Virginia Sports Betting Regulations Issued

On July 15, the Virginia Lottery Executive Director Kevin Hall (l.) released the first set of sports betting regulations for 60 days of public comment. The second set will...

Published July 20, 2020

Virginia Lottery Moves on Sports Betting Rules

The Virginia Lottery planned to unveil proposed sports betting regulations July 15, and also set the rules for casinos and sportsbooks. The first bets could be placed by early...

Published July 13, 2020

Major League Soccer Goes for Sports Bets

Major League Soccer has embraced sports betting, posting gambling odds on its website, inviting gambling companies to sponsor jerseys and entertaining the idea of sportsbooks inside stadiums.

Published July 13, 2020

DraftKings Opens Colorado Sportsbook

DraftKings Inc. and Twin River Worldwide Holdings have opened a temporary retail sportsbook at the Mardi Gras Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado. It began accepting wagers on Friday, July...

Published July 13, 2020

Churchill Downs Partners with Kambi, GAN

Churchill Downs will partner with GAN on a sportsbook platform and with Kambi on operation of its online sportsbook, which carries the BetAmerica brand. GAN CEO Dermot Smurfit (l.)...

Published July 13, 2020

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