New York sports betting was a highly debated topic over the last month in the State Assembly, but with no common ground reached on several key topics, the legislature adjourned this week without passing a bill to legalize the gambling activity. For the New York Gaming Commission, that means it’s on to Plan B. Sports…Read More
The Rhode Island Senate on Wednesday emphatically approved a state budget plan that includes a provision to regulate sports betting. Having been passed by the House last week, the plan heads the Governor Gina Raimondo’s desk for sign-off. Her signature is all-but secured, since Raimondo was the author of the budget plan and has promised…Read More
North Jersey casinos could still become a reality outside Atlantic City. Despite voters adamantly rejecting a ballot referendum in November 2016 that would have allowed casinos to be built at least 72 miles outside Atlantic City, leaders of a coalition that lobbied against the expanded gambling say the fight is not over. Officials at Trenton’s…Read More
The odds of Japanese casinos becoming a legal reality this year have narrowed after members of the ruling coalition agreed an extension to the current legislative session, which was due to end today, Wednesday, 20 June. The Integrated Resorts (IR) Implementation Bill was approved by the lower chamber on Tuesday amid heckles from opponents. Japan’s…Read More
A rumored sports betting hearing held by the US Senate Judiciary Committee has been postponed due to scheduling conflicts. ESPN’s David Purdum, who covers all things sports betting and gambling for the network, was first to report the meeting, as well as its postponement. In a tweet, Purdum said the sports betting hearing “was on…Read More
A group of Kentucky lawmakers are ready to bet on sports gambling to grow state revenues. State Rep. Jason Nemes (R-Louisville) announced this week on ESPN Louisville that he’s assembled a nine-member sports betting committee that includes Democrats and Republicans in both chambers of the Kentucky General Assembly. The goal is to collectively craft regulations…Read More
Updated June 19: On Tuesday, June 19, Japan’s full lower house passed the casino bill pushed through by the lower house Cabinet Committee last Friday. The bill — which now passes to the upper house before it becomes law — would go into effect by April 2020 if it sees passage this legislative session. Dramatic…Read More
The Macau government is proposing a gambling ban on certain workers who are employed by one of the enclave’s many casino resorts. Macau Chief Executive Fernando Chui wants to prohibit not only casino dealers and others directly involved with gaming operations from betting during their free time, but also most staff members that work inside…Read More
Of the 12 Pennsylvania casinos, none have yet submitted applications to become licensed to operate online gambling. Last October, Governor Tom Wolf (D) signed a massive gambling expansion package that included the legalization of internet casinos. Now eight months later, and Keystone State residents still can’t place a bet from their home or mobile device….Read More
On the same day that neighboring New Jersey opened its first sportsbooks, a prominent New York politician announced that his fellow legislators were unlikely to support a sports betting bill in 2018. New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) told reporters on Thursday that there probably wasn’t enough support in the Democratic Conference – which…Read More
Brazil’s looming general elections are likely to further stall Brazil’s proposed gambling reforms. The country’s politicians have been debating liberalizing gambling laws since at least 2014, when a Senate bill was introduced that would legalize land-based casinos — illegal since 1946 — and build a framework of regulation for legal online gaming, Four years later,…Read More
Detroit casinos won more money in May 2018 than in the previous year, as gross gaming revenue (GGR) increased 3.9 percent to $124.6 million. MGM Grand Detroit, MotorCity, and Greektown likely benefited from the Caesars Windsor strike. Union members refused to work for more than 60 days at the Canadian-side casino property that sits along…Read More
Sports betting is naturally the hot topic of this year’s East Coast Gaming Congress, which kicked off today (Wednesday) at Harrahs Casino & Hotel in Atlantic City. The first day of events includes an in-depth talk on “Sports Betting: Where Does It Stand in mid-2018 and where is it going?” Where does it stand? Thanks…Read More
Nevada’s Attorney General, 39-year-old Adam Laxalt, has secured the GOP party ticket for his state’s gubernatorial election in November. He will face Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak, who won the Democratic Party nomination during Tuesday’s primary. For Laxalt, it was smooth sailing and an early AP call for his spot, just one hour after polls…Read More
Four of the seven members of the Connecticut congressional delegation are asking the Office of the Inspector General to investigate why the US Department of the Interior (DOI) failed to act on its revised tribal gaming compacts with the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Sun Native Americans in a timely manner. Last year, the Connecticut General…Read More
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