Lawmakers in New Jersey have passed legislation to give Atlantic City casinos relief on gaming taxes in an effort to accelerate the industry’s recovery after Covid-19.
Under the legislation currently pending approval from Governor Phil Murphy, casinos will be eligible for a 100 per cent reduction on the eight per cent [...]
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has signed legislation aimed at strengthening the regulation of sports betting.
The amendments to the Tennessee Sports Gaming Act transfer regulatory authority from the Tennessee Lottery to the state’s Sports Betting Advisory Council.
The change follows an attempt by the Tennessee Lottery earlier this year to suspend the [...]
Rhode Island’s General Assembly has approved amended legislation to strengthen the agreement between the state, gaming supplier IGT and casino operator Bally’s Corporation.
Introduced by House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi and Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, the legislation represents an economic development investment of more than $250m to preserve and enhance Rhode Island’s [...]
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has submitted a formal complaint to the European Commission over the German government’s plan to set a 5.3 per cent tax on online poker and slot stakes.
The Brussels-based trade association said that the proposed tax, which applies only to online operators, would provide [...]
Californians will get to decide whether to allow sports betting after an initiative for a statewide referendum gained approval Thursday.
California’s Elections Division certified the initiative for inclusion in the November 2022 ballot after proponents secured almost one million votes in support of the move to authorise new forms of gambling [...]
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has signed into law legislation that will legalize online gaming and sports wagering across the state.
The legislation, which received strong bipartisan support in both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly, comes as a result of an agreement the Lamont administration reached earlier this year with the [...]
The US Department of Interior has given its approval to Arizona’s amended tribal-state gaming compact, paving the way for the launch of regulated sports betting in the state before the start of the new NFL season in September.
The approval follows last month’s agreement to modernize gaming in Arizona, which was [...]
Florida’s new gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe has been ratified by the state legislature, opening up a significant source of new revenue for the state and enabling the launch of sports betting.
The new gaming compact was approved Wednesday and now passes to the US Secretary of the Interior for [...]
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has signed legislation to enable the launch of online and land-based sports betting.
The bill signed Tuesday would allow sports betting at the state’s video lottery terminal (VLT) facilities with more than 1,000 VLTs, as well as NFL, MLB, NHL, MBA and MLS franchises with stadiums in [...]
Lawmakers in Ohio will consider new legislation Wednesday to legalise and regulate sports betting and to establish a committee to investigate an iLottery program.
The proposed legislation was introduced on Thursday May 6 and would offer up to forty licenses to provide sports betting to players in Ohio over the age [...]
Florida expects to generate as much as $6.0bn from gaming over the next decade through a new compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
The compact is valid for a 30-year term and gives the Seminole Tribe the right to operate slot machines, table games, sports betting, fantasy sports, raffles and [...]
The bill to legalise single event sports betting in Canada has been sent to the Senate for consideration following its third reading in the House.
Bill C-218 passed the House Thursday with widespread bipartisan support following its amendment in the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to secure horseracing interests.
“At [...]