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FanDuel rebranded yesterday with a new logo and a player’s Bill of Rights.
The Bill of Rights, among other things, promises fantasy players their money is protected, that they won’t be playing against employees and offers a new feature that identifies experienced players, so players understand the skill level of their competition, especially in head-to-head situations.
“The last 12 months have been incredibly challenging,” FanDuel CEO Nigel Eccles said. “There were a number of different ways people had us being killed off, but we are still here.”
A New York Times article looks at exchange wagering and other changes coming to betting in America.
Exchange wagering has been available since May in New Jersey, where Betfair will sponsor the Haskell Stakes on Sunday at Monmouth Park in Oceanport. It is part of a broader strategy to woo young gamblers comfortable with fast-paced, tech-focused betting and get ahead in what is expected to be the widespread legalization of sports gambling in the United States.
Betting On Sports said their September conference will be “the biggest event the betting industry has seen for 10 years.”
“After three highly successful Betting on Football conferences we’ve expanded SBCEvents to launch the inaugural Betting on Sports (#BIGnBOS) this September,” SBCFounder Rasmus Sojmark said. “It’s grown into a two-day event and with over 600 delegates expected to attend, there’s no doubt that if you’re in the industry, it’s a must-attend.”
VICE published an anonymous story about a man who acted as a bookie during his time in prison.
Sports gambling is a serious form of entertainment in prison. I’d guess maybe 30 percent percent of inmates bet on sports, at least where I was in the late 1990s, at Wyoming State Penitentiary. That’s where I learned the hustle, working as a ‘writer’ who collects betting slips and delivers them back to a bookie. I’d make 20 or 25 percent off the top, or $1.25 cents off a $5 bet, no matter whether the better or the bookie won.
Las Vegas Review-Journal’s Matt Youmans wrote about the optimism around the Raider’s 2016-2017 season.
“When I look at the Raiders, and you look at what they have done the first two years under Carr, I don’t think it’s too much of a reach to ask them to win nine games and be in the wild-card run,” Sunset Station book director Chuck Esposito said. “As far as young talent goes, they have some of the best in the league.”
One popular eSports skins betting site has taken in more than $13.2 of action since July 13, when Valve sent out a cease-and-desist letter which is supposed to stop the practice.
The average amount of money bet on each game is down about 25 percent, according to gambling monitor Genius Sports.
Valve’s cease-and-desist letter said the sites are violating the company’s terms of service by using its software to facilitate betting and must stop by Friday, July 29.
The Football Association, which governs soccer in England, is discussing newly appointed England manager Sam Allardyce’s role as a sports betting company’s brand ambassador.
My Club Betting’s selling point to Allardyce was its funding of frequently cash-strapped grassroots football clubs. Although Allardyce is concerned primarily with its football division, the company creates customised gambling sites at individual sports clubs of all sizes, with 20% of the bookmaker’s net revenues returned to the team and often invested in kit and equipment.