The in-depth reporting and industry coverage that has defined Sports Handle for years now lives on the Action Network, part of a new strategic initiative from the parent company of both, Better Collective. In an effort to serve readers of Sports Handle, we present the best of our daily coverage on Action Network, summarized below, with links to the full stories on Action:
On Tuesday, Caesars announced it would be installing 53 sports betting kiosks at small businesses throughout Washington, D.C., in cooperation with the District's Office of Lottery and Gaming. The kiosks, which will accept cash deposits to mobile accounts as well as wagers, replace those run by the District's former primary sports betting operator, the oft-criticized GambetDC. Full story here.
A Missouri judge rejected a lawsuit Friday challenging the validity of a ballot initiative that will ask Missourians whether to legalize sports betting, meaning the measure will appear on the state's Nov. 5 ballot. Meanwhile, Circa Sports announced that its two NFL prediction contests, Circa Survivor and Circa Million, will pay out a record-setting $20.27 million in prize money, surpassing last year's prize pools by more than $6 million. Full story here.
Loserball is a new free-to-play fantasy football contest that, in the words of its founder, Jonathan Gruber, “embraces the suck.” Each contestant picks the three NFL teams it thinks will suck the hardest every week, with the lowest score at the end of 18 weeks winning in either a public or private league. Full story here.
On the first Saturday of the NFL season, hordes of fans bypassed an evening in a luxurious sportsbook to attend the first-ever Roommates Show Block Party at Central Park, where Knicks star Jalen Brunson proposed a playful wager to Emmy-winning comedian Jon Stewart. Full story here.
Professional tennis player Alice Tubello of France filed a complaint with Paris prosecutors after she allegedly received 300 hateful social-media messages – many from disgruntled sports bettors – following a quarterfinal loss to Dana Guzman in a tournament in Peru. Full story here.
Rooting out bad behavior online and escalating it to the point of potential punishment are important tools, but so is prevention. And Signify recently announced a partnership with gambling-harm prevention specialists EPIC Global Solutions that it hopes will cover that base as well. Full story here.
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