LSR Sports Betting & News Podcast

MLB's mystery baseball takes center stage again after a new memo to teams. The crew also looks into what the purchase of a stake in PointsBet means for the market (10:45) and the on-again, off-again movement of mobile wagering in North Carolina (16:37).

Jason Robins again talks out loud about limiting sharp bettors and how it hopes to make more money from bettors in general (1:58). We also talk about sports betting ads and regulation (14:15), insider trading allegations around Penn National and theScore (20:16), and what happens if both California sports betting ballot measures pass (22:14)?

TheScore Bet is pulling out of the US and will focus on Canada (1:08), as Penn National puts all of its focus on Barstool Sportsbook in the US. We look at why Ohio sports betting won't be here until 2023 (12:30). And we also tackle the issue of regulation and if it's doing enough for bettors (17:06) as legalization spreads in North America.

Brad Allen joins the crew to discuss his story on NFL reporter Josina Anderson appearing to promote an offshore sportsbook on social media. Also, what DraftKings CFO thinks will happen to smaller sportsbooks (11:26) and what are the prospects for BetFanatics in California and beyond (19:42).

A lot of people said the 51% tax rate in New York for sports betting was crazy. And now BetMGM, which agreed to pay the rate, is saying it has second thoughts. We also run down the earnings calls for companies in the sports betting industry (7:55), the latest on an Ohio launch date (18:54), and a look at whether ESPN missed the boat on sports betting (23:32).

The crew talks about why MLB needs to be transparent about changes to the baseball (1:10), Kansas legalizing minutes before the pod (12:35), and whether cracking down on illegal offshore sportsbooks really would help the regulated market (23:38). LSR writer Pat Evans makes his debut

The crew discusses an online betting measure making the ballot in the Golden State (1:04), a new state getting into legal wagering (9:16), what sportsbook social media needs to improve (16:41), and whether VC money is drying up in online gaming (24:47)

The NFL Draft is going on, and the excitement over betting on it is sometimes curbed by bans, limitations, or weird rules on state-by-state basis. We also also talk about Kansas coming oh-so-close to legalizing sports betting, tough roads ahead in Massachusetts, and some chatter on Pinnacle coming to Ontario.

Adrian Wojnarowski went on a rant on ESPN that gambling would make NBA games worse for fans, and the Legal Sports Report crew is here to shoot holes in that opinion. We also look at the latest sports betting numbers from the biggest sports betting states, and we updated what's going on in Maine, Missouri and Maryland on the legalization front.

We take a look at the prospects for more states regulating sports wagering in 2022, and the map is not looking like the tidal wave of legalization we have seen in recent years. We also check in on numbers from Illinois and March Madness and the latest in New York.