BREAKING: Indiana state legislators pass legal sports betting, approving conference report right before end of the session by wide margins in both chambers. Story coming @LSPReport.
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- DraftKings CEO Jason Robins told an investor summit Tuesday: “This is an entertainment activity. People who are doing this for profit are not the players we want.” What else did he say about the emerging New York market? @BradAllenNFL
- BREAKING: California Native American tribes to propose a constitutional amendment to legalize sports betting in America's most populous state. Story TK.
- BREAKING: Rhode Island will have mobile sports betting. Gov. Gina Raimondo signed a bill into law today. Story @LSPReport to come; here's our last update: buff.ly/2HSDeHU
- Exclusive: The NFL is looking to hire its first-ever vice president of sports betting. Details from @BradAllenNFL buff.ly/2H2qmgF
- BREAKING: A bill to legalize North Carolina sports betting at tribal casinos just passed the legislature, and now awaits the governor's signature. The state also is poised to create a gaming commission that will study a wider expansion of sports gambling. buff.ly/2NWlKiq
- BREAKING: New California sports betting bill emerges from the state legislature with the most ambitious compromise attempt to date, reports @MatthewKredell buff.ly/2TOEd0T
- Big news out of Michigan: A key senator with ties to the governor tells Legal Sports Report that online sports betting and casino will be a done deal by Christmas. Story --> buff.ly/2s0hofA
- Former NBA Commissioner David Stern Calls For Legal US Sports Betting At Vegas Gaming Conference buff.ly/2cF31ju
- It's time to start celebrating, Michigan: A bill to legalize sports betting and online gambling will pass the legislature within a couple of days: buff.ly/2RxoTWl
- BREAKING: Rhode Island House passes mobile sports betting bill with huge majority, sending it to Gov. Gina Raimondo. RI authorized retail last year through Raimondo's budget. Story TK @LSPReport
- Another Eastern Michigan basketball game has been flagged for betting concerns after a betting monitoring firm alerted its partner sportsbooks of irregular betting patterns. This is the second time this season that an Eastern Michigan game has set off alarms for betting
- Iowa isn't messing around anymore. A new bill just came out with a committee hearing today. Word is the casinos support the bill.
- Developing: Barstool Sportsbooks will be coming to a state near you, as Penn National Gaming buys a minority stake in @barstoolsports for $163 million. Barstool valued at $450 million in deal. buff.ly/3aQYPN4 Story by @BradAllenNFL
