Regulated sports betting in America is starting to produce some very strange bedfellows. Earlier this week, MGM Resorts entered into a $25 million agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA) that places MGM as the "official gaming partner" of the NBA. It's an interesting deal that provides MGM with branding rights, an official data stream…
West Virginia, one of the most conservative states in the entire United States, is on board to be the latest state to offer regulated sports betting to its citizens. State lawmakers approved the action in May and casinos and regulators are working full bore to insure that the whole operation is up and running before…
University of Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh offered up some advice at a recent media day for any of his players who are thinking about getting involved with gambling. His thought is that those players should, "...avoid it like the plague." Harbaugh is right to get ahead of the issue of gambling and college athletics,…
A group of Australian local councils has upped the ante in the battle to lower the maximum bets on the slots machines known as pokies. Earlier this week, a group of 18 local councils from the State of Victoria banded together to announce their support of both stakes and the anti-gambling group behind the effort…
When regulated sports betting was pitched to New Jersey voters way back in 2007, the premise was that both Atlantic City casinos, and struggling Garden State horse race tracks would benefit from the new revenue. Now that sports betting is up and running in both places, the New Jersey Meadowlands race track is finding out…
When Russia hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup earlier this month, both its national soccer team and its local sports betting industry were able to enjoy some serious home field advantages. According to several published reports, regulated Russian bookmakers took in several billion dollars in wagers and wound up getting to keep a decent amount…
The once dreary and dead casinos of Atlantic City are teeming with life as New Jersey gaming operators rush to get their sports betting operations online before the start of American football season. It's a frenzy of activity that's going to include a tremendous amount of software testing, the building of actual sportsbooks, and plenty…
The Australian government's efforts to clean up the Aussie facing gambling industry entered a new phase this week as media regulators cracked down on gaming operators who hide behind the .cc domain. Based out of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a territory of Australia that's planted smack in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the .cc…
Nine of Pennsylvania's 13 licensed casinos have filed applications to receive online gambling licenses ahead of the deadline to receive a discounted application price. It's a good sign that the Keystone State's embryonic online gambling industry could grow into something really massive once it's up and running. According to a report from the Associated Press,…
It's no secret that the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is expecting UK gaming operators to step up their game when it comes to protecting problem gamblers and William Hill has received that message loud and clear. The big-time UK operator is launching a new campaign called, "\Nobody Harmed that's aimed at highlighting the actual impact…
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