Chalkline CEO: Turning a Profit Has Taken Back Seat to Customer Acquisition in Legal Sports Betting Market

Chalkline CEO: Turning a Profit Has Taken Back Seat to Customer Acquisition in Legal Sports Betting Market

Another takeaway from this past week's SBC Summit: By leveraging (Business Intelligence) BI to identify the highest quality acquisition channels, these efforts can be scaled. Increasing the volume at the top of the conversion funnel will result in more quality conversions at the bottom.

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Gronk’s Girlfriend, Camille Kostek, Predicts He Will Stay Retired....And We Do Too

“I am an honest lady, and honestly, in my heart, I didn’t feel like this one is a forever one. So, I think maybe he’ll come back again,” Kostek said during Miami Swim Week. “I feel like him and Tom are just having fun like, ‘Retired, not retired, retired, not retired.’”

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2022 Spreads on the NFC South Games

2022 Spreads on the NFC South Games

It's been a rollercoaster for the Bucs as far as futures odds are concerned.  Rob Gronkowski announcing his second retirement shifted odds as well.

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Zach Wilson Next Girlfriend Odds

Zach Wilson Next Girlfriend Odds

She's still alive, and therefore eligible, Angela Landsbury at 96 to become Jets quarterback Zach Wilson's next girlfriend.  The oddsmakers at BetOnline have the latest odds.  Yes, you can bet on Landsbury and other Hollywood MILFs.

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Sports Handicapper Ben Burns Leaves Covers.com for WagerTalk

Sports Handicapper Ben Burns Leaves Covers.com for WagerTalk

Burns was described on the Covers.com website as their "most popular handicapper", so he must be good.

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What Happened to the Covers.com Sports Handicappers, Picks Experts?

What Happened to the Covers.com Sports Handicappers, Picks Experts?

As of Monday July 18, the picks section (along with ways to send money) remained on the site. Larry Ness, Marc Lawrence and Lee Sterling were among those handicappers still listed.

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Pujols  Gets No Love From Sports Bettors in Home Run Derby

Massive Swing in Home Run Derby Odds; Nobody Believes in Pujols

Plus there is a massive swing in the odds to win.

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Covers Buys SportsBookReview, Shuts Down Picks Dept: Howe No! FanDuel CEO Stirs Things Up in Epic Fashion

Covers Buys SportsBookReview?

It was utter bedlam following a Q&A at this past week's SBC North America Sports Betting Summit as sports bettors took issue with FanDuel CEO Amy Howe's wild claim that 25% of gamblers betting offshore get stiffed.  Our Twitter feed exploded.

But not everyone was on the same page.

SandyBestDog tweeted:

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Discover the Hottest Innovations in the 'Casino and iGaming Zone' at SBC Summit Barcelona

Discover the Hottest Innovations in the 'Casino and iGaming Zone' at SBC Summit Barcelona

With this year's extremely successful SBC North America Sports Betting Summit in the books, it's time to start preparing for their banner event, SBC Summit Barcelona.

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MGM Resorts and BetMGM ‘Thrilled’ to Extend Partnership With MLB, But for How Long?

BetMGM announced this week an extension to their existing partnership with Major League Baseball, but the party may not last much longer with calls to crack down on out-of-control advertising and European countries looking to end team and league sports betting sponsorship deals. 

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Global Gambling Markets Report 2022

Global Gambling Markets Report 2022

The global gambling market grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.1 percent between 2015 and 2020, hitting a value of about $465,763.9 million.

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Michigan Draws In Massive Tax Revenue from Online Gaming and Sports Betting

Internet gaming, such as Online casinos in Michigan, accounts for $87.2 million of that total sum, with the largest chunk coming from retail tables and slots.

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Cameron Smith Stuns at Open While McIlroy Falls Flat Again Saving Sportsbooks

Cameron Smith Stuns at Open While McIlroy Falls Flat Again Saving Sportsbooks

Cameron Smith has won this year's Open Championship at 25-1 odds to do so.

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2022 MLB Draft Odds Feature Sons of Former Major Leaguers

2022 MLB Draft Odds Feature Sons of Former Major Leaguers

The MLB Draft takes place Sunday evening, and there are some familiar surnames who are projected to go in the first round.

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FanDuel CEO Says No Intention of Partnering With Universities

FanDuel CEO Says No Intention of Partnering With Universities

"I don’t want the FanDuel name showing up on a jersey or plastered all over a college stadium,” Howe said. “So, we’re going to tread much more carefully because you’re targeting an audience that is, by definition, a lot of those consumers are underage.”

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5 Reasons Why Bitcoin is the Future of Online Betting

5 Reasons Why Bitcoin is the Future of Online Betting

Bitcoin remains the world’s most popular and adopted cryptocurrency. BTC uses will continue to rise, which is why we feel it’s safe to say that Bitcoin is the future of online betting.

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2022 Home Run Derby Odds: Kyle Schwarber and Pete Alonso Favorites

2022 Home Run Derby Odds: Kyle Schwarber and Pete Alonso Favorites

Pete Alonso, the two-time reigning champ, is technically not the favorite to win the 2022 Home Run Derby ahead of the upcoming MLB All Star Game.

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Professional Sports Bettor Says Offshore Sportsbooks Not as Crooked as Claimed

Professional Sports Bettor Says Offshore Sportsbooks Not as Crooked as Claimed

Gadoon “Spanky” Kryollos speaks out on false claim made by FanDuel CEO during SBC North America Summit

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Louisiana State Senator Indicted for Allegedly Raiding Campaign Fund, Gambling With the Money

Louisiana State Senator Indicted for Allegedly Raiding Campaign Fund

Former Louisiana State Sen. Karen Carter Peterson is facing one count of wire fraud in connection with accusations of raiding her campaign fund and using the money on gambling.

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Bet the Most Receiving Yards – 2022 NFL Regular Season

Bet the Most Receiving Yards – 2022 NFL Regular Season

Cooper Kupp and Justin Jefferson were favored to have the most receiving yards in the 2022 regular NFL season.

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Espanyol's RCDE Stadium to Host Battle of the Titans — SBC Football Championship 2022

Espanyol's RCDE Stadium to Host Battle of the Titans — SBC Football Championship 2022

Twenty football teams within the betting and gaming industry will hit the pitch graced by the likes of Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar to compete at the fifth SBC Football Championship, as SBC, once again, brings the industry together to battle it out in a 'friendly' football match. 

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Next MLB Manager Fired Odds Crowded With 12 Names Listed

Next MLB Manager Fired Odds Crowded With 12 Names Listed

The Blue Jays fired Charlie Montoyo on Wednesday so which manager will be next to fall on the sword?

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Sports Betting World Furious With CNBC's Contessa Brewer for Failing to Push Back on FanDuel CEO Outrageous Claim

Sports Betting World Furious With CNBC's Contessa Brewer for Failing to Push Back on FanDuel CEO Outrageous Claim

CNBC parent company owns FanDuel

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Mattress Mack: "Open Up Those Windows" and Start Welcoming Winners, "Best Form of Advertising"

Mattress Mack: "Open Up Those Windows" and Start Welcoming Winners, "Best Form of Advertising"

Beloved furniture mogul and pro gambler Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale has to reassure his wife he does not have a gambling addiction.

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Study Helps Sports Bettors Determine Which Teams Hit the Longest Home Runs

Science proves that objects travel farther in thinner air. So, tracking which team has hit the most 450-foot or more home runs over the last seven years, the answer is obvious: Colorado.  But the teams that follow might surprise.

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FanDuel CEO: 25% of Offshore Sports Bettors Don't Get Paid?

FanDuel CEO: 25% of Offshore Sports Bettors Don't Get Paid?

Speaking to CNBC's Contessa Brewer as part of Wednesday afternoon's highly anticipated - and packed - discussion on the state of sports betting in the USA, Amy Howe, CEO of FanDuel, was asked why companies like Bovada make it so tough to compete with the legal regulated market. 

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Donovan Mitchell Trade Odds Have Him Going to the Knicks

Donovan Mitchell Trade Odds Have Him Going to the Knicks

Mitchell, who grew up in the heart of New York, is being linked to the Knicks. Leon Rose has a stockpile of picks to offer in return, as well as a potential star in R.J. Barrett.

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Internet Gaming Helped to Protect New Jersey Industry Earlier Than SCOTUS Decision

David L Rebuck, Director of the NJ Department of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE), Said Tuesday at this week's SBC Summit North America in the Meadowlands that he has long embraced online gambling since the activity legalized in the Garden State back in 2013.

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Macao Streets Empty After Casinos Shut to Fight Outbreak

Macao Streets Empty After Casinos Shut to Fight Outbreak

For the first time since the start of the global pandemic in early 2020, Macau casinos have been shut down again.

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SBC Summit North America Talks Addiction, Regulation and Moderation

“There are three issues that this industry needs to put their big boy and big girl pants on and understand can prevent us from having a sustainable industry,” said panelist Bill Pascrell III of Princeton Pubic Affairs Group.

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