By launching the FOX Bet sportsbook app online and mobile devices across New Jersey and Pennsylvania this week, FOX Sports became the first major media platform to lend its brand to a sports betting site. In collaboration with PokerStars parent company The Stars Group, the FOX Bet sportsbook replaced the… Read More
Last year, in one of his final acts as the Governor of The Wolverine State, Rick Snyder wielded his veto powers to kill off a widely supported Michigan online gambling bill. At the time, the bill’s sponsor, state representative Brandt Iden (R-61), was optimistic about Snyder’s replacement by new Governor… Read More
Two legal online casinos went live across Pennsylvania on Monday, when HollywoodCasino.com and officially launched the state’s first real money iGaming options. More Pennsylvania online casinos are expected to follow suit following Monday’s exciting launch. Pennsylvania Online Casinos Go Live The online / mobile wing of Hollywood Casino at Penn… Read More
While smaller states nationwide are busy launching legal sports betting industries, the nation’s largest economy is finally taking its first steps on that front. A California sports betting bill has subsequently been been proposed for consideration. California Sports Betting Bill Floated Assemblyman Adam Gray (D-21) and state senator Bill Dodd… Read More
Earlier this month, New Hampshire state senator Lou D’Allesandro (D-20) – a longtime proponent of a New Hampshire gambling expansion – watched as his latest bid to legalize full-scale casino gambling was killed off by colleagues in the House of Representatives. While New Hampshire is already home to a handful… Read More
Michigan iGaming enthusiasts had their hopes for legalization dashed at the last minute to end 2018, when outgoing Governor Rick Snyder used his veto powers to kill a bill previously passed by lawmakers. But state representative Brandt Iden (R-61), who has championed Michigan iGaming regulation for the last four years,… Read More
As states with a vested interest in legal online gambling file lawsuits in defense of their local industries, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) made its first retreat regarding its recent Wire Act ruling. In a memo signed by outgoing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last Thursday – which was… Read More
The Netherlands has produced legendary online poker players like Lex Veldhuis and Steven van Zadelhoff, but until this week Dutch online gambling remained illegal under the country’s law. That all changed on February 19, when the Dutch Senate voted to pass the Remote Gambling Bill by a 44 to… Read More
While the state’s executive branch continues its descent into chaos and scandal, Virginia’s state Senate forged ahead by passing an ambitious Virginia gambling expansion bill. In a 28-12 vote held on Monday, lawmakers in the Commonwealth authorized Senate Bill 1126, which would call for local voter referenda on the issue… Read More
On their final day in session last Friday, the Michigan Senate voted 33 to 5 in favor of legalizing online poker and casino gambling. The vote authorizing the Lawful Internet Gaming Act would make Michigan the fifth state – joining Delaware, Nevada, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania – to allow gambling… Read More
More than four years have passed since Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) first attempted to reinstate the federal online gambling ban, but despite several stalled efforts, he’s poised to try again in 2019. Per an exclusive report published by iGaming industry news outlet Gambling Compliance, Graham plans to ask William Barr… Read More
After voters in Arkansas and Florida voiced their will last Tuesday, a pair of ballot measures were approved to send the Arkansas gambling and Florida gambling industries in different directions. In Arkansas, an initiated constitutional amendment known as Issue 4 called for full-scale casino gambling in four counties. With 99… Read More
It only took two weeks of gambling on the gridiron for one lucky player in William Hill’s Pro Football Progressive Parlay contest to turn $5 into nearly $85,000. The winner – who wishes to remain anonymous at this time – picked all 15 games on the Week 2 slate correctly… Read More
