New Jersey has never been content to sit back and let Nevada have a monopoly on legal gambling in the United States. The Garden State authorized commercial casinos in the 1970's, giving rise to ...

Ron Gierkink is based in Toronto and covers Woodbine as a handicapper and reporter. He joined Daily Racing Form in 1988.

It would have been quite logical for Kentucky to move briskly once the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the nationwide implementation of sports betting in 2018. The state was – and is ...

Distance and pace compromised in the Jerome Stakes four weeks ago, Omaha Omaha should find circumstances more favorable Saturday when the mid-Atlantic shipper returns to New York for Saturday's $ ...

Nobody can accuse Pennsylvania of not being ready for the dawn of nationwide sports betting. A year before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act ...

After legalizing sports betting in 2020, Illinois accepted its first in-person sport wager in March 2020 -- the same month that the COVID-19 pandemic caused brick-and-mortar businesses around the ...

What happens when you launch legal sports wagering statewide after the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve? You get a betting bonanza, as Ohio's sportsbooks collectively handled more than $1 ...

With the stroke of Governor Ralph Northam's pen in 2020, Virginia embarked on one of the most efficient and successful sports betting journeys in the post-PASPA era, swiftly establishing itself as ...

Florida is the third most populous state in the United States and, as of 2025, the most populous to have legalized sports betting. What a coup, then, for the Seminole Tribe of Florida to be the ...

Almost nine years after New York voters signaled their support for legal sports betting, the first mobile sports wagers were finally placed in the Empire State in January of 2022. And while New ...

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