When Massachusetts lawmakers recently approved a bill regulating sports betting, their hope was that operators could be licensed and online before the start of the 2022 football season. But their hopes have collided with reality and it appears that Boston bettors will have to wait until at least next season before placing their first legal…
Regulated sports betting is coming to the state of Massachusetts after years of political bickering and haggling. The Bay State is now the 36th US State to legalize sports betting (30 state and Washington DC are operational, five states - including Massachusetts have legalized but aren't online yet). Massachusetts' entry into the regulated sports betting…
California Governor Gavin Newsom is seething over a Department of the Interior (DOI) decision to reject his state's proposed gaming compacts with several local Indian tribes. Both the Governor's Office, and the tribes themselves, issued strongly worded statements criticizing the DOI's decision as meddling and misguided. At the heart of the matter are Class III…
The American Gaming Association (AGA) is reporting that May 2022 was the US gaming industry's second most profitable month, ever. That's good news for an industry that's been battered by Covid and buoyed by regulated sports betting in a roller coaster of a decade. For the month, the collective US gaming industry chalked up $5.1…
The Congressional Gaming Caucus, a coalition of 28 US Representatives, is calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to shut down illicit gaming sites like Bovada, MyBookie, and BetOnline. The letter accuses the operators as "predatory" and threat to their constituents, despite the sites' reputations to the contrary. Led by Dina Titus (D-NV) and Guy…
The American gaming industry has recovered immensely since the darkest days of covid lockdown brought shocking images of a deserted Las Vegas Strip to the world. Last week, the industry came one step closer to a full recovery with the Biden administration's decision to lift pre-travel covid testing for international travelers. The decision to lift…
The rise of regulated sports betting in the United States continues shattering taboos as sportsbook operators extend their reach to the carnival that is the NFL Draft. As the first operator to strike a sponsorship deal with the NFL, Caesars is making their presence felt at the widely watched event, which is especially convenient since…
Iowa is not a large state. It's population of about 3.1 million people places it as the 33rd most populous US State. But those three million Iowans placed $215 million worth of sports bets during February, 2022. The state's 18 licensed sportsbooks saw their business in February 2022 leap by an astonishing 50 percent over…
Sportradar is announcing the completion of a deal with Bowl Season that would designate the sports technology company as one of the organization's official partners for the 2022-2023 season. It's another sign that regulated sports betting is here to stay in the United States, and that the very organizations that once lined up to fight…
The American Gaming Association (AGA) is throwing its weight behind a new, bipartisan bill that would raise the threshold for reporting slot jackpot wins to the Internal Revenue Service. It's a move that will would increase the pace of slots play for casinos, and bring reporting rules into the modern age. Under the terms of…
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