There are 13 article(s) tagged sports betting:

• November 2020

  • Grizzlies announce partnership with sports betting company FanDuel

    It is the sportsbook’s first official NBA partnership.

    By Drew Hill November 02, 2020

• October 2020

  • Tennessee online sports betting preview: Launch incentives

    Each of the four companies brings a different twist to Sunday’s Day 1 of legal online betting in the state. State of Tennessee’s bet on mobile sports gaming about to go live

    By Drew Hill October 31, 2020

  • Sportsbooks prepare for launch, eye huge opportunity in Tennessee

    Legal online sportsbooks could be accepting bets in the state as soon as next week.

    By Drew Hill October 22, 2020

• July 2020

  • Opinion: A delay in rollout of sports betting could cost Tennessee

    Tennessee passed legislation to allow legal sports betting in an online-only format in May of 2019, but has yet to roll out platforms to make sports betting available to the public. This is a head-scratcher considering the state has an easy slam dunk opportunity to recoup some of the year’s lost revenue with very little effort.

    By David Pettiette July 17, 2020

• May 2020

  • Sports betting is coming to Memphis, in the right way at the right time

    And if the lottery board were less greedy, the state would actually make more money.

    By Michael Nelson May 25, 2020

• March 2020

  • Nelson: Sports betting is (finally, probably) coming to Tennessee. Let’s hope sports do, too

    The good news for Tennesseans who want to bet legally on sports within the state’s borders is that, assuming the spring professional leagues reboot by late summer and college and pro football kick off this fall, the gambling apps really should be open in time.

    By Michael Nelson March 24, 2020

  • For area sports books, almost all bets are off

    The coronavirus has shut down most of the sports world and, as a consequence, sports books at Southland Casino and Racing and in Tunica are in for huge decreases in sports gaming revenue.

    By Don Wade March 13, 2020

• October 2019

  • Nelson: How badly will the state louse up sports betting?

    The Legislature made the decision — unique among all the states in the country — that sports betting will be an online-only activity. Tennesseans and tourists won’t need to go anywhere in particular to gamble. They’ll just need their phones.

    By Michael Nelson October 22, 2019

• January 2019

  • Nelson: It’s time to bet on MATA

    Legalizing sports betting could ultimately mean more buses, more drivers, more frequent service, more routes and more shelters for waiting passengers in Memphis and Shelby County.

    By Michael Nelson January 17, 2019

  • Council ponders fine print of sports betting bills

    Memphis City Council members back the general plan for sports betting on Beale Street, but they want to see what kind of split of revenue is proposed when it comes down to a specific bill in Nashville.

    By Bill Dries January 09, 2019

  • Nelson: Mid-South politics – here’s what’s coming in 2019, part 2

    Michael Nelson offers his take on sports betting in Tennessee; the Mississippi governor's race; and why Lamar Alexander and Marsha Blackburn face some interesting times in Washington.

    By Michael Nelson January 04, 2019

• December 2018

  • Politics Podcast: Memphis City Council vacancies, sports betting, Union Row and more

    Memphis City Council members Patrice Robinson and Worth Morgan join us to talk about the council's three vacant seats. Plus: Union Row gets a thumbs-up from the County Commission and sports betting could be coming to Tennessee.

    By Natalie Van Gundy December 20, 2018

• October 2018

  • Tunica sportsbooks open for wagers; football drives the action

    Behind the counter at the Horseshoe Casino’s sportsbook in Tunica, employees wearing black-and-white striped shirts are taking wagers. The ghost of disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy apparently is not even a memory, bad karma having been cast out on these winds of change.

    By Don Wade October 01, 2018