The U.S. Senate is set to hold a hearing on college sports this week discussing both name, image and likeness rights for athletes and the impact of gambling on college sports. This hearing could have a massive impact on both the financial structure of college … Read more
Lawmakers in New York are polling assembly members to see if mobile sports betting will be voted into law during the next session. The push for mobile betting comes from the New York economy being crippled by the coronavirus. Carl Heastie, New York Assembly Speaker, … Read more
Rhode Island passed two bills regarding their current sports betting laws to allow residents to sign up for mobile sportsbooks from home. The gaming industry is the third-largest source of revenue in the Ocean State and has been losing money since the outbreak of COVID-19 … Read more
Initial regulations for sports betting in Virginia have been posted on the state’s Lottery website for public review. The framework of legal sports betting odds will be set in September and the first official bet can be taken in early 2021. There are four casino … Read more
Louisiana now has a legal tax rate of 8% set for its legal Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) industry with the signing of House Bill 64 by Governor John Bel Edwards on Monday. The Bayou State expects to receive $375,000 in annual revenue from the DFS … Read more
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) would like to make co-branding of sportsbooks a reality in the state and has brought the topic up for public opinion before any decisions are made. Rivers Casino, and the people behind BetRivers Online Sportsbook, have filed a complaint claiming … Read more
Kevin Hall, the executive director of the Virginia Lottery, the regulatory body for sports betting in the Commonwealth spoke to LegalSportsBetting regarding the current status of its progression. Mobile and internet sports betting platforms in Virginia should see a public launch in early 2021. A … Read more
Tennessee now has four licensed vendors for their legal sports betting market. The Tennessee Education Lottery (TEL) also has three sportsbooks currently awaiting approval for what is expected to be a September launch of legal sports betting in the state. NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee … Read more
The Indian tribes of California will be accepting signatures to get legal tribal sports betting on the 2022 ballot in the state after being granted an extension to do so. Tribes want a legal sports betting market in California as long as they are the … Read more
Norway is looking to put all of its gambling laws, including the one that has sports betting odds being offered, into one big law that embodies the entire industry. An opinion window will be open for three months for stakeholders in the gaming industry to … Read more
The validity of the new Comanche Nation and Otoe-Missouria Tribes gaming compacts that allow legal sports betting in Oklahoma got its first court appearance on Wednesday. Oklahoma maintains that Governor Kevin Stitt, who greenlit Tribal sportsbooks does not have the authority to do so making … Read more
Two bills that would make sports betting legal in Georgia did not pass in the 2020 session as they were not heard on the final day of hearings, June 26. A legal sports betting market in the Peach State shows estimates of $60 million a … Read more