More drama as of this morning in
Illinois -- revolving around online sports betting and the contentious issue of
land-based registration requirements for licensed sites.
The
Sports Handle article below includes a since-deleted Tweet by
DraftKings CEO
Jason Robins along with a direct reactionary quote from competing interest
Rush Street Interactive.
https://sportshandle.com/draftkings-...rush-st-tweet/ (Jill Dorson - Aug 24, 2020)
"DraftKings CEO and co-founder Jason Robins on Monday morning fired off some harsh words showing that he is unappreciative — to put it mildly — of competitor Rush Street Gaming’s jockeying in the Illinois sports betting field..."
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This issue right now is isolated to
Illinois and does
not include online poker. I'm placing it in this thread b/c there have been posts about
IL, and because the issue of
in-house registration requirements in
Illinois or other U.S. states (including
Michigan) would have a potential future impact on licensed iPoker products (especially market newcomers) in terms of new business/customer signup experience.
The same obviously goes for future and current U.S. statewide online sports betting and iCasino products. I believe online sports betting has been authorized in roughly 10 states since the 2018 U.S. Supreme Court repeal of PASPA.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinion...6-476_dbfi.pdf (May 14, 2018)
If this topic eventually needs its own thread, there are active
Fantasy Sports and
Sports Betting forums here at 2+2.
-David
Last edited by dhubermex; 08-24-2020 at 08:44 PM.