At this year's golf tournament, the sports betting operator will offer a public venue between the 15th green and 16th fairway with its own private VIP suite. Spectators will have access to amenities including televisions airing the tournament, food and drink, phone chargers and Wi-Fi, plus the chance for companies to host clients.

Hoboken-based Prophet announced a multi-year market access agreement with Caesars Entertainment, which will see the release of its peer-to-peer wagering network this fall.

The 2021 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest is open to spectators again this Monday, and for the second year in a row DraftKings Sportsbook is accepting bets on who will walk away victorious.

Online sports wagering technology and financial technology sectors get a boost with $200,000 in funding and staff resources that will bolster the center’s goals of providing an incubator for the industries and acting as a connector between industry, academia and relevant state agencies.

Although the practice has been legal in New Jersey since 2018 for professional leagues - and seen billions of dollars in wagers - state law still prohibits bets from being placed in the state on university teams and games.

New Jersey’s gambling establishments were up 30% during the first quarter of 2021 from the same time period in 2019, and 32% from the same three months in 2020, according to a report from the American Gaming Association.

The deal combines two of the premier operations in the sports betting and iGaming industries under one roof.

Combined, $113.7 million was won for the month, a 75.4% increase from last year.

Gross profits for the state’s nine casinos were nearly $594 million in 2019, before dropping to $117 million in 2020, according to data released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement.

Draftkings and FanDuel will both allow patrons to place wagers on topics as varied as which candidate goes first, the questions that will be asked to President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, insults that the two might hurl at each other, or the color tie they will each wear.

“There aren’t many industries that have rebounded with such high velocity post-pandemic to record revenue numbers. Online casino and sports betting have seen a meteoric rise over the last eight months,” Vice President of U.S. Business at the Gambling.com Group Max Bichsel said in a statement. “New Jersey is the model for the 45 or so states that haven’t legalized online gaming yet.”