Minutes into a special session Monday on gambling, Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls said he and Republican leadership had gotten future online and mobile casino gambling nixed from a proposed deal between the state and Seminole Tribe.
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Free hockey picks from Doug Upstone for May 18.
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The companies announced Monday that Wynn Interactive will combine with Austerlitz Acquisition Corporation I to create an independent public company valued at about $3.2 billion.
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Lawmakers tweaked a gambling regulation bill on Thursday that would allow sports betting, excluding the home games of instate teams in an effort to pick up enough supportive votes to pass it. The new measure would apply to schools including the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Creighton University Bluejays.
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Sportradar has secured a data and content agreement with NBC Sports Regional Networks, providing the media outlet with a range of solutions and offerings to enhance viewer engagement.
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Unlike in Virginia, sports betting is illegal in North Carolina except on the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ tribal land in Cherokee and Murphy. But now, politicians across the state are realizing the money-making potential of legalizing betting to stimulate the economy and help fund education.
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As the gambling and sports betting industry in the US thrives, experts and non-profit organizations warn of a lurking gambling addiction problem, which could soon become a big issue in the state.
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Free baseball picks from Doug Upstone for May 17.
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Figures released Friday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show the casinos took in nearly $108 million from internet gambling in April. That's up nearly 35% from April 2020, when all the casinos were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and online betting was the only game in town.
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After a huge March buoyed by the NCAA Basketball Tournament, books came down to earth in West Virginia for April. Total sports betting handle in West Virginia dropped 47.7% from the month before, while mobile sports betting handle fell 47.9% and sports betting revenue plummeted 59.2%, according to figures released by the West Virginia Lottery Commission.
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