California Tribes Get OK To Pursue Sports Betting Vote

A California superior court judge has given gaming tribes and racinos 90 days gather enough signatures to qualify a sports betting measure for the ballot. The coalition now has...

Published July 13, 2020

Georgia Lawmakers Fail to Approve Sports Betting

Lawmakers tried to approve sports betting in Georgia, but in the end the legislature didn’t act in time to trigger a referendum. Rep. Ron Stephens (l.) said the bets...

Published July 6, 2020

Massachusetts Postpones Action on Simulcast Racing

The Massachusetts legislature last week approved a bill reauthorizing horse racing and simulcast wagering for another year, to July 2021. It awaits Governor Charlie Baker’s (l.) signature to make...

Published July 6, 2020

Oregon Tribes Pick Sportsbook Partner

Oregon’s Spirit Mountain Casino has partnered with Roar Digital LLC to operate a BetMGM sportsbook at the property, which is owned by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde....

Published July 6, 2020

FeedConstruct Signs Data Deal for Ukrainian Football

FeedConstruct has landed an exclusive deal to provide sports data to sportsbooks and video streaming rights for the Ukrainian Association of Football.

Published July 6, 2020

Scientific Games, Caesars Extend Sports Betting Partnership

Scientific Games and Caesars Entertainment have extended their digital sports betting partnership as Major League Baseball and other sports prepare to return.

Published July 6, 2020

Kambi Group Partners with Four Winds Casinos

Kambi Group Plc. has entered a partnership agreement with the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians to provide its sports betting platform to the tribe’s Four Winds Casinos.

Published July 6, 2020

Washington Tribes Renegotiate Compacts, Add Sports Betting

Now that sports wagering has been approved by Washington legislators, several gaming tribes are renegotiating their compacts to add the amenity. Meanwhile, commercial casinos are contemplating a legal challenge....

Published July 6, 2020

DraftKings Slips Through Side Door in Illinois

Online gaming giant DraftKings has found a way to legally circumvent an law that gives retail casinos a leg up on sports betting in Illinois. DK has partnered with...

Published July 6, 2020

Top Court to Hear Oklahoma Sports Betting Case

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (l.) agreed to authorize sports betting as part of the renegotiation of compacts for two tribes. The move rubbed the legislature the wrong way. The...

Published July 6, 2020

Scottish Sportsbooks Open for Bets Only

Sportsbooks in Scotland re-open on June 29, but the government has restricted customers to placing bets only. No lingering allowed or playing the FOBTs.

Published June 29, 2020

South Dakota Moves Towards Sports Betting

South Dakota’s Deadwood Gaming Association resumes campaign to educate residents to vote for the referendum to permit sports betting. The measure would largely benefit the casinos in Deadwood (l.),...

Published June 29, 2020

Louisiana Moves Forward With Fantasy Sports

With a tax rate of 8 percent approved by Louisiana lawmakers, the state Gaming Control Board can now focus on the licensing of fantasy sports operators.

Published June 29, 2020

Oregon Casino Signs Deal for Sportsbook

Roar Digital, in conjunction with BetMGM, has agreed to operate the first sportsbook in an Oregon tribal casino. Spirit Mountain Casino (l.) in Grande Ronde is the state’s largest...

Published June 29, 2020

First Michigan Tribal Casino Sportsbook Opens

Dacy’s Sportsbook became the first sportsbook to open in a Michigan tribal casino with its June 22 launch at Firekeepers Casino Hotel (l.) in Battle Creek. The Nottawaseppi Huron...

Published June 29, 2020

In Illinois, Rivers First with Mobile Sports Betting

Rivers Casino (l.) in Des Plaines will be the first casino property in Illinois to go live with mobile sports betting, same as they were the first to take...

Published June 29, 2020

Sports Betting in Washington Requires New Compacts

It may take a while before sports bets come to Washington state. The state has legalized tribal-only sports wagering, but tribes must renegotiate their compacts before wagers begin. “We...

Published June 29, 2020

First Retail Sportsbook Opens in Colorado

Colorado’s first retail sportsbook wager was accepted June 17 at the Saratoga Casino Black Hawk (l.). The wager was for the Denver Broncos to win the Super Bowl.

Published June 29, 2020

New Jersey Sportsbooks Open with Casinos

Casinos will open in Atlantic City July 2, and with them, retail sportsbooks. But it’ll be weeks before Major League Baseball brings the first real competition since major sports...

Published June 29, 2020

California Sportsbook Legislation off Table Until 2022

California State Senator Bill Dodd has admitted defeat and pulled SCA 6, which sought to put a measure on the November ballot to approve of sports betting. The bill’s...

Published June 29, 2020