- Legalized sports gambling starting next year in North Carolina "now seems a better bet as the state House’s top leader said Thursday he expected his chamber would accept alterations to its own proposal made by the Senate," notes the AP.
- Columbus, Ohio, had two new online sportsbooks -- Columbus Blue Jackets Fanatics and Muirfield Village Golf Club Parx Interactive -- reporting in April with handles of $431,708 and $1.12 million, respectively, notes the Columbus Business First.
- Three Proskauer attorneys penned an op-ed for SBJ under the header, "Everything in moderation appears to apply even to sports betting ad regulations."
- FanDuel took home Best in Sports Betting honors at last week's Sports Business Awards (the first time SBJ has given out the award). "For us it’s trying to get as many engines firing at once," said John Griffin, FanDuel SVP/sports commercial, who accepted the award for the company.
