D.C. Council Holds Sports Betting Hearing

Lawmakers for Washington D.C. held a public hearing on a potential sports betting bill and hope to move quickly on legislations. The district’s city council is considering a bill...

Published October 22, 2018

Nevada Casinos Push for Online Sports Betting Registration

Nevada casino companies asked for a change in state regulations that would allow gamblers to register for online sports betting accounts completely online at a meeting of the Nevada...

Published October 22, 2018

Wynn Resorts Joins With BetBull for Sports Betting in U.S.

Wynn Resorts announced a partnership with European operator BetBull Ltd. for sports betting services throughout the growing U.S. market. As part of the deal, Wynn Resorts will acquire a...

Published October 22, 2018

VSiN Lands at Ocean

Atlantic City’s Ocean Resort is the new east coast home for the Vegas Stats & Information Network (VSiN). The Las Vegas based network, which features broadcaster Brent Musburger (l.)...

Published October 15, 2018

Two West Virginia Casinos to Offer Sports Betting

Two casinos in West Virginia will be offering sportsbook after partnering with Miomni Gaming. The owner of the properties, Delaware North, will use their partnership with Miomni to offer...

Published October 15, 2018

Ohio Legislators Meet on Sports Betting

Lawmakers in the Buckeye state have begun a series of meetings that they hope will eventually lead to a bill setting out the framework for legalization of sports betting....

Published October 15, 2018

MGM-GVC Score First Tribal Betting Client

The joint venture is partnering with the United Auburn Indian Community to run the sports book planned for the tribe’s Thunder Valley casino near Sacramento. All that has to...

Published October 15, 2018

New Mexican Tribe to Get Sports Betting

New Mexico will be the sixth state to offer sports betting, although it will be by one of the state’s gaming tribes, the Santa Ana Pueblo. The New Mexico...

Published October 15, 2018

New Jersey Directs Sports Betting Revenue to CRDA

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed a bill that will send 1.25 percent of sports betting revenue to the state Casino Reinvestment Development Authority. The tax will be...

Published October 15, 2018

NASCAR Readies Gambling Regulations

NASCAR is set to implement new guidelines for sports betting on its product in 2019. The announcement comes after Dover International Speedway (l.) in Delaware opened a sports betting...

Published October 15, 2018

New Jersey Sports Book Revenues Double With Football

The NFL season has been a boon to New Jersey sports books. Revenues almost doubled from August, but the big surprise has been the dominance of the DFS companies—FanDuel...

Published October 15, 2018

NFL Broadcasts Avoiding Odds Talk; NBA, Not So Much

Don’t expect to see Joe Buck and Troy Aikman (l.) discussing point spreads, odds or other sports betting references during their NFL broadcasts, and this will remain the fact....

Published October 8, 2018

Washington D.C. Aims for Sports Betting by 2019

Washington D.C.’s City Council is moving a sports betting bill and hopes to have sports betting operational by spring 2019. The council’s Committee on Finance and Revenue will hold...

Published October 8, 2018

Ohio Moving Slowly On Sports Betting

The Ohio legislature passed a placeholder measure in July to "develop and enact legislation legalizing sports wagering." Sponsor state Senator John Eklund plans to hold hearings on the issue....

Published October 8, 2018

Dover Downs Adds NASCAR Betting

Dover Downs Racetrack has added betting to its major NASCAR races under the state’s sports wagering program, run by the Delaware Lottery.

Published October 8, 2018

Golden Entertainment Signs New Agreement with WilliamHill

Las Vegas-based Golden Entertainment, Inc. has announced a new long-term agreement with William Hill to manage Golden’s race and sports operations in Nevada, Maryland and Montana. The agreement expands...

Published October 8, 2018

Report: Congress ‘Unlikely’ to Impose Sports-Betting Regulation

A report by Stefanie Miller, a Height Capital Markets analyst, predicts that Congress will leave the issue of federal sports betting regulation alone or the foreseeable future.

Published October 8, 2018

States Push Back Against ‘Integrity Fees’

Score one for the bookies as West Virginia approved sports betting rules that don’t include payments to the pro sports leagues for use of their game data. Lawmakers crafting...

Published October 8, 2018

Pennsylvania OKs Sports-betting Licenses for Parx, Hollywood

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has approved the state's first two sports-betting operations at Parx Casino (l.) in Bensalem, outside of Philadelphia, and the Hollywood Casino at Penn National...

Published October 8, 2018

FanDuel Group Warns Affiliates on Offshore Gambling Sites

FanDuel Group has issued a warning via email to its partners and affiliates against promoting unlicensed offshore gambling sites. FanDuel’s sportsbook operations said that it considers such sites as...

Published October 1, 2018