Industry Updates

The Nevada Gaming Commission authorized remote registration for cashless gaming accounts on Thursday. The regulatory change was spearheaded by Sightline Payments, which petitioned regulators to allow remote registration in 2020 and again in 2021.

Early data out of New York indicates the Empire State’s recent mobile sports betting launch was unprecedented. This column will delve into what we know so far, and what the future looks like for New York and New Jersey.

This week, the Oregon Lottery announced that its relationship with the Scoreboard sports betting app is ending as it starts a new partnership era with DraftKings. Scoreboard launched in October 2019 in Oregon, but now the Lottery wants to take a new direction with its betting services. The transition to DraftKings Sportsbook in Oregon will…

The strong Arizona sports betting market is about to gain another operator, with the expected launch of SaharaBets on Wednesday, January 12. In the leadup to the launch, SaharaBets announced a partnership with the Arizona Coyotes of the NHL – a partnership that, as you’ll soon see, was a foregone conclusion.

Penn National Gaming and its Barstool Sportsbook are official partners of the American Gaming Association’s Have a Game Plan responsible betting campaign.  

As anticipated, New York came out of the sports betting gates like it was fired out of a cannon. Four mobile operators simultaneously launched on Saturday morning, and in the first 12 hours, there were nearly 6 million geolocation transactions, according to data released by GeoComply.

Four New York mobile sports betting operators received the green light to launch as soon as Saturday at 9 AM from the New York State Gaming Commission.

With the signature of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine placed on the bill just before Christmas, Ohio is the latest state to join the ever-swelling ranks of legal sports betting jurisdictions. And with that, one of the most coveted states is off the board.

Bally’s is positioning itself as a serious player in the US sports betting space. The latest news has Bally’s becoming the official sports betting provider of Major League Fishing (MLF). And while this is far from the biggest splash the company has made, it highlights a core component of the Bally Bet model.

2021 has been an exciting year in the gambling universe. Lost within the whirlwind of sports betting news was a very interesting development in tribal gaming, as no less than three tribal gaming operators have broken into the Las Vegas casino market. Gaming tribes have operated commercial gaming properties in several states for years, but…