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.
A casino in Massachusetts has been slapped with a fine by the state's Gaming Commission, after it was found that the establishment breached minimum security requirements several times. The Plainridge Park Casino will have to cough up $65,000 in penalties for violating the...
The city of Springfield has sent to a letter to members of Illinois' House of Representatives and bodies, imploring that a casino be built there. The call comes following legislation passed by the State Senate last week, where the state could license up to six new casinos....
From July 1st, punters in Nevada will be able to enjoy betting on eSports in Las Vegas, after Governor Brian Sandoval signed Senate Bill 240 into law this week. The bill, dubbed the 'eSports Betting Bill', essentially allows pari-mutuel betting systems to wager on different...
At a vote of 38-12, HB 271, which could see the expansion of gambling in Pennsylvania, passed through the state's Senate. The bill is most noteworthy because it would accommodate the legalization and regulation of igaming in Pennsylvania. If the law passes, existing casinos...
Individual states may soon be able to determine their own laws regarding sports betting, after a new Congress bill was unveiled on Thursday. The Gaming Accountability and Modernization Enhancement Act (GAME Act), was released by the House Energy and Commerce Committee just...
Leslie Rutledge, the Attorney General for Arkansas, rejected a proposal to take the issue of casino gambling to the ballots in November this year, saying that the popular name of the casino proposal by Barry Emigh of Hot Springs is misleading and "confusing to the point of being...
The Illinois House has just ten more days to vote on proposed legislation that could bring up to six brick and mortar casinos to the state. Earlier last week, Senate lawmakers voted that SB7 move on to a decision by the House. The bill was sponsored by Senator Dave Syverson...
An interesting study from the American Gaming Association shows that over 60% of all Americans do not have a clue that sports betting is illegal in most states across the nation. So popular is this form of wagering that "only 38 percent recognize that it is not legal in most of...
The state of New York has inched a little closer to legal and regulated online poker, after S 3898 cleared a Senate committee and has now moved forward to a full Assembly vote. Should the bill pass with a majority vote, it will be left up to Governor Andrew Cuomo to give the...
While there was hope that Florida’s House and Senate would break a stalemate involving differing views on gambling expansion in the state, everything seemed to collapse on Thursday. Florida House and Senate negotiators declared just before the weekend, that they had reached an...
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