Gaming News : US Regulation

Fast-growing Iowa sports betting still has 'potential' for growth
- Nov 15, 2019
The overall total since Aug. 15 of $93.6 million breaks down to nearly $51.4 million wagered online using apps offered by seven casinos, and $42.2 million in retail sports betting — meaning patrons have to travel to a casino where they’ve registered to place a bet. Few than half the casinos currently offer gamblers the ability to place bets online in Iowa: Altoona, Bettendorf, Davenport, Larchwood, Osceola, Riverside and Waterloo. The Casino Queen in Marquette is the only state sanctioned casino without a sports betting license.
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DoJ efforts to appeal the New Hampshire ruling are futile and unnecessary
- Nov 14, 2019
Hartley exmaines why the Department of Justice has pushed back the date of it's brief in the case of New Hampshire Lottery Commission’s legal challenge to their latest ruling regarding the Wire Act.
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Atlanta United joins local coalition to support legalization of sports gambling in Georgia
- Nov 13, 2019
Atlanta’s biggest pro sports teams want lawmakers to make sports betting legal
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Analysts predict Colorado will be an active mobile sports betting market
- Nov 12, 2019
The Rocky Mountain State became the 21st to legalize sports betting last week, allowing casinos in three regions, all of which are roughly a 30-to-45-minute drive from population centers, to operate in-house sportsbooks and mobile sports wagering sites.
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New York still hung up on whether to OK mobile sport bets
- Nov 11, 2019
New York is unlikely to approve statewide mobile sports betting anytime soon. Despite a push from lawmakers who favor letting people bet on their phones or laptops, sports betting remains restricted to in-person wagers at upstate casinos.
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Illinois to Open Sports Betting License Application Window in December
- Nov 11, 2019
The opening of the license application window will mark the first major step toward bringing athletic wagering to the state since the practice was legalized over the summer.
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New York still hung on whether to OK mobile sports betting
- Nov 7, 2019
New York is unlikely to approve statewide mobile sports betting anytime soon. Despite a push from lawmakers who favor letting people bet on their phones or laptops, sports betting remains restricted to in-person wagers at upstate casinos
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UPDATE: Colorado Sports Betting Passes by Slim Margin
- Nov 7, 2019
While there has been no official call in the race, it appears likely that a Colorado ballot proposition to legalize sports betting was narrowly approved by voters on Tuesday.
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Colorado may legalize sports betting with Prop. DD. But a different gambling expansion didn’t make it
- Nov 6, 2019
The Joint Budget Committee blocked a request from Gov. Jared Polis’ administration to add 200 Colorado lottery machines at Walmart stores
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California moves a little closer to legal sports wagers
- Nov 5, 2019
As California continues its push to become as self-sufficient as possible, an industry that has escaped its grasp for decades might be ready to enter its boundaries. If two lawmakers in the Golden State have their way, the subject of legalized sports gambling could make it onto next year’s ballot, giving residents the opportunity to vote on whether or not to allow the activity.
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PGA Tour bringing betting to its events -- but not in California
- Nov 4, 2019
As state after state across the country legalizes some form of sports gaming, California remains locked in a mode of no action toward legalized gambling and really not even talking about the matter.
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Sports betting, internet gaming and gambling approved by House, but face Gov. Whitmer veto
- Nov 4, 2019
The Michigan House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation Wednesday that legalizes sports betting, internet gaming and gambling on fantasy sports, even though lawmakers haven't reached a consensus with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
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