On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission that put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon, New York becomes the 10th state to land a legal sports wager. Call it a Sea of Bet-quility.
North Carolina follows suit – almost – by passing legislation to legalize sports betting.
And as the frenzy of NBA free agency slows to a rolling boil – we think – DraftKings NBA analyst Julian Edlow stops by to assess who moved the odds and if it was justified.
Time Stamps
State legislative update
1:27 – New York finally implements sports betting.
2:26 – What was the first legal sports bet in New York?
3:28 – How New York’s legal sports betting deal got done.
4:05 – Rush Street Interactive at the vanguard in the New York, like in Pennsylvania.
5:30 – New Jersey is the big winner in New York implementation?
6:48 – The bullet point history of New York sports betting movement.
9:16 – North Carolina legalizes sports betting, becoming the seventh state to do so in 2019.
11:40 – There is no mobile wagering in the North Carolina sports betting bill.
12:20 – North Carolina actually considered banning betting on college sports.
DraftKings NBA analyst Julian Edlow
13:34 – Who won NBA free agency and how did they move the futures markets?
14:44 – The Golden State Warriors are looking pretty undervalued.
15:50 – On how Kawhi Leonard jiggled the championship lines in real-time.
17:40 – How you should consider the Milwaukee Bucks when betting NBA futures.
19:18 – Are there any other big NBA free agency signings that could jolt the lines?
21:20 – Julian Edlow loves the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference.
23:20 – On how NBA Summer League has grown into a marquee event and betting market.
Ryan Butler takes a road trip
25:00 – On the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States convention in Minnesota.
27:01 – How NCLGS convention-goers fret (or not) the Wire Act.
32:00 – Ryan Butler breaks down a study of where legal sports betting will likely work and why.
#OddBet
40:35 – In honor of Apollo 11 moon landing …. want to bet on man landing on Mars?
43:00 – Ryan Butler asks Brant James to assess a dart match.
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