It has only been 18 months since the Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), and some 20 states are already active players in the burgeoning US sports betting industry. Expect that number to swell in 2020.
The tail-end of 2019 saw the legalization of online poker in Michigan, and the launch of online poker in Pennsylvania, ushering in an online poker renaissance of sorts in the US.
Next week a couple of hundred lawmakers, regulators, lawyers, and industry types will descend on sunny San Diego for the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States (NCLGS for short) winter meeting.
The Department of Justice isn’t ready to throw in the towel on its highly criticized 2018 Wire Act opinion. This summer, the DOJ appealed the ruling by New Hampshire District Court Judge Paul Barbadoro that said the Wire Act only applied to sports betting, but it waited until the last minute to file its brief…
Tennessee sports betting regulations are in the public comment phase, and far from set in stone. But multiple policies the state is considering have industry types up in arms, including a mandate that sports betting operators hold at least 85% of all wagers.
Following the passage of its casino expansion act in 2011, there was a great concern that casinos in Massachusetts would take a toll on the existing New England casinos in Connecticut and Rhode Island.
The Senate put the Florida sports betting debate on the 2020 calendar after it referred a sports betting bill (SB 968) introduced by Senator Jeff Brandes to a trio of committees on Friday.
Online gambling has been a runaway success in New Jersey, but according to a newly published report, NJ online gambling and poker is more successful than most people imagine.
The rapid spread of legalized sports betting is driving a renewed interest and demand in the field of gaming law. The University of New Hampshire offers a sports wagering and integrity specific course. And Widener University Commonwealth Law School in Pennsylvania has just announced an expanded gaming law course beginning in the spring 2020 semester.
Michigan saw its 2018 online gaming and sports betting efforts fall victim to the veto pen of Gov. Rick Snyder. So, state lawmakers spent most of 2019 coming up with a gaming expansion package that is amenable to the state’s new governor, Gretchen Whitmer. The legislature knocked its mulligan about six inches from the pin…
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