With less than two weeks to go before the end of New York’s current legislative session, the clock is ticking down on efforts to get mobile wagering into the state’s sports betting legislation.
Read More . . .New York State is still working on how to proceed with sports gambling, and support for the activity continues to grow. Commercial casinos have already weighed in on the topic and, now, the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) has given its approval to the Oneida Indian Nation to offer sports wagers at its three tribal casinos in the state.
Read More . . .The Rangers announced Thursday that they had expanded their sponsorship agreement with Choctaw Casino & Resorts into a multi-year deal. Terms weren’t disclosed, but the Oklahoma-based tribe is now the “official and exclusive casino and resort of the Texas Rangers,” according to their announcement.
Read More . . .The House voted 87-27 Saturday night to OK the plan. The Senate must approve, and officials expect senators to return to Springfield Sunday to send it to Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker. He plans to sign it.
Read More . . .The Senate has approved the bill, which legalizes both retail and online sports wagering and has a 10% tax rate Governor Jared Polis has signed the bill and now it goes to a public vote
Read More . . .The Louisiana state legislature sunk a bill that would have allowed legalized sports gambling in the state, with the House Committee of Appropriations failing to advance the bill by an overwhelming 14-6 vote against
Read More . . .Like New York, California, Pennsylvania and other states bordering on locations that have made betting on sports legal, Michigan finds itself at a crossroads. Michigan has actually been kicking the idea around for the last three or four years.
Read More . . .Tennessee is apparently embracing sports betting on its own terms, with Gov. Bill Lee introducing legislation that will make Tennessee a legal sports betting state.
Read More . . .The hearings will focus on several bills that aim to regulate betting on sports events, including one filed by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker that could bring in an estimated $35 million in state revenue each year.
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House Bill 194, a bill that would make it legal to wager on sporting events in Ohio, was changed to make it harder for laundered money to get into the gambling industry. It also was changed so that Ohio doesn't violate the Wire Act.
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All’s fair in love and war or, as English writer and courtier John Lyly put it in his romantic novel Euphues: “Anye impietie may lawfully be committed in love, which is lawlesse.” We can’t be certain that’s where Rivers Des Plaines Casino looked for reassurance or inspiration when it decided to take on DraftKings and FanDuel over the right to offer sports betting in Illinois.
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