OTTAWA – Canadian lawmakers are a week away from deciding whether Ottawa should limit sports betting ads nationwide. The two provinces with open online markets want no part of it. The House of Commons Heritage committee is set to vote next week on Bill S-211, … Read more
ALBANY, N.Y. – Super PACs backed by DraftKings and FanDuel have spent nearly $8.3 million in total on election campaigns of their own for at least 19 Democratic state legislators, two Assembly hopefuls, and the reelection campaigns of Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia … Read more
NEW YORK – The New York Times published a story on Sept. 19 that reported that DraftKings was using AI and machine learning models to identify gamblers who were most likely to lose money so that they could send them more promotions to keep them … Read more
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers have requested that FanDuel provide them with more information regarding their 30+ personalized videos that they had famous athletes and entertainers record for their VIP bettors. The letter, written by Senator Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut) and U.S. Representatives Paul Tonko (New York) and … Read more
One respondent is named in Thursday’s Manhattan filing: QCX LLC, the entity trading as Polymarket US, with James’s office bringing the case. The count list runs to eight: the state constitution’s bookmaking ban, three Penal Law sections, three under the Racing Law, and the Wire … Read more
Resorts World New York City won $135.2 million at live tables in its first 16 weeks, per state weekly reports. Wind Creek Bethlehem’s July table revenue fell 29.2 percent and Borgata’s fell 8.3 percent, a combined $8.7 million decline. Atlantic City’s total table win still … Read more
The commission logged more than 240 comments on its biometric draft, the most on any proposal or pre-proposal. The draft would require biometric data to open an account and identification again before any wager is accepted. Existing accounts whose owners fail to provide biometric data … Read more
NEW YORK – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have exercised their emergency powers just six times ever and haven’t done so since 1980. Now, CFTC Chairman Michael Selig has implemented emergency orders twice in the last 30 days to support Kalshi. Kalshi is battling … Read more
Nevada sportsbooks won $50.5 million in June at an 8.72% hold, up 20.02% from a year earlier. Statewide gaming win reached $16.05 billion in the fiscal year ended June 30, the state’s first above $16 billion. Sportsbooks won $612.5 million for the full fiscal year, … Read more
New York’s mobile sportsbooks kept 16.05% of wagers in the week ending July 19, a fiscal-year high. Handle fell to $396.2 million, the lowest week of the fiscal year and a second straight decline. Weekly revenue of $63.6 million rose 97.8% from the same week … Read more
HISA’s proposed 2027 budget totals $72,730,613, down about 5.75% from the $77.17 million assessed for 2026. Racing pays $449.97 for every start, spread across 161,635 covered starts in 19 states. Sample-collection credits of $16.24 million would cut what the industry actually remits to $56,488,543. Public … Read more
New York’s mobile sportsbooks took a record $2.25 billion in June, up 36.6% from a year earlier. Gross revenue fell 43.5% to $117 million as the hold rate hit an all-time low of 5.18%. The World Cup and the Knicks’ championship run drove the volume … Read more