Bravado Betting: More Swagger Than Necessary
Bravado betting is the condition when a sports bettor can remember the precise circumstances of a failed two-point conversion from seven years ago but not the name … Read more
SportsIntensity’s Sports Betting News Articles
SportsIntensity’s Sports betting news covers the developments that affect where and how you wager: sportsbook launches and closures, changes to betting rules, new promotions, payment updates, and shifts in the regulated and offshore markets. We looks beyond the announcements and PR to explain what those changes mean for your bets, your account, and your money.
Regulated US States’ Betting Handles Ranked
There are some pretty surprising takeaways from the 2025 rankings of U.S. regulated states’ betting handles . The shift in focus from Vegas and Jersey to a … Read more
An Early Look at the 2026 Diana Stakes (It’ll Be Crowded)
The Diana Stakes is scheduled for July 18 at Saratoga, nine furlongs on the inner turf for older fillies and mares, with Grade 1 status and a … Read more
Legal Sports Betting Has Hurt Offshore Sportsbooks…
…But Far Less Than Many Expected June 22, 2026 When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting in 2018, many industry observers … Read more
New App, Same Sharks: Wall Street Reinvents Vegas
Prediction Markets Are Bringing Wall Street’s Trading Model to Sports Betting. Or maybe it’s the other way around: Sports betting is taking on the structure of a … Read more
Tennessee Cracks Down on Offshore Sportsbooks
In Nashville this summer, regulators signaled a shift in how U.S. states confront offshore sportsbooks that operate outside licensed markets but continue to court American bettors. The … Read more
Bovada.LV is a Sportsbook Known By Many Names
The story goes that when Calvin Ayre was picking a name for the sportsbook to replace Bodog, he chose Bovada because it was short, recognizable, didn’t mean … Read more
NFL Has Been Murder on The Sportsbooks in 2025
This NFL season has been a sh**tshow for the US sportsbooks, driven by a mix of unpredictable outcomes, bettor behavior, and market dynamics that together have made … Read more
IRS Issues Warning About Offshore Betting Risks
As legal sports betting has grown across the U.S., federal authorities have increasingly turned their attention to the risks faced by everyday bettors — especially when it … Read more
Wisconsin Fast-Tracks Legal Online Betting
The Wisconsin Legislature is fast-tracking a bipartisan bill to legalize online sports betting using a “hub-and-spoke” model tied to tribal gaming operations. If passed, online/mobile betting could … Read more