Illinois has been trying to legalize online gambling and daily fantasy sports for several years, but plans were sidetracked a bit in 2018. Sports betting took over the spotlight, with five bills introduced in the span of about six weeks.
Read More . . .Chicago’s long-held desire for a city-owned casino will continue to go unrequited if an Illinois House panel’s Memorial Day vote against a massive gambling expansion package stands.
Read More . . .Legalized sports betting in West Virginia is all but a done deal at this point. The state already has a huge head start on getting the game fully regulated and running. Now, it’s mostly a question of what the legalized landscape will look like.
Read More . . .Many of the region’s legislators believe the current short session of the General Assembly isn’t the right time to get into a gambling discussion. The long session in 2019 comes after the fall election and legislators are more likely to settle in for complex issues.
Read More . . .In the wake of a United States Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on sports betting, state gambling regulators are fighting suggestions by major sports leagues that gambling should be overseen at the federal level.
Read More . . .Top lawmakers are scrambling to put together legislation and the Governor has started talks with the two tribes that operate casinos in Southeastern Connecticut.
Read More . . .The District, though not a state, has at least one lawmaker who thinks it’s an idea worth exploring, in part because of the evolving consensus about gambling.
Read More . . .Ninety-nine years after the Black Sox scandal threatened to destroy Major League Baseball's credibility and almost three decades after Pete Rose ruined his career with his gambling ties, the game is entering a potentially lucrative, exhilarating, mysterious and messy new frontier.
Read More . . .With many states set to legalize betting on sports, a showdown is set over how the pie gets divided—but no group may be happy with the size of the slice they end up with
Read More . . .Last week, prohibitions against sports gambling were removed by the U.S. Supreme Court. Some states are already jumping in. Massachusetts legislative leaders expressed an interest in taking up the issue, but had different time tables for describing when it "would" or "could" come up for debate.
Read More . . .New York's gambling regulators are working on rules that would allow sports betting even if state lawmakers don't act.
Read More . . .After failing to thwart the spread of sports gambling, major-league football, baseball, basketball and hockey could wind up earning billions in additional fees to help protect the integrity of their games and exploit data-licensing opportunities, thanks to a Supreme Court decision this month that's expected to open the floodgates to legalized gambling around the country.
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