Sam McQuillan
63 Posts

Sam McQuillan
63 Posts
Sports Betting Legal, Industry News
Role
Sports Betting Reporter
Experience
3 years
Location
Washington, D.C.

Summary

Sam covers the legal side of sports betting for the Action Network. Tail his picks at your own risk, but you may be better off going to him for news on the industry.

Experience

Prior to joining Action in 2022, Sam covered state taxes for Bloomberg Law, where his coverage of fantasy sports operators and the IRS earned him multiple Society of American Business Editors and Writers awards for business and sports business. His journalism career started at Penn State, where he covered college basketball and hockey for the student paper. He's been betting on sports since the Supreme Court overturned PASPA, mostly losing money on his beloved New York Knicks.

Education

Sam received his bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism, with a certificate in sports journalism and minor in history, from Penn State University in 2019.

More from Sam McQuillan

Minnesota Sports Betting Hopes Dead for 2022

Minnesota ended its legislative session Monday without a path forward to legalize sports betting. Over the weekend, the Senate declined to take up a bill (HF 778) passed by the

Sam McQuillan
May 23, 2022 UTC

Minnesota Senate to Vote on Sports Betting Bill Opposed by Tribes

The Minnesota Senate is slated to vote on sports betting, but there’s more work to be done even if the vote passes. On Thursday, the Senate Committee on

Sam McQuillan
May 19, 2022 UTC

Sports Betting Ads Under Fire by Lawmakers

Too much J.B. Smoove and Jamie Foxx? Some lawmakers are beginning to think so. Four years into legal sports betting in the U.S., the industry’s voyage

Sam McQuillan
May 18, 2022 UTC

Massachusetts House Rejects Senate's Changes to Sports Betting Plan

The Massachusetts House voted against ratifying Senate changes to its sports betting bill on Wednesday. It’s the latest development in each chamber’s competing vision for what

Sam McQuillan
May 19, 2022 UTC

Ohio Sports Betting to Launch Around Jan. 1, Regulators Say

Ohio will begin legal sports betting around the start of the new year, according to Matt Schuler, the executive director of the state’s Casino Control Commission. The “

Sam McQuillan
May 19, 2022 UTC

BetMGM Scales Back New York Spending Amid Tax Troubles

BetMGM, a top-five online United States sports betting operator, is cutting investment in the largest US sports betting market after just five months. BetMGM CFO Gary Deutsch, during the company&

Sam McQuillan
May 17, 2022 UTC

Minnesota House Passes Sports Betting Bill, Senate Passage Unlikely

A sports betting bill cleared the Minnesota House on Thursday, though the Senate has already come out against it. The House passed HF 778 69-57, which would legalize online and

Sam McQuillan
May 13, 2022 UTC

Kansas Governor to Sign Sports Betting Bill Into Law

Sports betting apps are officially coming to Kansas. Gov. Laura Kelly (D) announced Wednesday she will sign a bill passed by the legislature that legalizes in-person casino betting and allows

Sam McQuillan
May 11, 2022 UTC

Sources: Missouri Won't Legalize Sports Betting in 2022

The chances of Missouri legalizing sports betting this year are next to zero, according to multiple sources in the General Assembly. Lawmakers continue to negotiate authorizing more than 30 mobile

Sam McQuillan
May 11, 2022 UTC

California Ballot Poised for 2 Sports Betting Proposals

Californians clamoring for legal sports betting will have a clear set of options at the ballot box: mobile apps, tribal casino betting or both. What was once a four-group battle

Sam McQuillan
May 10, 2022 UTC

BetMGM, PointsBet Fined for Ontario Sports Betting Advertising

Major U.S. sportsbooks are already breaking Ontario’s strict rules on advertising, just a month in. BetMGM and PointsBet were fined a combined CAN$78,000 by the

Sam McQuillan
May 4, 2022 UTC

Source: Missouri Lawmakers Close to Agreement on Sports Betting

Missourians using FanDuel and DraftKings by the end of the year is still very much a possibility. After suffering a setback last week when Sen. Denny Hoskins (R) filibustered apart

Sam McQuillan
May 5, 2022 UTC

California Sports Betting Ballot Measure Qualifies for November Election

The question of legal sports betting in California, and how limited it might be, will be left up to voters, as multiple ballot initiatives have reached enough signatures for the

Sam McQuillan
May 4, 2022 UTC

Source: Kansas Aiming for September Sports Betting Launch

The first Kansas sports betting apps could go before the start of the 2022 NFL season. A clause in the bill, passed early Friday morning by state legislators, mandates final

Sam McQuillan
Apr 29, 2022 UTC

Kansas Wins Sports Betting ‘Border War’ with Missouri

Kansas leads Missouri in its infamous ‘Border War’ college basketball rivalry,  175-95 all time. Today it tallied another victory against its rival state by passing legal sports betting

Sam McQuillan
Apr 29, 2022 UTC
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