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Connecticut Enacts Legislation Authorizing Retail and Online Sports Betting
On May 25, 2021, the Connecticut General Assembly enacted legislation authorizing retail and online sports betting, online casino gaming,...
Modifications to the CIBELAE statute were approved
On September 21, the Extraordinary Assembly of the Ibero-American Corporation of State Lotteries and Gambling (Cibelae) was held by video...
Federal review calls into question legality of Seneca casino payments to NY
The Biden administration has opened an inquiry into whether a casino revenue sharing deal between the Seneca Nation of Indians and New Yo...
Flutter Settles Legal Dispute With Kentucky For $300 million
Flutter, who had been previously ordered to pay the state $1.3B, agreed to pay $200M to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, in addition to the ...
Magic City Casino sues to block Florida sports betting
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — The owners of the Magic City Casino are suing the U.S. Department of the Interior, asking a judge to stop...
Pollard Banknote Selected as "Legal Team of the Year" Finalist at Global Regulatory Awards
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A legal challenge to determine the fate of Florida online sports betting will be held on Friday, Nov. 5, in a U.S. federal court.
A Washington, D.C. federal court has scheduled a hearing of the lawsuit between West Flagler Associates, on behalf of Florida pari-mutuel...
Connecticut Enacts Emergency Sports Betting and iGaming Regulations, Awaits Federal Approval of Amended State-Tribal Gaming Compacts
On Tuesday, August 31, Connecticut’s Legislative Regulation Review Committee approved a set of emergency sports betting and iGaming regul...
Ithuba Holdings hails court victory over Lottostar
Johannesburg – Ithuba Holdings has said the court victory earlier this week sends a strong signal to gaming companies that have been prof...
Maryland sports betting rules now open for public debate
The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission officially published its sports betting rules in the state register and have opened a ...
Florida Sports Betting Deal Faces Second Court Challenge
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Upping the ante in the courts, two pari-mutuel facilities have filed a second federal lawsuit challenging a ...
Single sports betting comes to Canada: What does this mean for internet gaming?
With football on both sides of the border, MLB playoffs, and NHL training camps around the corner, Canadians will soon have a new way to ...
New York Gaming Commission Approves Mobile Sports Wagering Regulations
The commission cleared the latest procedural hurdle in bringing mobile sports betting to New York
The New York Gaming Commission unanimo...
Legal challenge coming to Florida Seminole gaming compact
TALLAHASSEE – Now that the Department of the Interior has allowed the gaming compact between Florida and the Seminole Tribe to go into ef...
Canada legalizes single-game sports betting, opening up billion-dollar market
Federal law gives provinces the OK for more gambling on sports than now allowed
The federal government has made it legal to gamble on in...
Feds clear way for Florida gambling deal with Seminole Tribe, sports betting
Delivering a major victory to Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe, President Joe Biden’s administration has allowed to go into effec...
Online Gambling In Germany: Casino Regulations And Rules 2021
Germany: Online Gambling In Germany: Casino Regulations And Rules 2021 29 July 2021
The recent history of the rules and regulations conc...
Will Florida’s Online Gambling Laws be Changed?
Like a number of US states, the authorities in Florida tend to adopt drastically different approaches when regulating on and offline gamb...
Germany: Administrative Court of Münster - No more permission for commercial lottery brokerage
By decision of July 1, 2021, the Münster Administrative Court rejected the urgent application from a company based in the Coesfeld distri...
Florida lawsuit challenges new Seminole gambling compact
The lawsuit, filed Friday, argues that the agreement authorizing sports betting outside of tribal lands violates federal law.
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Missouri Lottery winners will be kept secret — unless they ask for publicity
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Missouri Lottery winners will be kept secret — unless they ask for publicity — under a law signed Tuesday by Gov. Mi...
NeoPollard Interactive and New Hampshire Lottery Reach New Milestone as the U.S. Department of Justice Passes on Wire Act Case Appeal
LANSING, Michigan, June 29, 2021 /CNW/ – NeoPollard Interactive LLC (“NeoPollard Interactive” or “NPi”) jointly owned by Pollard Banknote...
Top Massachusetts Court Backs Blackjack With a Twist
Casinos that offer some gamblers a stingier payout prevailed Wednesday against gamblers who said the tortured odds allowed operators to u...
Breaking: DOJ Declines Appeal of Wire Act Case; Several States Expected to Sign Interstate Online Poker Deals
The end to the Wire Act case is expected to change the face of legal regulated online poker in the US.
With no appearance of an appeal f...
The Cordish Companies Sue Norfolk Over Casino Plans, Seeks $100M in Damages
The Cordish Companies, the owner and operator of Live! casinos in Pennsylvania and Maryland, is suing Norfolk, Va. over the city’s plans ...
Feds need to reject Florida’s fatally flawed gambling deal with Seminole Tribe | Editorial
No matter what the state of Florida might claim, it is not asking the U.S. Department of the Interior to approve a deal that legalizes sp...
Legislative gridlock puts 'gray-market' gambling machines before courts
Despite a felony guilty verdict, a misdemeanor guilty plea and ongoing criminal cases in several counties, another year of legislative in...
South Africa's Trade, Industry and Competition Minister loses bid to appeal court ruling on appointment of National Lotteries Commission chair
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel’s determination to have a final word in the running of the affairs of the National...