During a recent hearing, Louisiana lawmakers heard from the Mississippi Gaming Gaming Commission executive director Allen Godfrey. Mississippi became one of the first states to legalize sports gaming back in August
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Indiana could join several states in legalizing sports betting following a committee's unanimous recommendation that lawmakers consider the change.
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Lawmakers voted 9-0 Friday to recommend legislation on bringing legal sports betting to Indiana, but the committee chair warned there are "many perils down the pathway before it becomes law."
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The state Senate has twice passed previous versions of gambling bills, so the key constituency that has to be convinced is the Illinois House of Representatives.
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Fantasy sports gambling like DraftKings and FanDuel is illegal in Louisiana. But come Nov. 6, voters will get the opportunity to consider making it legal in their parish.
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Legal sports betting may be coming to the District of Columbia (District), a development made clear at a public hearing on Wednesday by Councilmember Jack Evans (Ward 2), Chairman of the D.C. Council’s Finance & Revenue Committee.
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Gambling expansion is once again on the discussion table in Illinois as the second of two hearings on the matter is set to take place later this week.
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New Mexico became the sixth state to allow sports betting, joining Delaware, New Jersey, Nevada, Mississippi and West Virginia. In May, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed in a 6-3 decision to end the federal ban on sports betting.
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MGM Grand, Caesars and a slew of slot machine manufacturers and other gambling-related concerns are expressing sudden interest in the Virginia General Assembly, hiring more than a dozen lobbyists over the past several weeks to represent them during the upcoming session.
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The ad blitz is on for Disney-backed Amendment 3, which would put the expansion of casino gambling into the hands of the people.
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Whether Illinois should enter the world of sports and fantasy betting will be on the table for a hearing to be held Wednesday in Springfield.
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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy had initially called for a special legislative session to be held on sports betting, but negotiations with Connecticut’s two tribes, who want to offer sports betting at their casinos and believe they have exclusive rights to sports gambling, ended when the legislature decided not to move forward on the issue.
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