In what could end up being a seminal moment for sports gambling in America, the NBA on Wednesday formally requested a set of laws that could be the basis for professional sports leagues pushing for national legalized wagering on games.
Read More . . .Former US Representative Ron Paul (L, R-Texas) writes in a recent Newsweek editorial that Congress should excuse itself from legislating gambling, and instead reserve such powers to the states.
Read More . . .Even on a state-by-state basis, any expansion of legal sports betting poses new hope and new peril for daily fantasy sports.
Read More . . .South Carolina's Democratic lawmakers still hope the state will one day legalize sports gambling, but they admit the risks may be too high for Republicans to take a chance on it this session.
Read More . . .Proponents of gambling expansion in Illinois are split on whether major legislation will get signed into law in 2018, with some going as far as saying there’s a better-than-even chance.
Read More . . .Penn National Gaming, the Berks County-based owner of Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in East Hanover Township, is spending more than $50 million just for the chance to bring a new casino to Central Pennsylvania.
Read More . . .Legislators in the US state of Indiana will soon consider a bill which will see sports betting legalised in the state, pending the outcome of the Supreme Court review into New Jersey’s sports betting appeal.
Read More . . .Regulators in the US state of Pennsylvania will today commence an auction for the first of ten licences to build mini-casinos in the state.
Read More . . .Taking a page out of former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s playbook, Governor Gina Raimondo may seek to shake-up Rhode Island’s gambling revenue structure by pursuing a legal online casino structure.
Read More . . .The San Antonio Express News reported that the state is unlikely to pass a sports betting legislation any time soon even if the U.S. Supreme Court decides to strike down the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992.
Read More . . .In this interview with CalvinAyre.com’s Becky Liggero, Benjie Cherniak of Don Best Sports weighs in on the impact of New Jersey’s Supreme Court petition on the US sports betting market.
Read More . . .The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) has said that it banned nine professional players for either betting or match-fixing activities in 2017.
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