The potential for legal, regulated sports betting in the United States is putting the US-facing gaming in a frenzy. Entities from big name casinos to the sports leagues (who once opposed sports betting) are all looking to get a piece of the sports betting pie. That group also includes tribal gaming interests. During the 2018…
Lottery officials in the state of West Virginia are telling state lawmakers that they could have regulated sports betting in place within 90 days of a favorable ruling from the US Supreme Court. Their eagerness to introduce sports books to the state's five casinos is in indication of how desperately many state governments are to…
Lawmakers in Indiana are getting on board the sports betting bandwagon and are quietly preparing for a positive decision from the US Supreme Court on the matter. According to reports from LegalSportsReport and the Indiana News & Observer, Republican Representative Alan Morrison of Terra Haute is ready to introduce legislation that would bring sports betting…
Two US senators are so outraged over the recent legalization of online gambling in Pennsylvania that they're threatening to revive the long dead Restoration of America's Wire Act (RAWA). It's a move that could both set off a major battle over states rights and/or crush the US online gambling business. RAWA's resurrection came earlier this…
If your last memory of playing video games involves an arcade, some quarters and Pac Man, you might not realize that the line between video games and gambling has blurred considerably in the last five years. Thanks to the growing use of "loot boxes" (in-game prizes that can be won, found or purchased) many video…
Travelers visiting the United States have long had to declare any cash they’re carrying over $10,000 to immigration officials upon arrival on American shores. If a new Bitcoin bill proposed by Congress passes into law those travellers would have to declare their Bitcoin assets, too. The proposed law (US Bill S.1241) was introduced by GOP…
Representatives of the United States' four big players unions representing the NBA, NFL, NJL and MLB are quietly getting ready for the day when regulated sports betting comes to America. According to a recent report on MMBQ.si.com (a division of Sports Illustrated magazine) representatives of these groups have been meeting in secret in New York…
The US Supreme Court has refused to hear a case involving a Washington State tribal gaming interest, paving the way for the tribe to build a new $500 million casino. The court's decision to pass on the case, which centered around whether the tribe was legally entitled to land that they claim was once theirs,…
Is Sheldon Adelson softening his stance on regulated sports betting inside the United States? If a recent editorial in the Adelson-owned Las Vegas Review-Journal is any indication, the answer to that question is a soft, "yes." Late last week, the Review-Journal posted an article titled, Reports calls for end to federal ban on sports betting.…
Regulated online gambling could generate as much as $400 million in tax revenue over its first six years of operation. That's the extremely optimistic viewpoint put forward in a recent study produced by onlinepokerreport.com analyst Robert DellaFave. DellaFave's report was commissioned by supporters of the effort to legalize online gambling in Pennsylvania and includes $146…
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