Events & Reports

Washington Lawmakers Bring Sports Betting to the Discussion Table

Washington Lawmakers Bring Sports Betting to the Discussion Table

by February 12, 2019

Washington’s antipathy toward gambling seems to be thinning as it has just joined the flurry of states to be considering the legalization of sports bettingA bill calling for the legalization of sports gambling at the state’s tribal casinos appeared in the Legislature late las ...

Florida Senate President to Introduce Comprehensive Gambling, Sports Betting Bill

Florida Senate President to Introduce Comprehensive Gambling, Sports Betting Bill

by February 11, 2019

Florida Senate President Bill Galvano reiterated this past Friday his plan to introduce a sports betting bill during this year’s legislative sessionHowever, the Senate’s top official pointed out during an interview with Florida Politics reporters that his legislation would no ...

South Dakota’s Governor Among Main Sports Betting Opponents

South Dakota’s Governor Among Main Sports Betting Opponents

by February 9, 2019

The legalization of sports betting is part of South Dakota’s legislative agenda for this year, but lawmakers, including the state’s newly sworn-in Governor, seem to have clashing views on whether the practice should be authorizedSenate Joint Resolution 2 passed on Wednesday t ...

Casino Expansion Bill Appears in West Virginia Legislature

Casino Expansion Bill Appears in West Virginia Legislature

by February 8, 2019

A bill calling for the expansion of West Virginia’s casino industry found its way to the state’s House of Delegates floor earlier this weekIf it navigates its way through the West Virginia Legislature successfully, the legislation would pave the way for the state’s four racet ...

Indiana Betting, Casino Expansion Bill Sweeps Through First Committee

Indiana Betting, Casino Expansion Bill Sweeps Through First Committee

by February 7, 2019

A bill that calls for the legalization of sports betting in Indiana and allows the relocation of two casino licenses survived yesterday its first legislative hurdleThe Indiana Senate Public Policy Committee approved unanimously Senate Bill 552 that allows for the biggest gamb ...

Rhode Island Senate Committee to Review Mobile Betting Bill

Rhode Island Senate Committee to Review Mobile Betting Bill

by February 6, 2019

Rhode Island Senate lawmakers are set to discuss today a piece of legislation that calls for the authorization of mobile sports betting within state limitsAuthored by Senate President Dominick Ruggerio, Senate Bill 0037 would allow Rhode Island’s Twin River Lincoln and Twin R ...

Online Gambling Regulation Discussion Begins in Dutch Senate

Online Gambling Regulation Discussion Begins in Dutch Senate

by February 6, 2019

After years of delays, the Dutch Senate finally commenced its review of the so-called Remote Gambling Bill. The Senate’s debate on the proposed re-regulation and opening of the local online gambling market to interested international operators began yesterday.While a vote on ...

Massachusetts Lawmakers Praise First Casino’s Impact on Economy

Massachusetts Lawmakers Praise First Casino’s Impact on Economy

by February 5, 2019

Massachusetts Senators impressed by economic impact of the state’s first full-scale commercial casinoMassachusetts Senators toured MGM Springfield on Monday and praised the property’s impact on the local and state economy, local news outlet MassLive reports.The $960-mill ...

EGBA: Dutch Online Gambling Situation “No Longer Tenable”, Bill Finally Heads to Senate

EGBA: Dutch Online Gambling Situation “No Longer Tenable”, Bill Finally Heads to Senate

by February 5, 2019

EGBA urges Netherlands to re-organize online gambling market as millions of Dutch gamblers are at risk, forced to gamble on unregulated websitesThe Dutch Senate is set to finally consider the so-called Remote Gambling Bill that has been stuck in the parliament for the past tw ...

Genting’s Singapore Resort Gets Three-Year Casino License Extension

Genting’s Singapore Resort Gets Three-Year Casino License Extension

by February 4, 2019

Genting Singapore’s Resorts World Sentosa gets three-year casino license extension as parent company prepares for Japan bidding processGenting Singapore, a subsidiary of major Malaysian gaming and hospitality operator Genting Group, said last week that the Casino Regulatory A ...

More Than 20,000 Swedes Opt For Gambling Self-Exclusion

More Than 20,000 Swedes Opt For Gambling Self-Exclusion

by February 4, 2019

More than 20,000 Swedes have opted for gambling self-exclusion since the reorganization of the local gambling marketMore than 20,000 Swedish gamblers opted to self-exclude from gambling via the national Spelpaus.se system in the period between January 1 and February 1, the co ...

Japan’s Casino Resorts to Feature Nation’s Largest Hotels, MICE Venues

Japan’s Casino Resorts to Feature Nation’s Largest Hotels, MICE Venues

by February 2, 2019

Japan’s first casino resorts will feature some of the nation’s largest hotels and conference centers, if a recently announced set of standards gets the necessary approval from the Diet, local news outlet The Japan Times reportsJapanese lawmakers introduced on Friday a number ...

Italian Gambling Market Has Exploded in the Past 15 Years, Report Finds

Italian Gambling Market Has Exploded in the Past 15 Years, Report Finds

by February 1, 2019

The Italian gambling market has literally exploded over the past fifteen years, according to a report by independent research agency EurispesGambling turnover more than doubled in Italy in the period between 2008 and 2017, according to the recently released report. It amounte ...

Florida Senate President Wants to Act on Sports Betting, Seminole Tribe Compact

Florida Senate President Wants to Act on Sports Betting, Seminole Tribe Compact

by February 1, 2019

Uncertainty surrounding gambling revenue in Florida is growing as a multi-million deal between the state and the Seminole Tribe expires in a few months and the Legislature cannot act on any gambling-related issued without voters’ approvalFlorida Senate President Bill Galvano ...

Oregon Lottery to Roll Out Sports Betting App Ahead of 2019 NFL Season

Oregon Lottery to Roll Out Sports Betting App Ahead of 2019 NFL Season

by January 31, 2019

The Oregon Lottery has decided to bring legal sports betting to the state ahead of the 2019 NFL season, it emerged earlier this weekAt first, residents of the state will be able to place bets via a mobile app. The Lottery has also explained that bettors will only be able to p ...