Any deal between MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment Corp. would have to go through a series of checks and balances to ensure it would not create a casino monopoly, industry watchers said following a report Monday by the New York Post.
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Voters in six states will decide issues related to gaming during the mid-term elections on Tuesday, but only two will consider measures directly related to sports betting and daily fantasy sports
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Missouri's original proposal would have restricted sports betting to riverboat casinos. But a Kansas version expected to be filed again in the 2019 session would reach much farther.
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The game will mark the second venture for an entity in New Mexico to offer sports betting after the Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act in May
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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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