A bill that would expand sports gambling options in New York cleared a Senate committee on Monday, but the bill’s sponsor expects changes to the legislation before it’s signed into law.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds today signed a bill into law that establishes a legal way to bet on professional, collegiate and international sporting events. Representatives from both Dubuque casinos praised the move and confirmed their intentions to bring such wagering to their local facilities
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The New York Giants, New York Jets, and the Buffalo Bills co-signed a letter urging The New York State Senate Racing, Gaming, and Wagering Committee to uphold the integrity for the sports leagues when considering sports betting.
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Gov. Bill Lee plans to allow a Tennessee sports betting bill to become law without his signature. Both houses of the Tennessee legislature passed a bill last month permitting online sports betting, beginning July 1. Bets will be placed online only and not at physical locations. Tennessee does not have casinos.
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In a letter sent last month to Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state legislators, the officials said lawmakers should exclude college sports from the gambling bill going through the General Assembly. Barring that, they said, legislators should make college games off-limits if they feature in-state teams or are contested within Illinois’ borders.
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t has passed a vote from the Senate and now goes to the House of Representatives If the bill is passed, there will still have to be a public vote on the issue for each of the state’s 64 parishes
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Through more than four hours of testimony during a legislative hearing Wednesday on how sports betting might work in New York State, stakeholders – from the NFL to upstate casinos to NHL players – all had their own ideas.
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Gov. Ned Lamont's efforts to negotiate a grand bargain with the states' two federally recognized tribes about casino expansion and the legalization of sports betting have stalled, most likely signaling that the 2019 Connecticut legislative session will end next month without passage of a major gambling bill.
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A gambler from Nevada lost $29 on a New Jersey internet gambling site, but the transactions cost a technology company $25,000. New Jersey regulators fined Gaming Innovation Group $25,000 for a flaw in its geolocation technology, which is designed to make sure people are within the state’s borders before they can gamble.
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New Jersey has sued the U.S. Department of Justice for failing to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request for any documents linking the lobbying efforts of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, a major Republican donor, to the federal government’s recent threats against state-sanctioned online gambling.
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Much to everyone’s delight, the new laws will see Hoosiers able to place wagers as early as September, while dates for horse-track casinos introducing live dealers into their games has automatically been brought forward to Jan 1, 2020, as opposed to Jan 1, 2021.
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Progress is being made to bring legal sports gambling to the state, but there’s no guarantee that it will happen within the next couple of years. Senate Bill (SB) 153 made it passed a Senate vote on April 30 when it was approved by a vote of 24-15, and now must go before the House of Representatives.
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