Oregon Bill Would Allow College Sports Betting

Oregon residents can’t bet on college sports. Senate Bill 1503 would change that through the Oregon Lottery and DraftKings. The bill’s sponsor is Senate President Peter Courtney.

Published February 28, 2022

Golden State to Be Bombarded by Sports Betting Ads

Residents of the Golden State can expect to be pounded by ads for sports betting measures between now and election day in November. One measure has qualified for the...

Published February 28, 2022

Arkansas Mobile Sports Betting Starts March 4

Legal online and mobile sports wagering will begin March 4 in Arkansas, following a legislative committee’s approval of rule changes. Currently, sports bets only can be placed on-site at...

Published February 28, 2022

South Carolina Legislator Sponsors Expanded Gambling Bill

South Carolina could offer sports betting and other forms of gambling if the legislature passes state Rep. Todd Rutherford’s (l.) expanded gambling bill, and voters approve it in a...

Published February 28, 2022

Wisconsin’s Evers Approves Potawatomi Sports Betting

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (l.) has approved amending the Forest County Potawatomi ’s gaming compact to allow sports wagering. The tribe hopes to open a sportsbook at its Milwaukee...

Published February 28, 2022

Missouri House Committee Debates Sports Betting Bills

At a Missouri House committee meeting, representatives of the state’s pro sports organizations spoke in support of legalized sports betting, including St. Louis Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III (l.)....

Published February 28, 2022

Oklahoma House Committee Advances Sports Betting

An Oklahoma House committee has passed a bill to allow sports betting at tribal casinos. Rep. Ken Luttrell (l.) said not all tribes are on board, but he expects...

Published February 28, 2022

Louisiana Mobile Sports Betting Surpasses Retail

For the first four days of legalized sports betting in Louisiana, January 28-31, the state’s six mobile sportsbooks took in $40.5 million. Thirteen retail sportsbooks took in $49.3 million...

Published February 28, 2022

Ontario Tribes Oppose Sports Betting Liberalization

There’s a growing movement among Ontario’s indigenous nations to oppose the open sports betting market planned for April 4. They say their rights are being trampled and their revenues...

Published February 28, 2022

Minnesota Hopes to OK Sports Betting Bill this Year

If at first, you don’t succeed, keep trying. Minnesota lawmakers continue to push legal sports betting. Senator Roger Chamberlain (l.) leads the charge on the Republican side; Rep. Zack...

Published February 28, 2022

Nova Scotia Launches Single-Game Sports Betting

Nova Scotia has launched single-game sports betting, the last of Canada’s Atlantic provinces to do so. Residents in the other Atlantic provinces have been able to make sports bets...

Published February 21, 2022

Paysafe Expands to Louisiana, Oregon

Paysafe is expanding its payment technology to the new mobile sports betting markets in Louisiana and Oregon, where it will power payment and affiliate programs for multiple mobile books.

Published February 21, 2022

Arizona Casino Group Launches Sports Betting App

Desert Diamond Casinos and Entertainment has announced the launch of a mobile sports betting app, along with the opening of a retail sportsbook at its Tucson property.

Published February 21, 2022

Resorts Digital Dumps Sports Betting

Resorts Digital Gaming has announced a pending agreement that will allow a global sports betting provider to operate under the RDG license in New Jersey. In the meantime, it...

Published February 21, 2022

Survey Shows Kentuckians Want Sports Betting

Nearly two-thirds of Kentucky voters support sports betting, according to a recent poll, the same percentages as 2020. State Rep. Adam Koenig (l.), sponsor of several previous sports betting...

Published February 21, 2022

Massachusetts Governor Presses for Sports Betting

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (l.) would like to see the legislature legalize sports betting this year. Baker wants to sign the bill before he leaves office after serving eight...

Published February 21, 2022

Ontario Targets April for Mobile Sportsbook Debut

Operators are awaiting with anticipation the opening of the regulated sports betting market in Ontario on April 4. One such operator says enthusiastically “Ontario is such a kickass model.”

Published February 21, 2022

New York and Jersey Sports Betting Going Strong

During its first five weeks, online sports betting has broken records in New York, though New Jersey has not fallen off as expected. We'll see if New York can...

Published February 21, 2022

Sportsbooks Cleaned Up on Super Bowl Sunday

A Super Bowl win by the Los Angeles Rams warmed the hearts of sports books. Nevada set a sports betting record for Super Bowl wagering. New Jersey didn't do...

Published February 21, 2022

BetMGM Opens First Legal Sportsbook in Puerto Rico

Sports betting is now live in Puerto Rico at Casino del Mar at La Concha Resort (l.). Last week BetMGM announced it had launched the island’s first regulated sports...

Published February 14, 2022