State and Federal Gambling News in the USA
Below you will find the latest gambling news on a State and Federal level in the United States. The gambling news covers information on topics such as online poker, daily fantasy sports betting, commercial casinos, state lotteries, racetrack wagering, casinos games on the internet, land-based poker rooms, charitable gaming, and tribal casinos to name a few. Basically, anything related to gambling in the USA on a State-by-State or Federal level will be covered including online and land-based activities.
Following the September meeting of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the authority awarded two more online gambling licenses to local casinos. Both Hollywood Casino (owned by Penn National Gaming) and SugarHouse Casino (owned by Rush Street Gaming), were given the green...
According to the American Gaming Association, 2017 was a bumper year for the gambling industry in the United States. Figures released by the group show that the industry contributed a whopping $261.4 billion to the economy last year. The numbers, which were calculated in a...
As New York lawmakers mull the content of a proposed sports betting bill, they received advice from the non-profit, non-partisan Citizens Budget Commission. In a short paper entitled 'Hold Your Bets', the politicians were advised recently that it would not be wise to tax a...
After consulting with New Jersey gambling regulators, the online sports betting company, FanDuel, said it would pay out a number of disputed sports bets placed during a game last Sunday. During the final moments of a Denver Broncos - Oakland Raiders game, FanDuel's automated...
A new report recently released has predicted that the global online gambling and betting market could see such tremendous growth in the newt few years, that it could be worth a mind-boggling $94.4 billion by 2024. The report, entitled Online Gambling and Betting Market by...
Recently, the National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner Adam Silver took another bold step and announced a three-year sports betting partnership with MGM Resorts International. The $8 million-a-year deal is seen to be a significant one and its importance is far...
With Labor Day – and the official start of the NFL and Southeastern Conference football - coming around in just over a fortnight, Mississippi casinos are in a race against time to start taking sports bets. Already, several of the state’s 12 casinos are taking sports bets,...
It was a celebratory week for interactive gambling in Pennsylvania this week, as the Gaming Control Board approved the license applications of three casinos. The three casinos were granted licenses for all the sectors for which they applied, namely online table games, online...
A recent article that appeared on the ESPN website traces the changing attitudes towards sports betting in the United States. David Purdham, in his piece entitled Inside How Sports Betting went Mainstream, shows how it has been a long process to reach the point where the...
The governor of Connecticut, Dannel P. Malloy, is urging his administration to prepare a proposal that would manage and legalize sports betting in the state, allowing CT to profit from the industry. Governor Malloy is set to leave office on January 9th, 2019, the same day...
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