Kansas Celebrates 3 Years of Sports Betting: $6.9B Wagered

Kansas Celebrates 3 Years of Sports Betting: $6.9B Wagered

Kansas sportsbooks have collected $1.5 billion in wagers over the first seven months of the year. Consistently bringing in tax revenue, Kansas has seen over $1 million come in from sportsbooks in 8 of the last 11 months. TOPEKA, Kan. – Kansas is marking the … Read more

Missouri Sports Betting Timeline: 1st Sportsbooks Announced

Missouri Sports Betting Timeline: 1st Sportsbooks Announced - Missouri Gaming Commission

Missouri’s key dates for announcing the first two sportsbooks include Wednesday and Friday of this week. JEFFERSON CITY – Representatives from Circa Sports, DraftKings, and FanDuel will appear before the Missouri Gaming Commission on Wednesday to make their final pitches. This week marks the beginning … Read more

D.C. Targets 300-Year-Old Gambling Law Behind $300M Lawsuit

D.C. Targets 300-Year-Old Gambling Law Behind $300M Lawsuit

A 300-year-old British law is the basis for a $300 million lawsuit against sportsbooks in Washington, D.C. The law, known as the Statute of Anne, allows gamblers to sue to recover losses over $25. Mayor Muriel Bowser has moved to retroactively exempt sports betting from … Read more

Missouri Sports Betting: Who’s Applied, When It Launches

Missouri Sports Betting: Who’s Applied, When It Launches

Missouri is gearing up for a December 1 launch of legal online sports betting. Several sportsbooks are lining up for licenses as the rules get finalized. JEFFERSON City, Mo. – With Missouri legal online sports betting scheduled to launch on December 1, the licensing process … Read more

Massachusetts Sportsbooks Face Fines, But Not Consequences

Massachusetts Sportsbooks Face Fines, But Not Consequences

Despite repeated violations, Massachusetts sportsbooks are facing fines so small they’ve become the cost of doing business, not a reason to change behavior. BOSTON – The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) handed out $50,000 in fines last week to four legal sportsbooks, FanDuel, BetMGM, PENN Sports … Read more

Who Will Claim The Legal Hawaii Sports Betting Licenses?

Who Will Claim The Legal Hawaii Sports Betting Licenses? - Hawaii House of Representatives

Hawaii is on the brink of legalizing online sports betting, with House Bill 1308 advancing through the legislature. DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, and Fanatics are expected to be first in line for licenses when the market opens. HONOLULU – Hawaii’s journey toward legal sports betting took … Read more

California Sports Betting: Is a Tribal Partnership the Key to Legalization?

California Sports Betting: Is a Tribal Partnership the Key to Legalization?

DraftKings and FanDuel executives met with tribal representatives in California at the Indian Gaming Tradeshow & Convention to discuss a potential partnership. The Sports Betting Alliance’s proposal seeks to license sportsbooks while ensuring revenue-sharing benefits for all 109 federally recognized tribes. Despite ongoing negotiations, tribal … Read more

Blumenthal Challenges Connecticut In-Flight Betting Proposal

Blumenthal Challenges Connecticut In-Flight Betting Proposal

Senator Richard Blumenthal has criticized Connecticut’s proposed in-flight betting bill, citing public health risks and concerns over minors accessing gambling. Blumenthal also highlighted federal restrictions under the Gambling Devices Act of 1961, urging DraftKings and Delta to pause their partnership on airborne gambling. HARTFORD, Conn. … Read more

FTC Eyes DraftKings and FanDuel for Collusion

FTC Eyes DraftKings and FanDuel for Collusion

As a bipartisan issue, Senators Mike Lee and Peter Welch wrote to the Federal Trade Commission asking for an investigation into DraftKings and FanDuel – two sportsbook operators who control over three-fourths of the US betting market. The sportsbooks faced a similar request a decade … Read more

DC Council Approves Budget, Opening Up Sports Betting Market

Capital One Arena Sportsbook

Major changes in mobile sports betting are on the horizon as the DC Council opens the market to multiple operators. The new budget slashes tax rates and welcomes competitors like BetMGM and Caesars to expand citywide. An amendment ensures betting kiosks remain in convenience stores … Read more