Oct 25, 2019
MAIN EPISODE, U.S. Sports Betting:
Joe Ewens and Matt Carey kick off the GamblingCompliance
Podcast by discussing Official Data in the U.S. sports betting
market.
When the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, or
PASPA as it is more commonly known, was overturned in May of 2018
it fired the starting gun on a seemingly endless chain of legal and
political wrangling, as US states worked to develop their own
unique takes on sports betting legislation.
As of right now, sports betting is regulated in 15 states and
there are many more bills in the works.
One of the most divisive issues affecting these bills has
turned out to be how gambling operators get access to the data from
games they are taking bets on.
The powerful American sports leagues have been lobbying hard
for state sports betting laws to require operators to procure those
vital streams of data directly from the leagues and no one
else.
So far, only Tennessee and Illinois have included official
data mandates in their legislation, but a handful of other
regulated states have the option to effectively enforce the
requirement.