MLS Philadelphia Union Partners with Parx Casino

Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union will partner with Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, making Parx the team’s official gaming partner beginning in 2020.

Published September 1, 2019

Rhode Island Nears Launch of Mobile Sports App

This week or next Rhode Island could launch a mobile sports book app that will allow residents anywhere in the state to make wagers. Currently it is the only...

Published September 1, 2019

Mississippi Sports Betting’s First Year “Very Positive”

Mississippi Gaming Commission Director Allen Godfrey (l.) said the first year of legalized sports betting has "been a very positive experience." Commission figures show sports betting netted the state...

Published September 1, 2019

Indiana Commission Approves Sports Betting Rules

Indiana became the 12th state to offer sports betting, as Penn National's sportsbooks at Hollywood and Ameristar opened September 1, the first day legalized sports betting was allowed to...

Published September 1, 2019

Illinois Gaming Board Requests Sports-Betting Comments

Now through September 27, sports-betting insiders and "other stakeholders" are invited to comment on sports-wagering rules and regulations during the Illinois Gaming Board's public comment period. Meanwhile, the Illinois...

Published September 1, 2019

Maverick Gaming Calls for Legal Sports Betting in Washington

After announcing another casino purchase in Washington state, Maverick Gaming last week called for the legislature to legalize sports betting. CEO Eric Persson (l.) claims the state could make...

Published September 1, 2019

Sri Lanka Works to Curb Match-Fixing

The Sri Lankan sports ministry is introducing gaming regulations meant to prevent match-fixing in cricket games. Among the safeguards is a measure that bans people who are involved with...

Published September 1, 2019

New York Tribe Hints It Will Open Sportsbook

The Seneca Indian Nation of New York doesn’t have any sports betting operations yet, but the search is on for someone to oversee them at the tribe’s casinos in...

Published September 1, 2019

Sports Betting: The Talk of Oklahoma

Sports betting was the main topic at the recent Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association Conference and Trade Show in Tulsa. Oklahoma has the third most casinos in the U.S. but...

Published September 1, 2019

theScore Sports Betting App to Debut in New Jersey

Toronto company theScore Inc. has launched a new sports betting app just in time for NFL season. The company says it will first offer the app to a select...

Published August 26, 2019

Sportsbet to Host Live-Streamed NZ Races

New Zealand’s Racing Industry Transition Agency (RITA), which oversees the country’s horse racing industry, has made a deal with Flutter Entertainment that will see its subsidiary Sportsbet launch live-stream...

Published August 26, 2019

Monthly PA Sports Betting Handle Nearly $60 Million

Pennsylvania regulators report that the state’s newly minted sportsbooks handled nearly $60 million in wagers in July, a record set mainly through online bets.

Published August 26, 2019

Oregon ‘Getting Close’ to Offering Sportsbook

The Oregon State Lottery is close to offering a sportsbook under the brand Oregon Lottery Scoreboard. The first phase will offer a mobile sportsbook. Land-based kiosks will follow later...

Published August 26, 2019

Ohio State Opens On-Campus eSports Arena

Ohio State is going all in to bring eSports to a new level. The university built a state-of-the-art eSports arena, will develop collegiate gaming leagues, and also plans to...

Published August 26, 2019

Indiana to Host First Sportsbooks—for Chicagoans

Days ahead of the National Football League's September 5 kickoff, Ameristar Casino East Chicago's (l.) sportsbook will open September 1 and Horseshoe Hammond's will follow September 4. Both expect...

Published August 26, 2019

First N.H. Town Could Vote on Sports Betting

The town of Laconia, New Hampshire, could vote to be one of the first cities in the Granite State to ask its voters to embrace sports betting this week....

Published August 26, 2019

New Jersey Sports Betting Off to Fast Start

There’s a clear advantage to being the first kid with a new toy. New Jersey was the first to jump into legal sports betting after last year’s Supreme Court...

Published August 26, 2019

Two Pennsylvania Casinos Unveils New Sportsbooks

Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania unveiled its new $10 million sportsbook, which follows a $58.5 million expansion project completed over the past two years. And Presque Isle Downs near...

Published August 19, 2019

Frustration Grows Over Slow Pace of Online Sports Betting in West Virginia

The slow rollout of mobile sports betting in West Virginia has led to criticism from one of the state officials who pushed for the state’s sports betting bill. State...

Published August 19, 2019

NFL Signs Deals with Sportradar, Gateway Canada

The National Football League made a move to embrace the rise of sports betting in the U.S. by signing an exclusive league data deal with content provider Sportradar. The...

Published August 19, 2019