Gaming News : US Regulation

Kansas sports gambling receives support, but struggles remain
- Feb 19, 2020
Kansas lawmakers know that they already missed out on one of the best sports gambling opportunities of the year, Super Bowl LIV, and have virtually no chance of greenlighting the activity ahead of the NCAA’s March Madness next month. As a result, they’re not exactly rushing to approve legislation that would allow the state to start seeing sportsbooks pop up in casinos; however, things are still moving forward
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Atlanta’s pro sports teams push online betting
- Feb 19, 2020
The heads of Atlanta’s big four professional sports teams continued their push for the legalization of online sports gambling in Georgia, promising Thursday that legislation will be introduced soon.
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Florida lawmakers working on sports betting deal but a key player is not at the table: Seminole Tribe
- Feb 18, 2020
House and Senate leaders are continuing to huddle on a sweeping gambling deal that could open the door to sports betting in the state, but the Seminole Tribe of Florida — a key player in any agreement — isn’t yet part of the discussions, Senate President Bill Galvano said Thursday.
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Alabama Gov. Ivey Selects gambling expansion study group
- Feb 18, 2020
On February 14, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced that she had selected the study group that will investigate gambling expansion within the state. The group of 12 will investigate and provide a report by the end of this year drawing their conclusions about how expanding gambling, with lotteries and casinos, will affect Alabama.
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Colorado Gambling Regulator Set to Issue First Sports Betting Licenses
- Feb 17, 2020
The Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission is expected to issue the first sports betting licenses this coming week as the state inches closer to the scheduled May 1 start of legal athletic gambling.
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Sports Gambling Bill Passes Washington State House
- Feb 17, 2020
The 83-14 Thursday night vote on House Bill 2638 came just two days after a House Appropriations Committee agreed to forward it onward. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, said Tuesday he’d hoped to get a floor vote as early as next week so a similar vote on a companion Senate bill could occur before a March 13 deadline.
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Atlanta’s pro sports teams push online betting
- Feb 17, 2020
The heads of Atlanta’s big four professional sports teams continued their push for the legalization of online sports gambling in Georgia, promising Thursday that legislation will be introduced soon.
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Sports betting is still illegal in Maine, great news for the casinos
- Feb 14, 2020
Hollywood Casino Hotel and Raceway in Bangor and Oxford Casino and Hotel continue their monopoly on the gambling market in the state
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As the debate over sports betting in Connecticut turns into Groundhog Day, focus becomes whether tribes should have exclusive rights
- Feb 14, 2020
More than two hours into an informational hearing about sports betting and other gaming issues Tuesday at the state Capitol, Rep. Russ Morin joked that he felt like a character in the movie “Groundhog Day,” in which a local weatherman relives a single day over and over.
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Sports gambling may come to Washington by spring after latest approval
- Feb 14, 2020
Washington State lawmakers are in the process of reviewing two sports gambling bills – one in the House and one in the Senate – in hopes of reaching a successful conclusion this year. If approved, tribal casinos in the state would be able to set up their sportsbooks and start receiving some of the revenue that is currently being wagered on offshore sites
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Washington State Could Be First In West To Legalize In 2020
- Feb 12, 2020
Washington State lawmakers appear committed to moving a pair of tribal-only sports betting bills forward. The House Appropriations Committee on Saturday heard testimony for and against a tribal-only bill. The committee must send the bill, HB 2638 to the House floor by the end of Tuesday in order for it to remain in play this session.
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Former coach Osborne weighs in at hearing on expanded gambling bills
- Feb 12, 2020
Gambling "usually impacts those who can least afford it," Osborne said, as they respond to the "fraudulent premise that gambling will make them money over time," when the reality is that oddsmakers make sure that will not happen.
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