A Superior Court judge has denied former Providence mayoral candidate Daniel Harrop’s request for an injunction to stop sports betting in Rhode Island. Harrop had asked the court for summary judgment, without a full trial, on his claim that sports betting at the state’s two casinos and online violates the state’s Constitution
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Having already congratulated the DC Lottery on its sports betting launch, lottery supplier INTRALOT has announced that 2021 will see it launch its own digital sports betting solution in Washington DC.
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The Senate voted 31-3 Friday to set the regulations needed before betting can begin.
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Should votes in the state of California approve online and real sports betting later this year it will open the door to a market that has the potential to generate more than $30bn in wagers annually, according to projections from PlayCA.com.
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Last Thursday, the city’s mobile sports gambling platform, called GambetDC, went live in what the D.C. Office of Lottery and Gaming is calling a “soft launch” (the platform is only available via web browser at the moment; an app will start accepting bets early next month). And based on initial observations, it’s very much a work in progress.
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Betting on sports is one step closer to becoming legal in Ohio, after the Ohio House of Representatives on Thursday approved a gambling bill that’s been debated in the Statehouse for over a year.
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For the second time in two years, Louisiana voters will go to the polls with a chance to legalize a form of sports gaming. In 2018, voters in 47 of 64 parishes chose to make daily fantasy legal, and this November, they’ll get a chance to decide if sports betting should be allowed.
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Caesars’ Indiana sportsbook has launched successfully with the news just in that the company has secured another license in Virginia
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During coronavirus lockdown, casino gamblers are proving that despite risks, they are willing to play.
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For starters, the state decided to make sports betting a monopoly, handing full control to the Montana Lottery and vendor Intralot. On top of that, for now, “mobile” betting is not really mobile; yes, there’s an app where you can look up the odds, but you can only place bets at terminals installed in licensed bars and taverns.
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A bid to help legalize sports betting in Louisiana is steps from final legislative passage, though the wagering still would be a year or more away.
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The Michigan Gaming Control Board looks to be leaving no stone unturned amid a recent flurry of moves to accelerate online gaming availability that could potentially help lessen a huge gap in projected revenue in the Wolverine State as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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