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The Legislature will once again consider a proposed constitutional amendment that would remove a 159-year-old prohibition on Nevada operating a lottery. The measure, AJR5, passed easily in both legislative chambers in 2023 but requires a second approval before it can be sent to Nevada voters in 2026. History, however, isn’t on its side. More than two dozen legislative attempts to implement a N...

Lawmakers in Illinois and Maryland have introduced new bills to legalize DFS contests. Last week, Illinois Senator Lakesia Collins introduced SB 1224, the Fantasy Sports Consumer Act, to the 104th General Assembly. The bill would authorize all DFS contests in the Prairie State, including peer-to-peer and against-the-house contests. The tax on DFS in Illinois would be between 10% and 15%, with...

While the fate of two dueling casino proposals in Queens will ultimately be decided by the state’s Gaming Commission, the groups behind the two projects are looking to win over an audience they claim is just as important – the public. The competing developers behind Resorts World New York City’s casino expansion project and Metropolitan Park, a casino and entertainment complex planned for Citi...

January 27, 2025
Legal lottery and casino games could come to your smartphone as soon as September. A proposal authorizing interactive gambling — known a...
January 27, 2025
New Hampshire is the latest state this year to field legislation to allow online casino gambling. The DraftKings Sportsbook at The Brook...
January 22, 2025
Four aiming to join multi-state online poker compacts, though legalization faces significant challenges. Lawmakers in at least six US st...
January 24, 2025
Queens, NY (January 21, 2025): During the taping of a podcast series on New York State gaming with political news organization City and S...
January 21, 2025
With five bills taking aim at the Connecticut sports betting industry, CT sportsbooks might soon have new rules to follow.  Rep. Tony Sc...
January 20, 2025
MONTPELIER, Vt. (WCAX) - Will state lawmakers roll the dice on a new mobile lottery system? The Scott administration is proposing new rul...
January 22, 2025
SD 1657 proposes doubling the sports betting tax rate and banning in-play betting. US.- Massachusetts senator John F. Keenan has introdu...
January 22, 2025
New York Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr. has introduced a new bill, SB2614, which seeks to authorise online gaming and lottery gaming in the s...
January 22, 2025
 Senate Bill 827 introduced by Senator Mamie Locke, hoped to authorise the Virginia Lottery Board to issue licenses for online casino gam...
January 22, 2025
Maryland lawmakers are continuing their efforts to bring iGaming to the Old Line State at the start of a new legislative session. Sen. R...
January 16, 2025
Former Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) and Member of Parliament for Akuapem North, Mr Samuel Awuku has expressed...
January 15, 2025
House Bill 162 introduces measures to legalise and regulate online betting. US.- Several Wyoming legislators are pushing House Bill 16...
January 17, 2025
Gambling is a popular pastime worldwide. The rise of online platforms has expanded the industry more than ever before. As a result, many ...
January 17, 2025
Youngkin wants to create committee to oversee all gambling in Virginia RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signaled his hesitanc...
January 16, 2025
You may remember from school (or, if you’re from a certain generation, "School House Rock") the process behind taking a bill and passing ...
January 17, 2025
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Huff filed a bill to legalize casino gaming in the state in the 2025 legislative session. The bill would allow voter...
January 17, 2025
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has proposed a bold move to double the state’s sports betting tax rate from 15% to 30%, a decision that could...
January 10, 2025
The new year brings new legislative sessions for numerous states around the country. For a few, that has meant the filing of gambling-rel...
January 7, 2025
Senate Bill 827, sponsored by Senator Locke, aims to expand Virginia’s gambling framework by allowing its existing licensed casino operat...
January 7, 2025
House Bill 17 seeks to legalise and regulate online gambling in the state. If passed, it would authorise the State Lottery and Gaming Con...
January 10, 2025
A bill filed in the Maine Senate proposes a blanket ban on prop betting in fantasy contests. Senate Bill 33 was filed by Democrat Sen. C...
January 9, 2025
Alabama Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter is not willing to predict yet whether there is any momentum in the Alabama Legislature t...
January 7, 2025
A senator in Minnesota, US, believes the sports betting bill he plans to reintroduce this year would be the “safest sports wagering bill ...
January 4, 2025
Sponsors of the bill estimate that the state will lose roughly $640,000 per year in revenue due to the lost betting activity of those und...
January 3, 2025
Virginia is one of several states with legal sports betting that forbids wagering on its colleges. Virginia lawmakers have an opportunit...
January 4, 2025
Online sports betting has skyrocketed in popularity in the U.S. over the past five or six years. While many states are profiting from the...
January 3, 2025
Oklahoma lawmakers are set to renew the push for legal sports betting in the new year. Former coach and now Oklahoma State Senator Dave R...