New Jersey Sports Betting Handle Tops $3 Billion in First Year

New Jersey gamblers have bet more than $3 billion on sports in the first full year that it became legal in the state and Atlantic City casinos saw revenue...

Published July 22, 2019

Could Rossello Be Out Before Sports-Betting Gets In?

A bill to bring legal sports betting to Puerto Rico may have encountered fresh head winds. Last week, vulgar texts from Governor Ricardo Rosselló Nevares (l.) made headlines, prompting...

Published July 22, 2019

New Hampshire Approves Sports Betting

New Hampshire has become the sixth state in 2019 legalize sports betting as Governor Chris Sununu (l.) signed a bill legalizing sportsbooks in the state. The law allows for...

Published July 22, 2019

Twin River Blasts R.I. Lottery’s IGT Deal

The company that operates the two casinos in Rhode Island has started a campaign against Governor Gina Raimondo’s plan to pen a $1 billion, 20-year agreement with International Game...

Published July 15, 2019

North Carolina Sports Betting Progresses

The North Carolina House has approved legislation calling for a study of the “feasibility” of regulated sports betting in the state. A newly formed North Carolina Gaming Commission would...

Published July 15, 2019

Mohawks Partner for NY Sportsbook

The Mohawk Tribe is building a 5,200-square-foot venue at its Akwesasne resort near the Canadian border and has selected Toronto’s the Stars Group to manage it. It’s expected to...

Published July 15, 2019

Breaking Down Indiana’s Sports Betting Regulations

The Indiana Gaming Commission recently released proposed regulations for sports betting, which was signed into law May 8. The process will include a public comment period before the regulations...

Published July 15, 2019

Tennessee Lottery Advances Sports Betting

Moving forward on sports betting, the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. announced its first public meeting on the matter, August 14 in Nashville. Without physical casinos, Tennessee is the first...

Published July 15, 2019

Maine Governor Puts Sports Betting Bill in Limbo

The fate of 40 bills passed by the Maine legislature in the final days of the session are in limbo, including one that would legalize sports betting. Governor Janet...

Published July 15, 2019

Oregon Lottery to Launch Sports Betting in Two Months

The Oregon Lottery is on rack to open its sports betting section in three phases that will have the first wagers being taken as the NFL season begin. The...

Published July 15, 2019

Puerto Rico OKs Sports Betting

A bill to bring legal sports betting to Puerto Rico has passed a joint committee of House and Senate members and now is headed to Governor Ricardo Rosselló Nevares....

Published July 15, 2019

BFU, Genius Sports Make Data Deal

The Bulgarian Football Union has inked an agreement with Genius Sports meant to refine BFU’s capture, control and distribution of live data. Genius Sports will also install its Football...

Published July 8, 2019

Rivers Pittsburgh Unveils Sports Book Plan

Rivers Casino Pittsburgh unveiled plans and renderings of its $5 million sports book, which will open in the fall, replacing a temporary book that is one of the highest-earning...

Published July 8, 2019

MGM Stakes Claim for AAF Tech

MGM Resorts is seeking to gain control of gambling technology that was being developed by the now-defunct Alliance of American Football. The two companies have agreed to a partial...

Published July 8, 2019

Atlantic City Casinos Unveil New Sportsbooks

Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino and Bally’s casino have both opened new permanent sportsbooks. When sports betting first went live in New Jersey a year ago, most casinos in the...

Published July 8, 2019

Connecticut Acts to Protect Sports Betting Revenues

Sportech, which has an exclusive license to take wagers within Connecticut at its sports bars, has a problem: out of state operators illegally taking wagers from state residents. A...

Published July 8, 2019

Major League Soccer to Allow Gambling Sponsors

Major League Soccer has announced changes to its commercial sponsorship guidelines that allow its 24 clubs to sign jersey and stadium naming rights sponsorships with sports betting and liquor...

Published July 8, 2019

Sports Betting Kicks Off In Arkansas

A sportsbook opened July 1 at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Arkansas, where a $100 million expansion is under construction. No opening date for sports betting has been announced...

Published July 8, 2019

D.C. Council Reconsiders Intralot Contract

Some Washington, D.C. council members would like to remove the city's contract with Intralot to operate sports betting and open it up to bid. The contract was awarded without...

Published July 8, 2019

Iden Drafts Another Sports Betting Bill

Depending on the feedback he receives from stakeholders, Michigan state Rep. Brandt Iden (l.) could file his seventh draft of a sports betting bill soon after July 11. The...

Published July 8, 2019