New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu called into WEEI radio last week to talk up his state’s sooner-than-expected entry into sports betting. The Granite State sports betting bill has been signed into law, so now it’s a matter of contracts and licenses being granted to operators.
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Up to 1,400 locations around the state could be eligible to offer sports wagering under a new rule proposed by the Montana Lottery. The Montana Legislature legalized gambling on sporting events earlier this year and hopes, if the rules process goes smoothly, to have the first bets placed before the end of the year.
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Sports betting has gotten all the attention from state legislatures this year, but Native American tribes in Connecticut have their eyes on a bigger prize.
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The partnership now sees FanDuel taking GAN’s platform into Indiana for rapid deployment of account services for internet sports betting, following the start of internet gaming in the state earlier this month.
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The Oregon Lottery unveiled their sports betting app this week, and today was the first Sunday with pro-football. The state said thousands of people have already registered to bet on the app, called "Scoreboard."
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The study would have given legislature valuable information about the future of gambling. Initially the plan was the have it out by the end of the year, giving officials time to read it.
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On Monday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) filed a complaint with the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) against Steve Wynn, who served as CEO and chairman of casino operator Wynn Resorts until his forced resignation in February 2018 following a string of sexual harassment allegations filed by the company’s female staff.
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Oregon will be the eighth state to add a live sports betting app, and one of 12 states offering legal mobile sports betting via an app.
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Proposition DD — the referendum — mentions tax increases and water reclamation projections before anything related to sports betting. Referendum backers, including an unusual coalition of politicians, sports betting advocates and water conservationists, fear the wording could dissuade “yes” voters – even if a majority of them support the initiative.
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Just this week, a state Senate committee discussed the financial implications of legal horse racing and sports betting, while Deputy Legislative Counsel D. Stuart Morelli submits in a legal memorandum that the legalization of sports gambling would require a constitutional amendment
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Ohio is one of many states that is currently bouncing around the idea of legalizing sports gambling. There are a couple of bills in the works, with lawmakers undecided on which has more merit
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