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...

Published June 3, 2019

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...

Published May 27, 2019

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...

Published May 27, 2019

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...

Published May 27, 2019

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...

Published May 27, 2019

DraftKings Dreams of Massachusetts Sports Book Legalization

The Massachusetts legislature is holding hearings on sports betting legislation. The Legislature's Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies is looking at all angles of legalization, including the...

Published May 27, 2019

Washington Doesn’t Join Parade to Legalize Sports Betting

The state of Washington doesn’t appear as though it will join the parade of states that have moved to legalize sports betting. The state’s complicated politics and multiple stakeholders...

Published May 27, 2019

Analyst: Media Companies’ Sports Betting Deals on Rise

Analyst Brian McGill of Telsey Advisory Group predicts that the recent deals involving FOX Sports and the Disney-owned ESPN involving sports betting could be just the beginning.

Published May 27, 2019

Iowa Casinos Prepare For Sports Betting

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds recently signed a measure legalizing sports betting. Now several of the state's 19 casinos are building sportsbooks and negotiating operator partnerships as they await the...

Published May 27, 2019

Michigan Rep Finalizes Draft Sports Betting Bill

Michigan state Rep. Brandt Iden (l.) has finalized a draft of a stand-alone sports betting bill. His online gambling legislation still is tied up in the House Ways and...

Published May 27, 2019

Borgata Atlantic City Announces $12 Million Sportsbook

Atlantic City’s Borgata casino announced it will invest $12 million into a new sports betting and entertainment project. The facility will include a sports bar and is scheduled to...

Published May 27, 2019

Ohio Would Lead In Sports Betting Locations

In Ohio, sports betting legislation would put the Ohio Lottery Commission in charge of regulating up to 1,000 brick-and-mortar locations, including the state's 11 casinos and racinos plus terminals...

Published May 27, 2019

DC Sports Betting Expects September Launch

Sports betting could start in the District of Columbia is expected to begin in September but the app may not launch until January 2021. DC Lottery, which will regulate...

Published May 27, 2019

Tennessee Expects $254 Million From Sports Betting

Tennessee's upcoming online and mobile sports betting industry is expected to generate $254 million in annual revenue. Much of that is projected to come from 3.52 million visitors who...

Published May 27, 2019

Online PA Sports Betting Expected to be Huge

Pennsylvania’s online sports books will open soon, and analysts are predicting the state’s sports betting market could become the most lucrative in the nation. As one of the largest...

Published May 27, 2019

Louisiana Sports Betting Bill Advances

A Louisiana House committee voted 11-6 for a bill allowing wagering on professional, college, Olympic and international sporting events at the state's 16 casinos and four racetracks. If the...

Published May 27, 2019

FanDuel, DraftKings Ready to Challenge Illinois Exclusion

A report by lawyers for daily fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings says the two companies—which both now offer sportsbooks—will challenge any Illinois law that seeks to exclude them...

Published May 27, 2019

Blackstone Invests €175M in Superbet

Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, a unit of the Blackstone Group, has announced it will invest €175 million (US$196 million) in Superbet, the largest sports betting and gaming company in Romania.

Published May 20, 2019

Montana Governor’s Veto Might be Overridden

Overriding a governor’s veto in Montana is a leisurely affair. It involves mail ballots and a month of consideration. Senator Mark Blasdel (l.) wants to override the veto of...

Published May 20, 2019

Maine Sports Betting Bill has Elements from All Seven Proposals

Maine lawmakers on the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs have spent the last few weeks taking seven sports betting bills, putting them in a legislative blender and reducing...

Published May 20, 2019