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News19 Oct FanDuel Publishes Betting Data as VIP Programs Face Scrutiny A median bet of about $5 sounds modest. It says little about what the heaviest-betting customers spend.
Mr. Quackington in a tuxedo holding a betting slip with several basketball rows crossed out with a red pen in an empty basketball arena
News19 Oct NBA Tightens Player Prop Betting Rules Ahead of New Season Some player props and same-game parlay combinations are being removed. It is not a blanket ban.
Mr. Quackington holding an umbrella over a young basketball player reading angry messages on his phone in an empty gym
News13 Oct College Athletes Are Becoming Targets of Angry Bettors When a bet is tied to one player's stats, a missed free throw can become a personal attack. The NCAA's own surveys show how common that has become.
Mr. Quackington dropping a coin into a tax box while holding a betting slip on his phone in an Andean town square
News13 Oct Peru Bill Would Raise the Tax on Every Online Bet From 1% to 5% A tax on stakes, not profits, hits harder than the headline rate suggests — especially when the same money is bet again and again.
Mr. Quackington shocked at ringside as a small duck boxer knocks out a giant opponent
Blog · Football10 Oct The Biggest Upsets in Betting History 5000/1 champions, 42/1 knockouts and miracles on ice. A tour of the results that made bookmakers sweat.
Mr. Quackington eyeing a giant gold coin at a racecourse while horses race past
Blog · Racing10 Oct The Favourite–Longshot Bias: Why Longshots Cost You More A 50/1 shot feels exciting. On average, it's also the worst-value bet on the card.
Mr. Quackington at a soccer stadium with cheering home fans while the tired away team arrives off a plane and bus
Blog · Football10 Oct Home Advantage: Myth or Maths? Crowds, travel, referees and familiar grass. Home advantage is real — but it's smaller than it used to be.
Mr. Quackington working out odds in a bookmaker trading room full of charts and screens
Blog · American football10 Oct How Bookmakers Set the Odds Who decides that the Chiefs are −3.5? A look inside the trading room.
Mr. Quackington jumping back in surprise as a giant odds gauge needle swings on a football field
Blog · American football10 Oct Line Movement Explained: Why Betting Odds Change A line opens at −3 and closes at −4.5. What happened in between — and should you have bet earlier?
Mr. Quackington with balance scales holding one small weight against a pile of fan flags
Blog · American football10 Oct Sharp vs Square: Who Really Moves the Line? Thousands of fans bet the favourite. One professional bets the underdog. Guess which way the line moves.
Mr. Quackington on the Supreme Court steps beside a stepping-stone path of US state shapes leading to the Capitol
Blog · American football10 Oct How Sports Betting Was Legalised State by State From one state to 39 in seven years. How a Supreme Court case about New Jersey changed American sport.
Mr. Quackington laughing with an American football in a packed stadium under fireworks and a jet flyover
Blog · American football10 Oct The Super Bowl: The Most Bet-On Game in the US Coin tosses, Gatorade colours and anthem lengths. Once a year, the whole country becomes a sportsbook.
Mr. Quackington thinking in an armchair after the 2026 World Cup, with the trophy, flags and a notebook
Blog · Football10 Oct What the 2026 World Cup Taught Bettors Spain won, the USA went out, Cape Verde held the favourites — and bettors learned some expensive lessons.
Mr. Quackington reaching for a golden trophy behind a falling row of sports dominoes
Blog · American football10 Oct Why Parlays Are So Popular (and So Hard to Win) Small stake, huge payout, a great story when it lands. Parlays are betting's lottery ticket — and sportsbooks' favourite product.
Mr. Quackington in New York with a protection shield, a phone and a crossed-out AI robot bonus icon
News9 Oct New York Advances Tougher Problem-Gambling Rules for Sportsbooks Deposit and wagering triggers, checks on 'financial vulnerability' and a ban on AI-tailored bonuses — now open for a 60-day comment period.
Mr. Quackington with arms crossed in front of a locked gate showing Texas and California
News7 Oct Texas and California: Still No Legal Sports Betting in Sight Forty million Californians and thirty million Texans still can't legally use a sportsbook app — and that won't change soon.
Mr. Quackington thinking in front of a large US map, with sports balls on his desk
News7 Oct Where US Sports Betting Stands in October 2026: 39 States, DC and Puerto Rico Missouri was the newest addition. The big holdouts aren't moving. Here's the map.
Mr. Quackington presenting a football helmet on a cushion under a refund shield, with free bet and bonus icons
News26 Sept Sportsbooks Go Generous for the NFL Season: Injury Refunds and Free Bet Protection Free bet protection, injury refunds and bigger sign-up bonuses: the start of the 2026 NFL season has been unusually generous.
Mr. Quackington cheering with raised fists in a packed American football stadium under falling confetti
News15 Sept FanDuel Reports Its Biggest NFL Regular-Season Sunday Ever The new NFL season opened with record activity — on sportsbooks and on prediction markets.
Mr. Quackington in the Colorado mountains raising a hand beside a padlock shield, a crossed-out credit card and a deposit calendar
News12 Aug Colorado's New Sports Betting Safeguards: Credit Card Ban and Deposit Caps The first state to cap how many times a day you can deposit — plus new limits on push notifications and under-21 advertising.
Mr. Quackington holding up the World Cup trophy in a stadium surrounded by piles of cash and coins
News21 Jul The 2026 World Cup Was the Biggest Soccer Betting Event in US History Record bets on the final, handle many times bigger than 2022, and a USA exit that made sportsbooks smile.
Mr. Quackington slumped on a bench with a soccer ball and US flag as bookmaker ducks celebrate on piles of cash
News9 Jul USA's World Cup Exit Was the Sportsbooks' Big Win Patriotic money piled onto the USMNT. When they went out, the bookmakers breathed a sigh of relief.
Mr. Quackington holding a phone and a gold ticket between cheering 2010 World Cup fans and a modern 2026 stadium gate
Blog · Football2 Jul The Beautiful Game, The Ugly Price Tag: What a Reddit Thread Told Us About the Soul of the World Cup 2026 A viral r/worldcup thread compared South Africa 2010 with USA 2026. Two thousand comments later, it had become an honest conversation about who the World Cup is for.
Mr. Quackington outside a row of closed betting shop shutters on a London street with Big Ben behind
News20 Apr William Hill Owner Evoke in Takeover Talks as Shop Closures Loom One of Britain's most famous bookmakers is up for grabs — and hundreds of its shops are closing.
Mr. Quackington checking an empty coin purse beside rising coin towers on the Chicago skyline
News14 Jan Illinois Bettors Pull Back as State and Chicago Taxes Stack Up A per-bet charge, a graduated state tax and a new city tax — and early signs that bettors are betting less.