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Legislative efforts to bring legal sports betting to Georgia in 2023 are alive again.' Hopes for the legalization of sports betting in 2023 were…

At the midpoint of Problem Gambling Awareness Month on Wednesday, Northeastern Law School's Public Health Advocacy Institute brought together a…

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The Massachusetts Gaming Commission reported more than $25.7 million in sports wagering handle for the month of February on Wednesday, the lone full…

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A bill to legalize sports betting in Kentucky took another step forward Wednesday, as the Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee passed HB 551 b…

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A few different measures to legalize sports betting in Georgia recently failed on the state's crossover day. The failures appeared to signal an…

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The Illinois Gaming Board reported traditional sports wagering handle of slightly more than $1.07 billion for January on Tuesday, setting an all-tim…

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The New York State Gaming Commission reported Tuesday that sportsbooks claimed $108.2 million in sports wagering revenue for February, with a strong…

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A bill that would legalize sports betting in Kentucky, HB 551, passed through the state's House of Representatives Monday evening. It's a po…

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The Arizona Department of Gaming reported sports wagering handle of $572.5 million for the month of December on Friday, putting the Grand Canyon Sta…

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Another month, another year-over-year decline in handle for Indiana's sportsbooks. The Indiana Gaming Commission reported sports wagering handle…

Sports wagering in Maryland brought the state $2.8 million in tax revenue in February, according to data released Friday by the Maryland Lottery. Mo…

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As sticking to the bet menu continues to be a challenge, six digital operators will launch wagering platforms in Massachusetts Friday, making it the…

The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) released a statement Thursday saying it had not had any direct contact with World Wrestling Entertainment r…

Minnesota’s sports betting bill continued moving through the state legislature Thursday when the House Committee on Public Safety Finance and…

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Even before the first legal sports wager was accepted in Ohio in the wee hours of Jan. 1, the state's gambling regulator got busy issuing six-fi…

Kentucky’s House Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations Committee moved an amended legal digital sports betting bill out of…

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Mobile sports betting launches in Massachusetts this week, with seven platforms expected to start taking bets at 10 a.m. Friday. The mobile sportsb…

An Illinois'responsible gambling bill, which would require online sports wagering operators to show a pop-message directing customers to a websi…

While there’s plenty of anticipation about Massachusetts’ digital version of sports betting arriving Friday, operators could find the ro…

New York state is shining a light on problem gambling this month by, well, shining a light, among other activities planned by the New York State Gam…

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Sports betting legalization efforts in Georgia's legislature failed Monday, marking yet another setback for sports wagering proponents in the st…

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A Colorado bill introduced last week would allocate $10.6 million in sports betting revenue from the state’s water plan implementation cash fu…

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Top stories around our network this week Following in the footsteps of Illinois, another Midwestern state whose residents have proven to have an unu…

North Carolina legislators expect to file a mobile sports betting bill in the imminent future, as bettors in the state seek increased sports wagerin…

The sports wagering handle nationwide continues to spiral higher at a near-dizzying pace, with the national amount wagered in the post-PASPA era sur…

A bill in Georgia to legalize sports betting failed in the Senate Thursday. Despite the setback, multiple other legislative proposals exist that cou…

The Colorado Department of Revenue reported sports wagering handle of $547.2 million for the month of January late Thursday, sending the all-time na…

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SB 57, a bill to legalize sports betting in Georgia without a constitutional amendment, failed to pass through the state Senate on Thursday. The vot…

As with many hardened NFL bettors, Matthew Buchalter grappled with the possibility that the league could cancel the Week 17 regular-season game betw…

Minnesota Rep. Zack Stephenson is two-for-two this week after the House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee Thursday morning moved his sports…

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Massachusetts Gaming Commission Executive Director Karen Wells said'Wednesday that her staff and sports betting operators are on pace to hit the…

The Virginia Lottery reported sports wagering handle of nearly $513.2 million for January on Wednesday, the fourth consecutive month the Old Dominio…

The Tennessee Sports Wagering Advisory Council met Wednesday to discuss a jam-packed agenda. The SWAC punted decisions on a few major issues, but th…

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With upcoming legislative deadlines, the push to legalize sports betting in Georgia ramped up on Tuesday.' Crossover day in the Georgia legislat…

O-hi-o? More like O-HIGH-O! The Ohio Casino Control Commission reported taxable sports wagering revenue of $208.9 million for January on Tuesday, ob…

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