DraftKings Sportsbook will take over the only Oregon sports betting app as soon as possible after the Oregon Lottery approved the switch. The Oregon Lottery Commission unanimously approved the switch to the namesake DraftKings app from the SBTech-powered Scoreboard. The change has been in the works for a while now: Director Barry Pack first mentioned […] Read More
DraftKings will no longer accept DFS entries from Oregon as of Monday, according to multiple emails sent to customers. The change seems to stem from negotiations to switch the Oregon Lottery‘s sports betting platform to the DraftKings Sportsbook platform. The Lottery appears to have brought those negotiations back a few years, though, when it called […] Read More
We’re still waiting on more states to report, but legal Super Bowl betting already topped 2020‘s total. So far, handle from 16 states plus Washington DC reporting full or preliminary results on Super Bowl 55 totaled $486.4 million. Legal betting states reported more than $280 million in handle last year with the full US estimated around $300 […] Read More
A new bill backed by Gov. Kate Brown would shift Oregon sports betting from a single state-sponsored app to a competitive marketplace. In true Portlandia fashion, though, the oddly worded six-page bill contains a few quirks. It includes a vague fee structure but no tax rate, and appears deferential to leagues and colleges on multiple issues. […] Read More
Oregon may become the second state to add online virtual sports to its catalog of sports betting options. State gaming regulators have worked overtime to allow betting on fringe sports as major sports have shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. But Oregon is the first to consider virtual sports since the sports world stopped […] Read More
The Oregon sports betting contract between SBTech and the Oregon Lottery finally becomes public record, showing the operator securing a favorable deal. Read More
A Marion County judge has sided with Legal Sports Report in the battle to gain access a public sports betting contract between SBTech and the Oregon Lottery. Read More