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.
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 anything in particular, and sounded kinda cool. Ironically, while all those things are true, and while it’s one of sports bettors’ favored offshore … Read more
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 the books sweat a lot more than usual. One of the biggest factors has been the frequency of upsets and erratic game results. … Read more
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 comes to unregulated or offshore sportsbooks. In a recent advisory, the Internal Revenue Service cautioned sports enthusiasts to prefer licensed, regulated sportsbooks over … Read more
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 come to Wisconsin, narrowing the gap between regulated and unregulated wagers in the state It took only two weeks for Wisconsin’s new online … Read more
The state of Missouri is moving toward its online sports-betting launch—scheduled for December 1, 2025—with licensed apps and regulatory frameworks being finalized now. This means bettors in Missouri will shortly have access to regulated sports-betting apps via mobile, which is a significant expansion of U.S. legal betting. Legalization Paves the … Read more
Major League Baseball has scrambled to restore confidence after a shocking federal indictment alleged that two Cleveland Guardians pitchers, Luis Ortiz and Emmanuel Clase, conspired to rig bets on individual pitches. On the heels of those charges, the league and its authorized sportsbook partners announced a sweeping new restriction: all … Read more
The story of betting’s latest moral hazard begins not in Vegas or London, but in a steamy Lagos gym, where a young Nigerian table-tennis player named Adebowale Akinyemi Wilson lost a first-round match that nobody outside the venue should have cared about. Yet five thousand miles away, in a New … Read more
by Hillary LaClair, Senior Editor Irish online sportsbook Paddy Power received a great deal of criticism for releasing odds on U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama’s assassination. Due to a slew of complaints and suggestions that the odds might prompt a bettor to assassinate the president while in office, the website … Read more
by Hillary LaClair, Senior Editor More complaints about Bodoglife.com have arisen, as customers say their payments have slowed down significantly following the recent payment processing difficulties. According to Gambling911.com, the processing troubles that have hit the entire market have specifically hurt Bodog in the recent months. “Processors won’t … Read more
UFC Betting is the fastest-growing segment of the sports betting industry today, and for good reason. The fights are amazing adrenaline blasts themselves: add money to the cocktail and it becomes an unbelievable experience that feels so good that god will probably smite us it. When your fighter wins the … Read more