NBA Finds French Partner

The deal with France’s government-sponsored betting and lottery operator is the league’s first outside the U.S. It provides FDJ with exclusive use of official NBA game data and allows...

Published November 19, 2018

South Dakota Town Could Vote on Sports Betting

Proponents of allowing casinos in Deadwood, South Dakota (l.) to offer sports betting have begun the process of putting a constitutional amendment before the voters in two years. They...

Published November 19, 2018

Puerto Rico Bills Would Legalize Sports Betting

Two bills introduced into the Puerto Rican legislature would legalize sports betting, earmarking a fifth of the profits for a retirement fund. The bills’ author is Rep. Néstor Alonso...

Published November 19, 2018

DraftKings Opens Final Mississippi Coast Sportsbook and Resorts Atlantic City

DraftKings at Scarlet Pearl Sportsbook opened November 16 at Scarlet Pearl Casino in D'Iberville, the 12th and final Mississippi Coast casino to offer sports betting. Scarlet Pearl President LuAnn...

Published November 19, 2018

States Consider Sports Betting Legislation

Sports betting will be among the main topics in the Kansas, Kentucky and Tennessee 2019 legislative sessions. Kansas lawmakers approved a special joint committee to hold meetings on the...

Published November 19, 2018

New Jersey Passes $500 Million In Sports Betting Handle

New Jersey saw its new sports betting market take in $260 million in bets for October bringing the total handle for its first four and a half months of...

Published November 19, 2018

Sports Betting in N.Y.: Is 2019 the Year?

With Democrats in control of the New York legislature and the governor’s mansion, advocates believe the time is finally right for legalization in the Empire State. That doesn’t mean...

Published November 19, 2018

Hollywood Casino Takes First Pennsylvania Sports Bets

Penn National Gaming’s Hollywood Casino last week became the first Pennsylvania casino to take legal sports bets, as the casino opened its sports book on Thursday in a driving...

Published November 19, 2018

Pearl River Resort Sports Book Recognized

The information technology department at Pearl River Resort in Choctaw, Mississippi recently was recognized by Adobe in the Gaming and Enterprise Category at the 19th annual TribalNet conference in...

Published November 12, 2018

Banks Upgrade Paddy Power Betfair Recommendations based on U.S. Sports Betting Expansion

Investment banks Morgan Stanley and UBS have both upgraded their investment recommendations for Paddy Power Betfair as it prepares for expansion in the U.S. sports betting market. The recommendations...

Published November 12, 2018

DraftKings Readies Massachusetts PR Campaign

DraftKings, the Boston-based daily fantasy sports giant, would like to offer sports betting in the Bay State. So, it is gearing up a campaign anchored in social media to...

Published November 12, 2018

Scientific Games Completes Don Best Buyout

Scientific Games Corporation has completed its acquisition of Don Best Sports Corporation and DBS Canada Corporation, solidifying the supplier’s sport bet operations.

Published November 12, 2018

Kansas Legislator Reintroducing Sports Betting

Kansas state Rep. Jan Kessinger will reintroduce his sports betting bill, but the new version would allow it at bars that offer Keno through the Kansas Lottery, as well...

Published November 12, 2018

New Mexico Sports Betting Stirs Controversy

Two weeks ago, the New Mexico Lottery Authority voted unanimously to authorize a new sports lottery game. Critics claim this violates state law. State Rep. Jason Harper (l.) says...

Published November 12, 2018

Betting Boon Ahead for U.S. Sports, Study Says

New research conducted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers indicates that as legal betting spreads to more states it will bring a windfall of cash to the business of sports. Revenues from media...

Published November 12, 2018

Pennsylvania Sports Betting to Launch

Penn National Gaming is poised to open Pennsylvania’s first commercial sports-betting operation at its Hollywood Casino (l.) outside of Harrisburg within weeks or even days, after the gaming board...

Published November 12, 2018

Louisiana Senators Hold Gambling Hearing

A Louisiana Senate committee heard testimony on several gambling topics, but the main subject was sports betting. Louisiana Gaming Control Board Chairman Ronnie Jones said the November 6 parish-by-parish...

Published November 5, 2018

Colorado Legislators Push Sports Betting Referendum

Colorado state Reps. Cole Wist and Alec Garnett, who convinced colleagues to approve daily fantasy sports in 2016, now envision legalizing sports betting. They're proposing placing sports betting on...

Published November 5, 2018

Minnesota Legislator Pushes Sports Betting

Rep. Pat Garafolo (l.) wants to make sports betting legal in Minnesota in time for next year’s NFL season. For that to happen, he says, all of the state’s...

Published November 5, 2018

Indiana Study Group Recommends Sports Betting

An Indiana legislative study group recommended legalizing sports betting, based on a report for the Indiana Gaming Commission that suggested offering in-person and mobile online betting, setting reasonable tax...

Published November 5, 2018