by Carter Floyd | Jun 30, 2020 9:44 am | Sports Betting
Illinois casinos will be allowed to reopen beginning on Wednesday with new social distancing and public health regulations. This will be the first opportunity for retail sports betting in Illinois in three months. Access to online and mobile sports betting odds have...
by Christina Monroe | Jun 22, 2020 12:15 pm | Revenue
Mississippi sportsbooks were able to make some kind of revenue in the last nine days of May when retail locations opened. Illinois’ first mobile sportsbook launch on Thursday allowed for plenty of business and interest by gamblers in the state. Time and time again,...
by Christina Monroe | Jun 18, 2020 6:18 pm | Sports Betting
Illinois launched their first legal online and mobile sportsbook in the state’s history on Thursday with BetRivers. The sports betting industry in Illinois can now begin to start making some revenue from the sports betting odds while retail sportsbooks are still on...
by Christina Monroe | Jun 11, 2020 5:29 pm | Sports Betting
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) has issued seven new sportsbook licenses to casinos in Illinois. Fees from the licenses were able to give Illinois $40 million in instant revenue. The odds of each sportsbook launching depends on additional approval from the IGB....
by Christina Monroe | Jun 5, 2020 11:48 am | Regulatory
Governor J.B. Pritzker has lifted the in-person mobile sports betting registration requirement by Executive Order on Thursday. With major professional sports making a comeback and retail sportsbooks shut down due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Pritzker issued the order....