Chicago Cubs Adding Sports Book at Wrigley Field So Fans Can Gamble on Baseball

Online sports betting is now made possible in North Carolina, as it was made legal as of noon ET on Monday (Mar. 11) The bill was passed last summer to allow people located in the state, who are over the age of 2, to bet on professional and college sports. It will be regulated by the North Carolina State Lottery Commission which was first set up to…

The culmination of hard work for months paid off on Monday with the official launch of the highly anticipated North Carolina sports betting scene, with many of the best sportsbooks beginning operations in the state. ESPN BET North Carolina and Caesars Sportsbook North Carolina won the race to be the first to go live in the Tar Heel State market.…

DraftKings and FanDuel talk about recent partnerships in the Tar Heel state. NORTH CAROLINA, USA - Some North Carolinians are counting down the down the days to place online legal sports bets. DraftKings is partnering with NASCAR and Fanduel is partnering with the Carolina Panthers. WFMY News 2 spoke one-on-one with both sportsbooks as they prepare…

On Tuesday, I downloaded the new Apple Sports app just before watching basketball on TNT, and soon noticed something strange: The scores on the app were ahead of the telecast. Presumably the game between the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers was appearing on my TV in near-real time, but it was still behind the app's ticking game…

US sports betting giant DraftKings has announced a new agreement with the country's top-tier stock car racing series Nascar that has opened the door for the gambling firm to begin operations in the US state of North Carolina. Although the deal still needs to be ratified by the state's regulators and licensing commission, once approved it will mean…

Given NASCAR's long and storied history in North Carolina, it was only a matter of time before the group partnered with a sports betting operator in the state. On Friday, NASCAR announced it would work with DraftKings in the state pending regulatory approval from the NC Lottery. "DraftKings and NASCAR have collaborated closely with each other over…

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LEGAL sports betting launched in Michigan in March 2020, with online betting arriving the following year in January 2021. Since then, Michigan hasn't looked back. By 2023 the state had at least 15 different online sportsbooks, including some of the most popular sites in the country like DraftKings and BetRivers. DraftKings - Bet $5 and win $150 in…

The year was 1988. The month was January. The city was Los Angeles. The car was a Nissan 300ZX, the music inside the car came courtesy of Phil Collins, and the gamblers in the front seat went by the names Dino and Miami. Their destination was Agua Caliente, a struggling horse track in Tijuana that was run by a powerful businessman, Jorge Hank Rhon,…

Red Sox right-hander Nick Pivetta will look to bounce back from a rocky start to spring training as he takes the ball against the Tigers on Tuesday afternoon in Lakeland, Florida. 21+ and present in Massachusetts. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-Gambler. Mobile sports betting is live in Massachusetts on BetMGM. Get started with $200 in bonus…

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts sports fans raced to their cellphones Friday to begin placing bets as the state allowed online sports wagering just days ahead of next week's start of the NCAA college basketball tournament. The start of online sports gambling came a little over a month after the state began allowing people to place wagers in person at…

To help kick off sports betting in Massachusetts, former Boston Celtic and current broadcaster Brian Scalabrine celebrated with DraftKings Sportsbook at the company's Boston headquarters. Scalabrine has become a brand ambassador for DraftKings in Massachusetts, appearing in the app's "Bet Local" commercial that began airing in Massachusetts…

You've probably heard it too many times by now: DraftKings was born in Massachusetts. It's based in Boston. But its backstory - how three disillusioned corporate American friends turned $25000 into the money-making sports betting behemoth it is today - is worth diving into. What do you do when you have a keen interest in creating a company and…

In December, NBC4i.com will have a series of reports on sports gambling, which becomes legal in Ohio on Jan. 1. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - The Peach Bowl is likely the last Ohio State Buckeyes game Ohioans cannot legally bet on, to the chagrin of online sportsbooks. With an 8 p.m. kickoff on New Year's Eve, it misses Ohio's sports gambling universal…

In December, NBC4i.com will have a series of reports on sports gambling, which becomes legal in Ohio on Jan. 1. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Aside from Christmas trees now out at Scioto Downs, new counters for its soon-to-be physical sportsbook were installed Monday, and signs advertising it now decorate the horse racing track and casino on South High…

The Field of Dreams game is just around the corner, with the Chicago Cubs preparing to play the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday in Dyersville, Iowa. Here are four observations on Major League Baseball's attempt to make it an annual classic: What does that have to do with Thursday's game? Connect the dots. The nationally televised game capitalizes on…

Let's pretend for a moment that legal bookmakers offered odds on whether the Major League Baseball season will start on time. They don't, by the way, mostly because they fear the availability of potential insider information, with all the lawyers, media members, and employees of MLB and the players union who could be privy to labor talks. But if…

Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers looks to pass during a game against the Seattle Seahawks at Lambeau Field on November 14, 2021 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Stacy Revere | Getty Images Legalized mobile sports betting is now live in New York. FanDuel, DraftKings, Caesars Sportsbook and Rush Street Interactive, the first companies permitted by…

DraftKings and NASCAR have agreed to a written designation partnership to provide the sports betting company with market access to North Carolina. DraftKings is the sixth operator to announce its required partnership to gain access into the North Carolina online sports betting fray. "DraftKings and NASCAR have collaborated closely with each other…

Submitted by DraftKings BOSTON, September 8, 2022 /CSRwire/ - DraftKings Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG) ("DraftKings" or the "Company") today announced its newest responsible gaming initiative - the Practice Safe Bets advertising campaign - as the Company marks the American Gaming Association's inaugural Responsible Gaming Education Month this September.…