remains one of the most important for the future of US sports betting.
Is Sportradar Taking A Wrecking Ball To League Arguments On Intellectual Property In Sports Data?
There was an interesting twist in the debate over official data and intellectual property when it comes to sports betting data in the US, from...
Making Sense Of Pro Sports Leagues’ Search For Sports Betting Data Fees: Case Study No. 6
What do pagers have to do with the future of sports betting? The NBA took on Motorola and STATS in one of the most important...
