Sam McQuillan

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

Sam covers the legal and business sides 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, where his coverage of an IRS crackdown on fantasy sports earned him Society of American Business Editors and Writers awards, in 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 journalism, with a concentration in broadcasting and certificate in sports journalism, from Penn State University in 2019.

More from Sam McQuillan

Kansas Sports Betting on Track for Week 1 of NFL Season

Kansas is on track for sports betting in less than a month, and FanDuel and DraftKings released pre-registration sign up offers this week. More operators are expected to join them

Sam McQuillan
Aug 12, 2022 UTC

FanDuel Emerges as the First US Sportbook to Turn a Profit

FanDuel is the first US sportsbook to report profitability during a single quarter, according to numbers released Friday by parent company Flutter Entertainment. FanDuel closed Q2 2022 with $22 million

Sam McQuillan
Aug 12, 2022 UTC

Las Vegas Man Charged in $8.5 Million Sports Betting Ponzi Scheme

Authorities arrested a Las Vegas man who is accused of using a sports betting Ponzi scheme to defraud 72 people out of over $8.5 million, authorities said Thursday. Matthew

Sam McQuillan
Aug 11, 2022 UTC

Massachusetts Sports Betting Could Take Longer With Universal Start Date

Massachusetts regulators met Thursday for the first time since the state officially legalized sports betting. They declined to give a timeline for first bets, though discussions indicated it may take

Sam McQuillan
Aug 11, 2022 UTC

Monkey Knife Fight Leaving Michigan Amid Fantasy Law Changes

Monkey Knife Fight is the latest daily fantasy sports operator to exit Michigan, amid changes to the state’s fantasy sports law. Monkey Knife Fight, one of North America’s

Sam McQuillan
Aug 9, 2022 UTC

Sports Betting Promos to Change as Costs Rise for Operators

The promos Americans have grown used to in their four years of legal sports betting are on the verge of major changes. Between the growing sophistication of U.S. bettors

Sam McQuillan
Aug 9, 2022 UTC

New York Online Sports Betting Falls Below $1 Billion in July

For the first time in the online era of New York sports betting, less than $1 billion was wagered in a month. New Yorkers bet a total of $800.8

Sam McQuillan
Aug 8, 2022 UTC

California Sports Betting Podcast: How Politics Will Play a Role in November

Californians could legalize sports betting in fewer than 100 days. At nearly twice the population of New York, the largest currently legal U.S. betting market, California comes with billions

Sam McQuillan
Aug 5, 2022 UTC

DraftKings' Q2 Earnings Exceed Expectations Amid Promo Spending Cuts

DraftKings stock rose 10% ahead of its quarterly earnings call Friday, when the company announced favorable numbers considering a lack of sports to bet on during the Summer. It reported

Sam McQuillan
Aug 5, 2022 UTC

Fubo 'Evaluating' its Sports Betting Product, Scouting Partners

Less than a year into sports betting, Fubo may have had enough. The streaming service launched its first mobile sportsbook in September 2021 after acquiring Vigtory for an undisclosed amount

Sam McQuillan
Aug 5, 2022 UTC

Massachusetts Sports Betting Won't Happen "Overnight," Regulators Say

Massachusetts sports betting “won’t happen overnight,” state regulators warned during a public meeting on Thursday. Lawmakers passed a bill to legalize online and in-person sports betting

Sam McQuillan
Aug 4, 2022 UTC

Washington Commanders Bid for Maryland Sports Betting License

The Washington Commanders are angling for their own in-stadium sportsbook. An applicant listed under FedEx Field’s address is slated to appear Aug. 10 at a Maryland Lottery and

Sam McQuillan
Aug 5, 2022 UTC

Caesars Joins Wyoming's Online Sports Betting Market

Caesars has expanded its reign to Wyoming. The Caesars Sportsbook app went live in Wyoming Tuesday, parent company Caesar Entertainment announced in a press release. It’s the entertainment

Sam McQuillan
Aug 3, 2022 UTC

Massachusetts Passes Sports Betting in Eleventh Hour

It took the power to stop time, but Massachusetts sports betting is on the way. After five resolutions extended the 2022 lawmaking session by effectively stopping time in the Bay

Sam McQuillan
Aug 1, 2022 UTC

Massachusetts Lawmakers Unlikely to Reach Sports Betting Deal

A group of Massachusetts lawmakers are still negotiating sports betting with just two days left to pass a bill, but “a compromise feels unlikely at this point,” a

Sam McQuillan
Jul 29, 2022 UTC
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