When Will North Carolina's Senate Discuss Sports Wagering Bill?
The North Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill, HB 347, to legalize mobile sports betting in late March. After that vote, some stakeholde…
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The North Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill, HB 347, to legalize mobile sports betting in late March. After that vote, some stakeholde…
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The University of Alabama fired head baseball coach Brad Bohannon on Thursday, days after a sports betting controversy involving the program came to…
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The University of Alabama has fired head baseball coach Brad Bohannon, the school announced Thursday. His dismissal comes following suspicious wager…
The Vermont Senate moved a legal sports betting bill one step closer to Gov. Phil Scott’s desk Thursday morning, when it approved H 127 by a v…
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The Vermont Senate on Wednesday approved multiple amendments to a legal digital sports betting bill and moved it forward to third reading. The heavi…
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The Ohio Casino Control Commission issued an emergency order Monday, prohibiting sportsbooks in the state from accepting wagers on games involving t…
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Sportsbook operators in Virginia had a much more successful month of March than did the state's college basketball teams. The University of Virg…
Colorado may have had the most awkward sports betting launch in the United States. Proposition DD, which legalized sports wagering in the Centennial…
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As top mobile sportsbooks navigate one of the most hectic periods on the gambling calendar, Fanatics Sportsbook is nearing the rollout of its online…
The Maryland Lottery met Thursday, giving initial approval to Queen Sportsbook Maryland for a mobile sportsbook operator license. The operator is &#…
Circa Sports was unanimously approved for a Management Services Provider license by the Illinois Gaming Board on Thursday, putting it one large step…
The Illinois General Assembly’s House Gaming Committee held a subject matter hearing Wednesday regarding potentially expanding sports wagering…
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Fanatics Sportsbook and Betr each took one more step down the road to offering legal wagering Tuesday in Massachusetts when the state gaming commiss…
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Vermont’s Senate Finance Committee passed an amended legal sports betting bill on Tuesday, sending it to the Senate floor for full considerati…
Yahoo announced the acquisition of social sports betting operator Wagr on Tuesday, a deal the company believes will allow it to augment plans to cre…
St. Louis Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III didn’t mince words. When asked about the status of legal sports betting in Missouri, which will…
Changes are likely coming to Tennessee's sports betting market.' State legislators, who rapidly pushed through the end of the legislative se…
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The National Football League announced Friday that it has suspended five players, including four from the Detroit Lions, for violating the league…
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Before Fanatics Sportsbook launches its highly anticipated mobile sports betting app in the coming months, Michael Rubin provided a sneak peak on Tu…
New Jersey now has a statewide responsible gaming coordinator, a newly created position in which the person hired will “handle all issues impa…
The Maryland Sports Wagering Application Review Commission met Wednesday for the first time since February, and the group awarded one mobile sports…
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Vermont’s Senate Finance Committee got its first look Tuesday at what legal sports betting could look like in the state, and Wednesday will he…
Massachusetts got plenty of bang for its sports wagering buck in March as its mobile launch contributed to an impressive overall handle of $568.1 mi…
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When Gov. Andy Beshear signed sports betting into law on March 31, he made Kentucky the biggest U.S. jurisdiction by population to adopt a legal wag…
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The second-smallest state by population appears poised to finally join its regional peers and legalize sports betting. On Wednesday, the Vermont Sen…
The Illinois Gaming Board reported traditional sports wagering handle of $875.4 million for February on Thursday, likely reclaiming the No. 2 spot n…
Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald abruptly resigned Wednesday, with the governor's office saying he cited “medical reasons” as the…
When Kentucky on March 31 became the first state in 2023 to legalize sports betting, the clock started ticking. And less than two weeks later, polit…
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The Indiana Gaming Commission reported adjusted gross sports wagering revenue totaling $42.8 million for March on Wednesday, with operators winning…
A group of sports betting bills in Maryland are headed to Gov. Wes Moore's desk after receiving approval Monday on the state legislature’s…
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The New York State Gaming Commission reported $163.6 million in adjusted sports wagering gross revenue in March on Monday, an all-time monthly high…
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March was another good month for Maryland-based sportsbooks, with the Maryland Lottery reporting Monday that operators had a double-digit hold and c…
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Missouri lawmakers continue to struggle with what to do about legal sports betting. But late Wednesday night, they make a decisive decision on the f…
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In Missouri, the Senate has traditionally been where sports betting goes to die. For the third consecutive year, a bill to legalize wagering has rea…
The Colorado Department of Revenue reported on Monday gross operator sports wagering revenue of minus-$3.8 million on pro football for the month of…
A pair of gambling-related bills in Texas passed through the House State Affairs Committee on Monday afternoon. HJR 102 and its enabling legislation…
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Georgia's hopes for legal sports betting in 2023 officially ended late last week. Despite numerous bills being proposed during the 2023 legislat…
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The Virginia Lottery reported'on Friday gross operator sports wagering revenue of $39.8 million for February, the first time the figure was belo…
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The North Carolina House of Representatives approved a bill to legalize mobile sports betting Wednesday by a vote of 64-45. The bill, HB 347, heads…
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California tribal leaders Tuesday afternoon wouldn’t directly commit to the idea of a sports betting initiative for the 2024 ballot, but they…
HB 347, a bill that would legalize mobile sports betting in North Carolina, passed through its second reading on the House floor Tuesday by a vote o…
NFL owners approved rule changes on Tuesday that will enable in-stadium retail sportsbooks to remain open on home game days, a league spokesman told…
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission came to something of a compromise Monday despite voting unanimously to prohibit sports betting operators from ma…