Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak has ordered all of his state's non-essential businesses, including casinos, to close for at least 30 days in an attempt to halt the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This extreme, but essential action, shows exactly how seriously state and federal authorities are taking the growing worldwide pandemic. After all, before this…
When the NBA decided to suspend its season in an effort to control the rapidly spreading coronavirus the economic impact of that decision was felt immediately from everyone from the person selling popcorn at the arena where games are played, right up to the betting window at your local sportsbook. The fact of the matter…
As the coronavirus, aka COVID19, spreads around the globes, it's a near certainty that the casino industry will feel a significant impact. That's already happened in Macau, where casino revenues were battered by a 15-day coronavirus-related shutdown. The bad news is continuing as Las Vegas casino stocks are taking a beating over concerns that both…
Should tribal gaming interests have an exclusive lock on sports betting and online gambling in Connecticut? That's a question that Connecticut lawmakers and the Mohegan tribe are hashing out in a battle that's questioned the once unquestionable exclusivity of the Mohegan's gambling domain in the state. At the core of the issue is the question…
Regulated sports betting in the United States is an increasingly attractive option for state governments that are looking to boost their tax revenues. That idea seems to be working in places like New Jersey, but that's definitely not the case in Oregon. For the fiscal year ending June 30 Scoreboard, the state's regulated sports betting…
Colorado is quickly putting the pieces in place to begin offering regulated sports betting to its citizens as soon as May 1, according to an article recently published on Legal Sports Report. Centennial State lawmakers have already issued seven sports betting licenses to operators and more are expected in the future. In short, the tide…
Regulated sports betting in Tennessee hit a major snag this week when public comments revealed some major problems in the state's plans to offer regulated wagering. From how to pay out parlays to how much cash sports betting operators must keep on hand, the Volunteer State just can't seem to figure out how sports betting…
Maryland lawmakers are readying legislation that would allow for regulated sports betting in their state. SB 58, which was filed late in 2019 by Senator Chris West (R). In doing do, West assured that the bill would be one of the first item on the legislative agenda for 2020. Under the term of the bill,…
For gambling operators across the globe, 2019 was either a year to celebrate sports betting or a time to weather an increasingly harsh regulatory environment. No matter what part of the world you were operating in, your business would have been profoundly impacted by these two factors over the past 12 months. If you were…
Pennsylvania's gambling market is one of the more underrated markets in the country. For years, land-based Keystone State casinos have been leeching off players from nearby Atlantic City, forcing New Jersey operators to rely more on online gambling and sports betting to make ends meet. These days, Pennsylvania casinos are still raking in big bucks,…
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