The state house voted Thursday to legalize fantasy sports gambling in Michigan. The bills both legalize fantasy sports gaming and create a statutory framework to oversee it.
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The Missouri Lottery is making a play to be involved in a rollout of sports betting across the nation. With state lawmakers poised to consider legislation legalizing wagering on sporting events, Lottery Director May Scheve Reardon was in New York this week at a major gambling industry conference.
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The state’s casinos continue to implement their newfound ability to offer sports betting, a practice which until earlier this year was prohibited by federal law.
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Thanks to a new agreement with Eldorado Resorts, the parent company of PokerStars could eventually have a digital presence in as many as 13 US states.
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Gambling is on the minds of Virginia lawmakers. Among other things, this could translate into slot-like machines in Vinton, the legalization of betting on sports, and a giant casino in Bristol.
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North Carolina lawmakers haven’t officially broached the subject of legal sports betting, but that doesn’t mean ideas and conversations about the topic aren’t circulating around the state.
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It may take a while for the General Assembly to get behind sports gambling, but several state lawmakers are drafting legislation to let Virginians get in on the action.
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Last month, a state Supreme Court justice ruled that New York legislators had exceeded their authority in approving legislation in 2016 that defined DFS as a game of skill rather than attempting to amend the state constitution to add DFS to the other legally acceptable forms of gambling.
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Florida’s gubernatorial and Senate races are not the only ballot items from Election Day that are undergoing re-examination. It turns out that the ballot question on the future of casino gambling in the Sunshine State is likewise the subject of some post-election intrigue.
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A U.S. representative out of Wisconsin, Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisconsin), doesn’t believe the states have the intelligence to make their own sports gambling decisions
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In South Carolina, legalized sports betting is a long shot at best, even though the federal courts checked the issue to the states in May, opening the door for sports betting nationwide.
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