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The Oregon Sports Betting App Has A New Launch Date
The online sports betting trail to Oregon is nearing its end. And it appears the state’s first mobile option will soon go live in the Northwest. According to John Canzano of The Oregonian, the Oregon Lottery has completed testing its Scoreboard online sports betting app and now only waits approval on funding options. As such, Scoreboard could hit the market by Oct. 7. Oregon … → Read More
State Lottery Commission Recommends SBTech As Oregon Sports Betting Provider
The expanding US legal sports betting industry is largely based in the East, but Oregon sports betting could add to the western profile sooner than later. During a monthly meeting of the Oregon Lottery Commission last week, the lottery recommended selection of SBTech as its provider. → Read More
Sportradar Signs Official Sports Betting Data Deal With Major League Baseball
With regulated legal sports betting continuing to expand nationwide, the need for accurate and credible data remains high. To that end, Major League Baseball (MLB) landed a data partner in Sportradar Wednesday. → Read More
The Stars Group, NBA Extend Gaming Reach To Australia With BetEasy Partnership
The Stars Group and the NBA are taking their sports betting partnership down under. In a Tuesday press release, the league announced that it has brought on BetEasy as its "official wagering partner" in Australia. → Read More
What Turner Deal With Caesars Tells Us About Sports Media Partnerships
Turner Sports announced in a press release that it reached a "first-of-its-kind agreement" with Caesars Entertainment. The joint venture will allow Turner to develop "gaming-themed content" for sports fans. The sportsbook at Caesars Palace Las Vegas will soon become the home of a Bleacher Report-branded studio. → Read More
Super Bowl 2019: Where To Sports Bet Legally in the USA
Experts anticipate $325 million will be legally wagered on Super Bowl LIII. Learn where you can place sports bets legally in the US on the big game. → Read More
Oregon Sports Betting Could Be Live By NFL Season, State Lottery Says
Could Oregon sports betting happen before the next Super Bowl? Oregon Lottery spokesman Matthew Shelby confirmed that the state might have sports betting by the 2019 NFL season. → Read More
Big Game For The Big Game: DraftKings Sportsbook Introduces Super Bowl Squares
On Wednesday, ahead of Super Bowl LIII, the DFS and NJ sports betting power DraftKings Sportsbook unveiled Big Game Squares, a free-to-play contest that boasts total cash prizes of more than $50,000. → Read More
Could Maryland Sports Betting Make An End Run Around The Ballot?
Maryland sports betting might not need to wait for 2020 voter approval to roll out. Lawmakers are considering a plan to start Maryland sports betting through the state lottery via a voter-approved referendum from 1972. → Read More
Responsible Gaming Advocate Sees Cautionary Tale In NY Jets Casino, Sports Betting Deals
With great profits come great responsibility. as legalized sports betting spreads nationwide. Along with these new streams of revenue come markets on which professional teams and leagues see opportunities to capitalize. Responsible gambling advocates preach caution. → Read More
William Hill Teams With IGT For Nationwide Sports Betting Offering
Two heavy hitters have joined up to create a stronger pitch in competing for share in the emerging US sports betting market. International Game Technology (IGT) and William Hill US announced Tuesday a "multi-year agreement" to offer lotteries within US states "a full-service solution for sports betting." → Read More
FanDuel Expanded Its Sports Betting Reach By A Lot Via Boyd Gaming Deal
FanDuel now has access to a number of new potential states, thanks to a deal with casino and resort company Boyd Gaming. → Read More
William Hill Inks Partnership With Las Vegas Pro Soccer Team
The Las Vegas Lights Football Club of the United Soccer League announced that it had teamed up with bookmaker William Hill as its "exclusive sportsbook partner." → Read More
Bend’s run ends in semifinals
CENTRAL POINT — All Bend High needed was five more outs. Leading by three runs with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday, the Lava Bears were five outs away from advancing to the Class 5A baseball state championship game.Then, the walls came crumbling down.The Comets scored four runs in the sixth, including two on Garrett Dance’s ground ball through the right side of the infield, to… → Read More
La Pine in final for the first time
LINCOLN CITY — Only once before had a La Pine team reached the semifinals of the baseball state playoffs. Never had the Hawks advanced to the state championship game.Until now, as La Pine’s dream season continues — though not without some drama.The No. 4-seeded Hawks took a five-run lead into the bottom of the seventh inning in a Class 3A semifinal Tuesday, but No. 1 Taft plated three runs to… → Read More
Summit makes it a dozen straight
EUGENE — There may be some celebration among Class 5A track and field programs next season. It will be then, for the first time since the OSAA expanded to six classifications prior to the 2007 season, that a girls team not named Summit will be crowned state champion.Because on Saturday, with five individual and relay winners and another 15 placers, the Storm, in their final year in 5A, captured… → Read More
Bend beats Summit for IMC title
It was not technically a playoff game — but it certainly seemed like one.Bend High players gleefully dog-piled near the pitcher’s mound after Cole Frey struck out Wolf Meckem to seal a 4-3 win over rival Summit and clinch the Intermountain Conference baseball championship Friday at Summit High School.“This game … this was like a playoff game and it felt really good,” said Bend coach Kevin… → Read More
Summit salvages 2nd game of doubleheader with Crook County
REDMOND — Crook County put on an offensive clinic in a 20-3 softball win over Summit on Monday, but the Cowgirls could not capitalize in their second game, a 6-1 loss to Sweet Home, at the Redmond Spring Break Invitational.Against the Storm, Crook County piled up 19 hits, led by Ashley Owens, who was 3-for-4 with five RBIs. Abby Dalton went 3-for-5 and drove in three runs for the Cowgirls,… → Read More
Bend boys golf team has new coach for 1st time since 2001
The words of his high school golf coach have stuck with Louis Bennett for more than 15 years.“A poor man should take a rich man out to lunch,” Bennett recounts, “because success leaves clues.”Consider Bennett the impoverished up-and-comer who has figuratively treated Rusty Clemons to many a meal and is ready to reap the rewards from Clemons’ tips.After two years as the girls golf coach at Summit… → Read More
Bend teams have sights set on state championships
The disparities between the golf programs at Bend High are striking.One team is rife with seasoned upperclassmen and is guided by a longtime coach; the other is rich with youth and is led by a coach in his first year.The similarities between the two squads are just as impressive.One program has placed second at the Class 5A state championships three times since 2012; the other has been state… → Read More