Brant James

Seminole

Staff Writer at InGame

Formerly of USA Today, ESPN, SI. com, then-St. Petersburg Times, Gaming Today

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Articles

WNBA Betting Gets Caitlin Clark Test

1 week ago | ingame.com | Jill R. Dorson |Brant James

The U.S. sports betting world moves quickly and unpredictably in 2025. In order to properly take stock of it all, we offer InGame’s “EndGame,” an end-of-week compilation of the top storylines, some overlooked items, and all the other news bits from this past week that we found interesting.
Fanatics Database Boosts Sportsbook

1 week ago | ingame.com | Brant James

Databases. Yawn. Not yawn. Collated commerce. Companies hoard these troves of contact information and consumption history greedily, ready to wield them at already-inclined buyers when the next concert ticket or viral pet toy is ready to roll out. Sportsbooks are no different. DraftKings and FanDuel leveraged massive customer databases of daily fantasy sports players to form a national sports betting duopoly when legal wagering became each state’s decision in 2018.
California's Tribes, National Operators Continue Wagering Work

1 week ago | ingame.com | Brant James

Home Analysis Indian Country, Commercial Operators Creeping Closer To California Dream?
NC Tax Hike Looks Dead, MN Fails To Legalize Again

2 weeks ago | ingame.com | Jill R. Dorson |Brant James

Share The U.S. sports betting world moves quickly and unpredictably in 2025. In order to properly take stock of it all, we offer InGame’s “EndGame,” an end-of-week compilation of the top storylines, some overlooked items, and all the other news bits from this past week that we found interesting. It appears that sports betting operators may be off the hook when it comes to facing another betting tax increase this year. Although on Tuesday Maryland Gov.
Shoeless Joe's HOF Bid Better Than Rose's

2 weeks ago | ingame.com | Brant James

Pete Rose is now eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot beginning in December 2027. That doesn’t mean he’s ever going to be in the hallowed grounds in Cooperstown, New York.
Sportsbooks In Stadiums, Arenas Not Delivering On Promise

3 weeks ago | ingame.com | Brant James

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The second intermission beer line curled from Section 100 nearly to 103. Many of these thirsty folk swaddled in red would ultimately not make it back to their seats before the third period began when the Washington Capitals held off the Montreal Canadiens in Game 2 of the NHL Eastern Conference semifinals. There was another option. But a scant few were taking advantage of it.
Fanatics Not Interested In Prediction Markets Now

3 weeks ago | ingame.com | Brant James

FORT LAUDERDALE — Fanatics Betting & Gaming currently has no interest in launching a prediction market, Chief Business Officer Ari Borod said Wednesday at the SBC Americas Summit 2025. “What are event contracts?” Borod quipped when asked whether Fanatics would add new verticals to its sports betting and online casino offerings. Competitors DraftKings and FanDuel, the national market-share sports betting leaders, are preparing for the eventuality.
Lottery oddities may not be odd at all

3 weeks ago | lotteryusa.com | Brant James

Math. It's always about the math. And for lottery players, the staggering numbers (as in probabilities) almost never add up to turning a few dollars into a massive jackpot. Close to 1 in 292.2 million for Powerball. Around 1 in 290.5 million for Mega Millions.
Two States On Verge Of Raising Cost For Sports Betting Business

4 weeks ago | ingame.com | Jill R. Dorson |Brant James

The U.S. sports betting world moves quickly and unpredictably in 2025. In order to properly take stock of it all, we offer InGame’s “EndGame,” an end-of-week compilation of the top storylines, some overlooked items, and all the other news bits from this past week that we found interesting. Off we go with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in the matter of the KalshiEx, LLC v. Flaherty et. al., an action brought by the prediction market platform Kalshi against New Jersey and its gaming regulators.
Bettors at 2027 NFL Draft will be mostly shut out

1 month ago | ingame.com | Brant James

Share The National Football League confirmed on Monday that the NFL Draft is coming to Washington, D.C., in 2027. But betting from the fan zone on where that season’s quarterback darling is going to land is almost certainly not coming with it. The NFL said in announcing the move that the Draft will be spread over “the District’s most iconic landmarks, including the National Mall and Pennsylvania Avenue.”It portends to be a huge spectacle. Beautiful.