By 
Terry Davis ·
Government moves to curb gambling in one of Europe’s poorest countries The government of Albania has ordered the relocation of all casinos and sports betting shops out of residential areas…
By 
Robert Johnson ·
Wheeling Island Casino targets fall launch of sports betting, football season on property’s radar Legal sports betting is almost ready to arrive at Wheeling Island Hotel Casino Racetrack in Wheeling,…
By Robert Johnson ·
Integrity fee should be a matter discussed between casinos and sports leagues, without the state, says WV Racing Association President The West Virginia Lottery Commission approved Wednesday the permanent rules…
By Robert Johnson ·
The launch of sports betting operations at two West Virginia casinos has been delayed, local news outlet the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported citing information from the West Virginia Lottery. Lottery spokesperson…
By Terry Davis ·
In a historic move, the Supreme Court of the United States lifted in mid-May a long-standing ban on wagering on professional and college sports leagues, known as PASPA (Professional and…
By 
Susan Sutton ·
After creating controversy with its decision not to honor a fan’s bet after a glitch in the live odds-making system, FanDuel back-pedaled to avoid the negative publicity. The Newark resident…
By Susan Sutton ·
Several states have already legalized sports betting after the historic United States Supreme Court decision in May, which deemed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) unconstitutional. The next…
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Anthony Huber ·
New Jersey bookmaker FanDuel has declined to pay out a bettor his potential winnings of around $82,000 due to a pricing error. The dispute has not yet made it to…
By Robert Johnson ·
J.B. Pritzker, Illinois’ Democratic governor candidate, said on Friday that sports betting is something that the state should consider as a way to secure additional revenues that can prop up…
By Robert Johnson ·
“It is an exciting time for Atlantic City”, David Rebuck, Director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, said on Wednesday after the publication of the August report about…
By Robert Johnson ·
Daily fantasy sports company FanDuel is set to expand its sports betting footprint with its entry into Mississippi’s regulated betting market. Under a partnership between the company and gaming and…
By Robert Johnson ·
The New York Jets are reportedly holding talks with some of New Jersey’s operational sportsbooks in a bid to find an official gambling sponsor for the 2018 NFL season, the…
By Robert Johnson ·
The new owners of the former Bristol Mall in the city of Bristol, Virginia provided on Friday comprehensive details about their plan to convert the vacated building into a casino…
By Robert Johnson ·
Bettors wagered $9.8 million at Mississippi’s licensed sportsbooks in the period between August 1-September 3, Allen Godfrey, Executive Director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, revealed on Thursday. Mississippi was the…
By Terry Davis ·
Tropicana Casino & Resort in Atlantic City confirmed on Thursday plans to join New Jersey’s growing sports betting scene. British bookmaker William Hill will operate the property’s sportsbook. However, no…
By Robert Johnson ·
Sports betting companies were the most popular search terms on Google in August, according to data recently released by the major search engine. ‘Sportpesa’, ‘betpawa’, ‘betika’, ‘betin’, ‘forebet’ were found…
By Terry Davis ·
The Director of the West Virginia Lottery resigned from his post on the same day the state’s first legal sportsbook celebrated its soft opening and two days before a grand…
By Robert Johnson ·
West Virginia quietly became the fourth state to launch legal sports betting after the US Supreme Court struck down in May a federal ban on wagering on professional and collegiate…
By Terry Davis ·
Pearl River Resort in Choctaw, Mississippi has become the Magnolia State’s latest casino resort to launch a sportsbook following the mid-May annulment of the federal ban on sports betting and…
By Robert Johnson ·
The owners of two NFL clubs have not disposed of their stakes in daily fantasy operator turned bookmaker DraftKings as the new season is weeks away from kicking off and…
By Robert Johnson ·
It has been three months since the US Supreme Court struck down the 1992 nationwide ban on sports betting. The historic ruling led up to the legalization and launch of…
By Robert Johnson ·
DraftKings is beefing up for its busiest time of the year as the new NFL season is just over two weeks away, CEO Jason Robins said in a recent interview…
By Robert Johnson ·
Italy’s retail betting sector generated revenue of €490.6 million during the first seven months of the year, a period that included the FIFA World Cup, Italian gambling news outlet Agimeg…
By Robert Johnson ·
Australian gambling operator CrownBet has kicked off its planned rebrand as BetEasy with a new advertising campaign created by Melbourne-based ad agency The Monkeys. The rebrand is part of the…
By Terry Davis ·
The US Supreme Court struck down a long-existing federal ban on sports betting in mid-May to finally give the green light to a big change to the nation’s gambling industry…
By Robert Johnson ·
Australian sports betting operator CrownBet is set to rebrand as BetEasy following the recent acquisition of William Hill Australia’s assets, the company’s CEO Matt Tripp said yesterday in an interview…
By Robert Johnson ·
Gaming and hospitality giant MGM Resorts International announced today that it would look to capitalize on the nascent US sports betting market and extend its US presence with a duo…
By Robert Johnson ·
Online gambling operator GVC Holdings and casino and hospitality giant MGM Resorts International have entered the final stages of talks over the creation of a joint US sports betting business,…
By Robert Johnson ·
Twitter has decoupled British bookmaker William Hill’s branding from the increasingly popular #ItsComingHome hashtag over the weekend as the social network drew criticism for its participation in the promotion of…
By Robert Johnson ·
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City and British bookmaker bet365 have quietly inked a partnership agreement for the provision of sports betting services, a letter issued by the New…