One of the biggest controversies in the US-facing gaming industry is an influx of businesses, such as contracts markets, that operate in loopholes that sidestep the traditional licensing process. AS the fight heats up each side is lining up its allies and girding for a fierce fight. Earlier this week, a coalition of free-market supporters…
FanDuel is taking a major step towards fighting the harassment of athletes by aggrieved gamblers with the banning of a player who heckled Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas during a recent event. The unnamed player, whose identity hasn't yet been posted video of his actions on X with a caption saying, "it made my parlay…
Is a wave of legal momentum moving against sweepstakes casino operators? That may well be the case if Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signs SB 181 into law. If passed into law, SB 181 would set a firm legal definition of sweepstakes casinos, and ban them outright. Louisiana is the second state to pass an outright…
Beginning on July 1, sports betting operators are going to find Illinois is a very expensive state to do business in. That’s because the Illinois State Legislature just approved a sledgehammer of a new tax scheme on regulated sports betting operators that places a $.25 tax on the first 20 million dollars worth of bets…
The status of professional women’s sports in the United States took a major step forward recently when BetMGM announced a new partnership with the Las Vegas Aces Women’s NBA team. This marks the first partnership between BetMGM and any professional women’s sports team and will likely pave the way for more partnerships in the future. …
Lottery couriers are operating well within the scope of Texas law. That’s the message Lotto.com CEO Thomas Metzger sent to the world during a recent panel discussion at the recent SBC Summit Americas conference. Metzger’s company is at the heart of a raging Lone Star State lottery controversy involving lottery couriers and a 25 million…
How will artificial intelligence (AI) impact the future of the gaming industry? It's pretty tough to tell at this point, but the industry took a big step towards that goal with the recent opening of the AI Research Hub (AiR Hub) at the University of Las Vegas Nevada's International Gaming Institute (IGI). One the AiR…
How big a problem are sportsbooks that limit the action of successful players? According to a recent report by the Wyoming Gaming Commission, this isn't really a problem at all. That's the conclusion the Commission came to after conducting a study on how many players are actually throttled by Wyoming's five licensed operators. In face,…
A Texas-sized battle over the future of the Texas State Lottery took a major turn last week when the Texas Senate passed a bill that dissolves the Texas Lottery Commission entirely. Under the terms of SB 3070, control of the Texas Lottery will move from the, now defunct, Texas Lottery Commission to the Department. The…
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." That bit of common wisdom is something that the executives at PENN Entertainment and the activist investor group HG Vora should take to heart. The two groups are at war over the future of one of the most successful gaming operators in the United States. On the one…
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