Biloxi Casino Announces Sports Betting, Expansion

Treasure Bay Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi will offer sports betting in a new first-floor bar and is planning a three-phase expansion, including surface parking, a parking garage and an...

Published July 16, 2018

West Virginia Lawmakers Hear Sports Betting Update

West Virginia lawmakers recently were updated on sports betting from West Virginia Lottery Managing General Counsel Danielle Boyd. She said the state's casinos, like Mountaineer Park Racetrack and Casino...

Published July 16, 2018

Colorado Factions Align Over Sports Wagering

The Colorado attorney general is expected to announce soon whether a voter referendum would be required to allow sports wagering. Casinos in the three approved gaming towns want to...

Published July 16, 2018

Delaware Releases Early Sports Betting Numbers

The first about 20 days of full sports betting in Delaware saw the state’s three racinos—sports book at Dover Downs (l.)—take in about $7 million in total bets, retaining...

Published July 16, 2018

Legal Sports Wagering in India? Don’t Bet on It

In a country rife with match-fixing and illegal gambling, a panel of government-appointed legal reformers has sparked a political outcry by suggesting that regulation might be preferable to prohibition....

Published July 16, 2018

New Jersey Sees $3.5 million in Sports Betting Revenue in June

State figures released for the first days of sports betting in New Jersey show the state’s three active sports books took in about $3.5 million in revenue on an...

Published July 16, 2018

Penn State Urges Moratorium On College Sports Wagers

Eric Barron, the president of Penn State has asked gaming regulators to place a two-year moratorium on sports wagers involving all in-state collegiate teams.

Published July 9, 2018

Patriots, Red Sox Owners See Benefits From Sports Betting

The owners of the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox both told a local newspaper that sports betting is likely to reinvigorate sports.

Published July 9, 2018

MLB, NCAA Clarify Positions on ‘Integrity Fees’

Rob Manfred (l.), the commissioner of Major League Baseball, clarified the league’s position on so-called “integrity fees” on sports wagers while a top NCAA official said the collegiate organization...

Published July 9, 2018

SBTech, Bet365 Ink New Jersey Sports Betting Deals

SBTech announced an agreement with Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City to provide its sports book solutions to the casino. Resorts has also partnered with DraftKings and hopes to...

Published July 9, 2018

Iowa Sports Betting Could Affect Nebraska Racetracks

Bruce Swihart, chief executive officer at Fonner Park thoroughbred racetrack (l.) in Grand Island, Nebraska recently said sports betting in Iowa, if legalized, could take business from Nebraska racetracks....

Published July 9, 2018

West Virginia Preps For Sports Betting

Sports betting at West Virginia's five casinos will begin by football season, or close to it, said West Virginia Lottery Director Alan Larrick. He noted casinos can choose their...

Published July 9, 2018

Pennsylvania Issues Sports-Betting Regs

Pennsylvania regulators issued temporary sports-betting regulations limiting casinos to one sports book each, with one “skin” serving as its online sports book, requested by Penn National Gaming, which operates...

Published July 9, 2018

Australian Sports Betting Companies Fight Over Name

Two of Australia’s largest sports betting companies are preparing to fight it out over their names. Specifically, PaddyPower Betfair’s Sportsbet is charging that Crownbet’s planned rebranding to Sportingbet infringes...

Published July 2, 2018

Mississippi Casinos Prepare For Sports Betting

Mississippi's 28 casinos are preparing to offer sports betting on or soon after July 21. Silver Slipper GM John Ferruci (l.) wants to be running by September 1. Beau...

Published July 2, 2018

Greenbrier Hires FanDuel For Sports Betting

FanDuel inked its and West Virginia's first sports betting partnership with the Greenbrier, owned by the family of Governor Jim Justice. Sports wagering will be located inside the Casino...

Published July 2, 2018

Kentucky Sports Betting Legislation Pre-Filed

State Senator and former Kentucky Governor Julian Carroll (l.) has pre-filed legislation to allow sports gambling. Sports betting revenue would go to integrity monitoring and state pension funds. One...

Published July 2, 2018

New York Could Be No. 1 in U.S. Sports Betting

Industry researchers GamblingCompliance forecast that New York will lead all state sports betting markets by 2023 with more than $700 million in annual revenue. Pennsylvania and New Jersey will...

Published July 2, 2018

California Sports Betting Unlikely This Year

Most industry experts in California don’t expect competing tribal, racetrack and card club interests to agree on how to legalize sports betting in the state. Probably the soonest it...

Published July 2, 2018

Media to Join in Sports-Betting Bonanza

The sports media is about to explode with new programming based on sports betting, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s lifting the federal ban on sports wagering....

Published July 2, 2018