A panel in the House approved GA HB 903 – a statewide referendum for all legal gambling including sports betting, casinos, and horse racing. In the last week of the 2020 legislative session, lawmakers are hoping to speed up the process by adding the legalization … Read more
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is set to grant final approval on a plan to transfer control of the sports betting industry from the public sector to private operators. This plan is likely a result of Brazil’s need to cut government spending in the wake of … Read more
People working in all aspects of the Israeli sports business are requesting a few things from the government: funding for the teams and expanded sportsbook options. They promise this will bring only good things in terms of revenue profits for Israel in the long run. … Read more
Oklahoma District Judge Timothy DeGiusti declined to issue a legal opinion on Governor Kevin Stitt’s decision to unilaterally negotiate new gaming compacts with the Otoe-Missouria and Comanche tribes. These new compacts legalized sports betting for the two tribes, but were met with stiff opposition from … Read more
A proposal for legal sports betting in Georgia was approved Friday and is set to be voted on by the full Senate. The addition of sports betting in Georgia will help with the billion-dollar budget deficit the state is facing due to the pandemic and … Read more
California could have legal sports betting put to a vote on the November 2020 ballot if bill SCA-6 is made legal. SCA-6 was set for a Suspense File hearing on Thursday that was canceled due to a number of last-minute amendments that needed to be … Read more
The U.S. Court of Appeals of the First Circuit is now hearing an appeal from the Department of Justice on the case of New Hampshire Lottery Commission, et al v. Barr, et al. The case will determine the scope of the Wire Act and whether … Read more
A sports betting study committee bill known as Senate Bill 59 has passed in the Vermont Senate and will move on to the House. A legal sports betting market in the Green Mountain State could generate as much as $10 million in annual revenue. MONTPELIER, … Read more
MPs in the UK are proposing a total ban of gambling advertisements similar to a proposal that occurred in 2005 which was not successful. The gambling industry brings in over £11 billion a year for the UK so the odds that a total ban on … Read more
College athletes in Florida can now receive endorsement deals and be paid accordingly beginning in 2021 after Governor Ron DeSantis signed FL SB 646. California and Colorado have also created similar laws but theirs will not take effect until 2023 making Florida the first state … Read more
Senate Bill 59 would legalize a committee to study what a legal sports betting market could mean for Vermont. The measure passed in its second Senate committee and has until June 30 to make it through both the Senate and the House. A legal sports … Read more
Local voters will now be able to choose if they are in favor or against allowing legal Louisiana sports betting in their parish this Fall. Governor John Bel Edwards has signed Senate Bill 130 into law which is why local voters now have a choice. … Read more