Sports betting has had two small victories in New England: New Hampshire and Rhode Island. It now looks like it’s ready to take over the region, with Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine all serious contenders to pass sports betting bills in 2021.
Retail and mobile sports betting supplier Kambi will host “a new week-long content series where it will share insight and expertise on some of the most pressing sports betting industry topics,” according to a company announcement. Dubbed the Kambi Festival of Sportsbook, the event is an interesting addition to the usual conference calendar, as it’s…
EPIC Risk Management is trying to save the mushrooming legal US online gambling industry from itself and avoid a European-style responsible gaming crackdown. The goal is to help US stakeholders create a responsible, sustainable industry before lawmakers and regulators need to step in.
Bally’s Corporation (nee Twin River) has made waves since it plunged into the already-crowded US sports betting and online gambling pool. A rebrand, multiple acquisitions, and a media deal put Bally’s in a strong position to compete in the ultra-competitive US online gambling industry. Betting USA spoke with Adi Dhandhania, Vice President of Strategy and…
A long-awaited gaming market study by Spectrum Gaming Group has been published on the New York Gaming Commission website. The 358-page report is comprehensive and outlines the current gaming landscape in the Empire State and several potential paths New York could explore as it considers expanding gambling.
Don’t look now, but Texas might move from a non-gambling state to a gambling state in 2021. And even more surprisingly, it might jump directly into online gambling. Texas is one of the gambling industry’s white whales. The Lone Star State currently offers very little in the way of legal gambling, but significant cracks are…
Today is the day. Michigan online sports betting apps and gambling sites are expected to go live at noon. After pushing up its proposed launch date from Q1 2021 to Q4 2020, only to set a firm date of mid-January, the first Michigan mobile betting apps (see our full list below) will be available to…
The Wire Act has long been a thorn in the side of legal, regulated online gambling advocates. That thorn may have finally been removed by the First Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld a lower court’s decision that the Wire Act only applies to sports betting, not other forms of online gambling.
Indiana is one of two frontrunners (Connecticut being the other) to legalize online casino and online poker in 2021. One factor working in the Hoosier State’s favor is its positive experience with online gambling products, as it legalized and launched online sports betting in 2019.
Legal online lotteries and casino gambling have been a reality for some eight years in the US. Sports betting (outside of Nevada) is in its third year and is spreading rapidly across the country. These products have brought many benefits with them, but there have also been a few hiccups along the way.
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