After a decades-long battle with the online casino industry, Google has decided to allow advertisements for online gambling in some parts of the United States. The move acknowledges the reality of American online gambling and represents a real victory for the industry, but is still a long ways from providing total access to its suite…
Will regulated sports betting finally bring peace to California's fractious gaming industry? Does it have the potential to bring together groups like tribal gaming interests, horse tracks and card rooms together in service of the greater good? The answer to these questions is an amazed, "yes." Late last week, 18 California Indian tribes, including the…
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo is facing an official ethics inquiry for her cozy relationship with International Gaming Technology (IGT). Raimondo is accused of providing the international gaming technology powerhouse with a sweetheart deal, no-bid, monopoly on the Rhode Island lottery and slot machines in a deal worth more than $1 billion. At the heart…
New Jersey's stubborn determination to legalize online gambling in an effort to save the failing casinos of Atlantic City is, once again, appears to be working out perfectly. According to numbers recently released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement July 2019 produced record revenue for the Garden State's online operators with the Golden…
For decades, the National Football League (NFL) was one of the loudest voices arguing against regulated sports betting in the United States. The whiny billionaires who own the 32 teams that play professional American football swore up and down that sports betting would damage the integrity of their game and would be nothing short of…
UK operator William Hill is continuing its deep probe of the US sports betting market with the launch of a new sportsbook at the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino at a New Mexico Indian reservation. The casino, which is operated by the Mescalero Apache Tribe is the third in the Land of…
The relationship between professional sports and regulated sports betting in the United States has always been tense at best and outright hostile at its worst.The big leagues, including the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL fought vigorously against sports betting, but one league, NASCAR, is rarely included in the conversation. That's because NASCAR is embracing America's…
Tribal gaming interests in the United States have always had something of a fraught relationship with the US Government. After all, despite their status as independent entities, American Indian tribes have been under the thumb of the government in one way or another since the late 19th Century. Not surprisingly, that relationship has not always…
Regulated sports betting is coming to Washington DC and plenty of folks are not happy about the way the contract for the operator who will be handling the action was approved. Late last night, DC Council approved a five-year, $215 million contract with Greek gaming firm Intralot to oversee the introduction of regulated sports betting…
As of July 1, the State of Arkansas became the ninth US State to launch regulated sports betting. Sporting wagers can be placed at two sites that were once horse tracks, and more sites are on the way. It's a model for the sports betting industry that other states are likely to follow as the…
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