Legal Sports Betting

• Record month in Illinois as March sports betting wagers hit $633.6m

  Illinois’ regulated sports betting market hit a record high in March as total wagers grew to $633.6m, with most bets placed online.Full article

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• Better Collective reports organic revenue growth of 19% in Q1

  Regulatory Release no. 15/2021 May 12, 2021 Interim report January 1 - March 31, 2021 Highlights first quarter 2021 Q1 revenue grew by 86% to 38,836...Full article

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• FanDuel CEO Matt King Leaving, Public Listing Plan Goes Into Flux

  FanDuel CEO Matt King will step down in the near future, putting plans for a US public listing in question for parent Flutter Entertainment.Full article

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• Nevada approves three June UFC Fight Night events in Las Vegas

  Three UFC events for June officially have a home in Las Vegas.Full article

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• Here’s How To Place Successful Sports Bets

  Placing sports bets is a tricky business that one decides to indulge in. There are many tips and tricks that are being provided online by different people in order to make you successful in the field of sports betting. Although there are many trying to make you believe that these are foolproof methods that can […]Full article

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• Staten Island’s own John Jastremski’s billboard overlooks Midtown Manhattan

  The advertisement touts his new podcast.Full article

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• Bills to legalize casino gambling, sports betting stall in Texas Legislature

  AUSTIN — Hopes that lawmakers would give voters the choice to legalize gambling in Texas just aren’t in the cards this year. Despite gambling interests...Full article

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• Sports Betting Line

  MLBWednesdayNational LeagueFAVORITELINEUNDERDOGLINECincinnati-157atPITTSBURGH+147at COLORADO (game 1)OFFSanDiegoOFFSan Diego (game 2)…Full article

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• TELC Begins Process Of Handing Sports Betting Regulatory Duties To Advisory Council

  The Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation on Tuesday began the process of handing over the task of regulating sports betting inFull article

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• Wizards vs Hawks Picks and Odds

  The Atlanta Hawks host the Washington Wizards in the second half of a mini-set Wednesday. We look at the odds, offer analysis and a betting prediction.Full article

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Cryptocurrencies

• Ethereum Moves Above $4300 As Bitcoin Dominance Falls To Multi-Year Lows

  Ethereum managed to settle above the resistance at $4150 and continued its upside move.Full article

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• Ethereum price shoots to new all-time high as experts make $20,000 prediction

  Bitcoin rival remains ‘highly undervalued,’ according to one academicFull article

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• Bitcoin, ethereum rise as cryptos recover after sell-off

  Ethereum was trading at $4,309 while bitcoin soared above $57k.Full article

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• DOGE imitators help send ethereum transaction fees to all-time highs

  The Doge effect is sending Ethereum transactions fees up the proverbial tree. Per data from BitInfoCharts and Blockchair, the average cost of an EtherFull article

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• Ethereum Hits New ATH, While EOS, YFI Skyrocket, Bitcoin Still Range Bound

  Bitcoin price is recovering, but it is still well below USD 58,500. Ethereum rallied and traded to a new all-time high above USD 4,300, XRP is back above USD 1.50. EOS surged over 50% and it cleared the USD 13.00 level, while YFI surpassed USD 80,000.Full article

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• Tom Brady Changes Twitter Picture To Laser Eyes For Bitcoin

  Tom Brady is going in big on Bitcoin. And he wants the world to know.Full article

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• Do 46 million Americans really own crypto?

  According to a Newsweek article, 46 million Americans own Bitcoin. Do they really?Full article

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• Crypto's Anonymity Has Regulators Circling After the Colonial Pipeline Hack

  Almost $350 million went to cryptocurrency wallets associated with ransomware attacks last year, quadruple the level of 2019.Full article

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• Gemini surpasses USD30bn in crypto under custody

  Gemini now has more than USD30 billion in crypto under custody. Tracking with the impressive growth of the crypto market this year and increased participation from institutional investors, the company have more than tripled its crypto under custody since the beginning of 2021.Full article

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• What Changed in Crypto Markets While You Were Sleeping — May 12

  BeInCrypto presents our daily morning roundup of crypto news and market changes that you might have missed while you were asleep.Full article

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NFTs

• The Untold Story of the NFT Boom

  Digital creators used the blockchain to create a whole new art scene. Then their work started selling for thousands — sometimes millions of dollars.Full article

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• Jordan Poole ‘in the thick of it’ as Warriors beat NBA’s top two teams back-to-back

  Second-year guard Jordan Poole has scored a combined 40 points in helping the Warriors...Full article

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• Opinion | Tokenising the world of sports? Look beyond NFTs

  Thomas Euler, founder and chief executive of Liquiditeam, offers a guide to how the sports industry can look beyond the hype of NFTs in order to truly begin to realise the revenue potential of tokenisation.Full article

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• Artmarket.com: the NFT phenomenon

  NFTs haven't just been invented, but their arrival in the auction sphere has had the effect of a tidal wave. Christie's, Sotheby's and Phillips have each sold their very first Non-Fungible Token in the past two months, while many other auction houses and galleries are getting drawn into the adventure. Artprice recognizes the unlimited creativity at the heart of this new medium as well as its extraordinary demand potential which seems in line with the rapid growth of the tech sector, but also with the aspirations of future generations of collectors.Full article

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• Hublot Launches Its First NFT With the Big Bang E UEFA EURO 2020™ USA

  /PRNewswire/ -- Hublot is celebrating its association with the UEFA EURO 2020™ tournament by presenting a dazzling array of new releases, including the...Full article

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• Merriam-Webster to auction off its definition of NFT as an NFT

  As the term “NFT” enters the mainstream lexicon, Merriam-Webster has formally added the term to its dictionary — and is getting into the market for themselves.Full article

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• Concept Art House Announces Funding to Boost Unrivaled NFT Platform

  Concept Art House, a creative studio who has provided art for some of the most successful game companies globally, today announced that Animoca, Gala Games, Hard Yaka, Forte/Rally founder Kevin Chou, and Kabam co-founder Holly Liu have participated in a recent funding round as the firm scales up its NFT business through newly launched division Crypto Art House. Terms of the raise are not being disclosed.Full article

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• eBay will soon let you sell NFTs

  Meanwhile, Merriam-Webster is selling its definition of NFT as an NFT.Full article

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• Sequoia Games looks to capitalize on NBA Top Shot fever with their own AR tabletop game

  It's the golden age of collectibles and legacy institutions are looking to move beyond trading cards, embracing new tech that brings the fandom together online. Sequoia Games, a new game studio launching out of stealth, is aiming for a hit with its tabletop AR game that's looking to find an audience in a post-Top Shot world. With a game that seems to be trading cards meets Catan meets NFTs meets augmented reality, Flex NBA is aiming to capture some of the magic that Dapper Labs did with NBA Top Shot, albeit with a title reliant on physical collectibles and a tabletop game.Full article

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• Concept Art House Announces Funding to Boost Unrivaled NFT Platform

  SAN FRANCISCO, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Concept Art House, a creative studio who has provided art for some of the most successful game companies globally, today announced that Animoca,Full article

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