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 [...]
Germany’s new State Treaty on Gambling has cleared its final hurdle and will come into force as expected on July 1.
The treaty was ratified by the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt on Wednesday and is expected to secure approval in the last remaining state, North Rhine-Westphalia, by the end of this [...]
Arkansas Representative Lee Johnson has introduced legislation to allow the state’s casino licensees to offer retail and online sports betting.
The proposed bill would allow each casino to operate a maximum of three individually branded online sports betting platforms, either alone or in partnership with a platform provider.
It directs the Arkansas [...]
Sports betting is coming to Arizona under legislation signed into law Thursday by Governor Doug Ducey.
Governor Ducey signed the legislation and an amended tribal-state gaming compact in the presence of representatives from the Arizona legislature and 18 Tribal nations, securing millions of dollars in revenue for critical state needs.
Together they [...]
Competing bills have been introduced in Louisiana to regulate sports betting following the successful referendum to legalise the activity last year.
The bills were introduced Monday by Senators Cameron Henry and Patrick Cortez and establish the framework for licensing and regulation by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board.
Senator Henry’s bill would offer [...]
Lawmakers in the US state of Maine have introduced a new bill to regulate sports betting, 15 months after the last sports betting bill was vetoed by Governor Janet Mills.
The new proposal is substantially similar to the bill that passed the legislature in June 2019 before being vetoed by the [...]
North Carolina has become the latest US state to introduce legislation to regulate online sports betting.
Sponsored by Senators Jim Perry and Paul Lowe, senate bill 688 would allow the state regulator to authorise between 10 and 12 online sports betting operators, not including Tribal gaming operations.
Sports betting licenses will be [...]
Governor Mark Gordon of Wyoming has signed legislation to authorise and regulate online sports betting.
Wyoming’s online-only market will allow players over the age of 18 to bet on professional and collegiate sports and athletic events, as well as international events such as the Olympics.
To qualify for licensure, applicants must be [...]
Mobile sports betting is coming to New York after its inclusion in the 2022 state budget that was agreed on Tuesday.
Lawmakers had proposed competing plans to regulate mobile sports betting in New York, with Governor Andrew Cuomo supportive of an exclusive model with one licensed operator.
The final plan will see [...]
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has signed legislation to authorise sports betting at licensed casinos in Deadwood.
The legislation was signed into law Thursday following the November referendum in which voters approved an amendment to the Constitution of South Dakota to authorise sports betting.
It allows the 19 gaming venues in the [...]