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Sports Betting Bill Amended in Canada to Protect Racing
Under the new legislation, fixed odds wagering on horse racing will not be permitted.
With an unanimous vote March 25, the Standing Comm...
Debate over new Maryland sports gambling industry enters final stages
As the Maryland General Assembly enters its final stretch, lawmakers are still working out the details of a new sports gambling in...
Nebraska allocation of lottery funds for education programs advanced
Lawmakers gave first-round approval March 24 to a bill that would allocate approximately $100 million in lottery funds to education-relat...
Groups push for Ohio Lottery control of sports betting
LIMA — If there’s going to be sports betting in Ohio, Jim Riepenhoff wants to see it in small businesses like his and not at casinos or r...
Wyoming Sports Betting Bill Passes Senate Committee Vote
An online sports betting bill cleared another hurdle in the Wyoming Legislature on Thursday, passing a first vote in the Senate.
After a...
West Virginia House tax plan would take $169M a year in Lottery profits
CHARLESTON — A House of Delegates plan to phase out West Virginia’s personal income tax would require diverting nearly $169 million a yea...
Kansas lawmakers at odds over how to legalize sports betting
With the first round of college basketball’s March Madness underway, Kansas legislators moved closer Friday toward legalizing sports bet...
Virginia Gov. Northam amends gambling bill to reiterate ban on skill machines
Gov. Ralph Northam is amending a gambling bill that easily passed the General Assembly to once again specify that so-called skill games w...
Alabama lottery bill advances; Del Marsh says adding casinos still an option
The Alabama Senate Tourism Committee today approved a bill to allow voters to decide whether to start a lottery, and the sponsor of an ea...
New Alabama lottery bill proposed
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A state lawmaker revealed a new proposal to create a lottery in Alabama.
Sen. Jim McClendon, R-Springville, fi...
Arkansas lottery bill allowing winners of more than $500,000 to remain anonymous passed Senate heads to House Rules Committee
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT) - A bill that would allow someone who won more than $500,000 in the Arkansas lottery to remain anonymous sailed ...
Maryland Sports Betting Framework Passes House, Heads to Senate
Bill would allow 15 mobile licenses and includes pro sports stadiums in the mix
The Maryland House on Thursday morning passed an amended...
Two Georgia sports betting proposals made their way through the Senate last week
Two Georgia sports betting proposals made their way through the Senate last week.
Now, state representatives want voters to have a final...
Kansas sports betting took another step forward this week
Kansas sports betting took another step forward this week.
A substitute bill for SB 84 received a 26-12 approval from the Kansas Senate ...
Tennessee lawmakers to consider joint resolution to authorize casino gaming
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – A joint resolution in the Tennessee House of Representatives proposes amending the state constitution to allow ...
Connecticut Lottery is ready for growth, online sales and sports betting
Two years ago, the new chief executive of the Connecticut Lottery Corp. invited lawmakers and reporters to hear his vision of a gambling ...
Lottery, casino vote ahead in Alabama Legislature
Alabama lawmakers are headed to a vote on a lottery and casino bill next week, the bill sponsor said Thursday, even though last-minute ne...
Arizona House approves sports betting, gambling bill amid transparency questions
State proposal will allow sports betting at pro sports sites and casinos
Some Democrats in the Arizona House on March 4 raised transpare...
Texas bipartisan Set of State Lawmakers Introduce Sports Wagering Legislation
Under the proposed laws, the state would require a $500,000 application fee for a sports wagering operator license
A McAllen Democrat an...
Connecticut Authorizes Sports Betting and iGaming at Mohegan Sun, Foxwoods
Connecticut is set to become the sixth state to legalize online gambling with interactive slot machines and table games. It’s also joinin...
Canada: Single-Event Sports Betting Bill Could Make Way for More Global Markets
NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sports fans across the nation in Canada rang out with joy at the announcement of the House of Com...
Georgia Senate panel passes constitutional amendment bill to allow sports betting
The bill and constitutional amendment, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Mullis, now head to the Senate Rules Committee to schedule votes on the Sen...
NY has major support for casino expansion amid COVID: poll
New Yorkers grappling with the coronavirus pandemic are warming up to expanding casino gambling as an economic dig-out alternative to tax...
Massachusetts legislators introduce bill to allow sports betting at small businesses
Several Western Massachusetts legislators seek to make it easier to place a bet among friends.
Newly-elected state Sen. Adam Gomez and R...
Alabama: Money from lottery proposal could help with teacher shortage
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama has struggled to find more science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers. Some state...
Efforts to legalize sports betting back in Vermont
Bill S 77 would authorize VT sports betting through the lottery and allow up to six mobile sportsbook operators. The proposal calls for t...
Georgia Senate panel set to vote on sports betting bill next week
The Senate Committee on Regulated Industries and Utilities heard arguments on the bill Thursday, and is expected to take up the bill agai...
Texas Legislature Considering Legalized Sports Betting
Texas lawmakers are once again taking up the issue of whether Texas should have legalized sports gambling and there will be some pressure...
Former Gov. Siegelman talks current gambling bill in AL legislature
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Wednesday former Gov. Don Siegelman joined CBS 42 News Anchor Sherri Jackson to discuss the latest gambling bil...
Bill to establish a state lottery passes first hurdle in a long, uphill battle
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Less than a week after shutting down a proposed casino in Leeward Oahu, lawmakers on Wednesday advance...