SPORTS BETTING
Gaming Innovation Group was fined $25,000 in New Jersey for allowing a Nevada man to place a bet at Atlantic City’s Hard Rock Casino’s online site (l.). The gambler...
Brazil to Offer Unlimited Sports Betting Licenses
According to a report, Brazil is considering allowing unlimited sports betting licenses as it prepares a new sports betting law. A draft bill could be presented within four months.
Massachusetts Stakeholders State Their Cases in Sports Betting Hearings
For two days last week a committee of the Massachusetts legislature heard testimony from a variety of interest who all in some way want to influence lawmakers who are...
Sports Betting Advertising a Huge Opportunity CBS CEO Says
CBS Corp. has identified sports betting as a "huge" and growing business opportunity especially when it comes to advertising acting CEO Joe Ianniello (l.) recently told an investor conference...
NH Sports Betting Bill Near to Becoming Law
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu could soon be affixing his signature to a bill that would legal sports betting in the Granite State. Already approved in the House, it’s...
Casino Official Opposes Integrity Fee in Ohio
Speaking at an Ohio House hearing on sports betting legislation, Penn National Gaming official Eric Schippers (l.) called professional sports leagues' proposed mandate requiring use of official data a...
A Blues Upset Would Cost Las Vegas Sportsbooks
Las Vegas sportsbooks could see more than a million in losses if the St Louis Blues win the NHL’s Stanley Cup Championship. The Blues were 300 to one longshots...
Maine Sports Betting Advances
A Maine House committee approved sports betting regulations and taxation. On-premise and online and mobile betting would be allowed but lawmakers split on "tethering" the sites to physical, in-state...
West Virginia Online Sports Betting Returning
A sports betting app is set to launch at Penn National's Hollywood Casino at Charles Town in West Virginia. Powered by DraftKings, the app marks online sports wagering's return...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Begin Sports Book Hearings
The Bay State legislature is proceeding at a deliberate pace to hold hearings on sports betting. It began last week with the Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies....
NCAA Worries About Athletes Gambling on Sports
NCAA and other collegiate officials are concerned student athletes may bet on sports as sports wagering expands across the country. There is also a concern that sportsbooks will add...
FanDuel Partners with FuboTV
Live sports-streaming service fuboTV announced a partnership with daily fantasy sports provider FanDuel. The deal will see FanDuel’s betting data integrated into fuboTV’s streaming platform. FanDuel -owned horse-racing networks...
Monahan: PGA to Embrace Sports Betting
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan (l.) says the tour is exploring ways to capitalize on the legalization of sports betting, with programs to be instituted on the distribution of...
Louisiana Sports Betting Goes Down
Sports betting legislation hit a wall in Louisiana as a House committee defeated SB 153, which would have legalized sports betting on a parish-by-parish basis. The bill was doomed...
Tennessee Sports Betting Launches July 1
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee allowed the Tennessee Sports Gaming Act to become law without his signature, effective July 1. Tennessee is the first state to legalize online-only wagering, require...
SugarHouse Launches PA Online Sports Betting
SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia became the first Pennsylvania casino to offer online sports betting, a development expected to be a game-changer for the state’s nascent sports books. Rush Street...
Rhode Island Sports Book Profits are Meager
Rhode Island has realized just a fraction of the profits that it had hoped to collect when it unrolled sports betting just after Thanksgiving. Now it’s pinning its hopes...
Oregon May Use Sports Betting To Cut Pension Costs
Oregon may take some of the profits from its sports betting operation and earmark it for lowering the premiums for its public sector employees. That’s the purpose of a...
New Hampshire Could Legalize Sports Betting Soon
The New Hampshire Senate and House are passing H 480 back and forth, moving toward a final bill that both can support. It will legalize sports betting in the...
Issues Remain on Maine Sports Betting Bill
The Maine legislature looks very likely to approve a sports betting bill this session. Questions remain what will be in the bill and how many stakeholders will get a...