South Carolina Senator Pre-files Sports Betting Bills

Gambling has been banned in South Carolina since 1802; the lottery is the only legalized gambling. But state Senator Gerald Malloy pre-filed a bill amending the state constitution to...

Published December 24, 2018

DraftKings Operates West Virginia Sports Book

DraftKings will operate an online sports book for Penn National's Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia. DraftKings Co-Founder Matt Kalish (l) says Hollywood casino customers will...

Published December 24, 2018

Harrah’s Partners With Saints, Pelicans

Harrah's New Orleans signed a multi-year agreement with the National Football League's New Orleans Saints and the National Basketball Association's New Orleans Pelicans to become the teams' first official...

Published December 24, 2018

Missouri Sports Betting Bill Pre-Filed

A bill allowing sports betting at riverboat casinos and online has been pre-filed by Missouri state Senator Denny Hoskins (l.). Sports betting revenue would go toward education, veterans programs...

Published December 24, 2018

Virginia Legislator Promotes Interactive Sports Betting

Virginia has no brick-and-mortar casinos but that's an advantage, according to state Del. Mark Sickles (l.), who wants sports betting to be allowed at Colonial Downs racetrack and off-track...

Published December 24, 2018

Washington D.C. Approves Sports Betting

The District of Columbia’s City Council has approved a sports betting law that permits retail and online sports betting in the capital. Mayor Muriel Bowser (l.) is expected to...

Published December 24, 2018

Pennsylvania’s Presque Isle Applies for Sports Betting

The Presque Isle Downs and Casino (l.) has petitioned Pennsylvania regulators to become the seventh state casino to offer sports betting.

Published December 17, 2018

New Jersey Approves PointsBet for Online Sports Betting

New Jersey regulatory authorities have given preliminary approval of Australian sports book provider PointsBet to conduct “soft play” betting at the Meadowlands Racetrack.

Published December 17, 2018

Missouri, Ohio Eye Sports Betting Royalty Fees

A sports betting bill sponsored by Missouri state Rep. Cody Smith (l.) includes a 1 percent royalty—formerly called an integrity fee. Three-quarters would go to professional leagues and one-quarter...

Published December 17, 2018

Colorado Sports Betting Comes Into Focus

Behind closed doors Colorado state officials are discussing what framework will be needed to legalize sports betting. They are also talking about taxation and who would offer the service....

Published December 17, 2018

Sports Betting Not on Idaho Horizon

Idaho has many structural roadblocks that make it the state least likely to legalize sports betting in the long-term. Its constitution specifically forbids most forms of gaming, and the...

Published December 17, 2018

Kansas Lawmakers Consider Sports Betting

A bipartisan legislative committee in Kansas scheduled two days of testimony on sports betting, although the second day's hearing was cancelled. State Senator Bud Estes, the committee chairman, said...

Published December 17, 2018

Minnesota Lawmakers Consider Sports Betting

In the last legislative session, Minnesota state Rep. Pat Garofalo (l.) filed a draft sports betting bill he said was not designed to raise money but to protect bettors....

Published December 17, 2018

South Dakota Asked to Legalize Sports Betting

Deadwood, South Dakota casino owners are lobbying the state legislature to put a measure before the voters that would amend the state constitution so that the casinos could offer...

Published December 17, 2018

New Jersey’s Freehold Raceway Planning Sports Betting

Freehold Raceway (l.) in New Jersey will join the state’s other two tracks in offering sports betting some time in 2019 according to the track’s owner. Freehold has been...

Published December 17, 2018

NBA Recruits Stars Group as Official Partner and Signs South American Partner

Once again, the NBA is out in front of the race to monetize brand power and official game data as legal betting spreads across the U.S. The deal, a...

Published December 17, 2018

Hatch Bill: Same Flaws as PASPA

The bill drafted by retiring Senator Orrin Hatch could run into the same constitutional issues that led to the repeal of the U.S. ban on sports betting, according to...

Published December 17, 2018

MGM Targets Tribes with New Betting Platform

The resort giant and partner GVC see a major opportunity in Indian Country for their sports betting services. To get the word out they’ve signed up an investment bank...

Published December 10, 2018

NBA Announces Deal to Distribute In-Game Data

The NBA announced a deal to give sports books real-time data for in-game betting, in the first data distribution deal on sports betting by a major professional U.S. league.

Published December 10, 2018

Tennessee Sports Betting Bill Introduced

Minority House Leader Rick Staples (l.) last week introduced a bill to legalize sports betting in Tennessee. It would require a statewide referendum that must be driven by voters....

Published December 10, 2018