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Vermont Sports Betting bill presented to Congress
February 1, 2023
It’s been widely assumed, and now it’s a fact: There will be an attempt to legalize online sports betting in Vermont this year. The expectation became reality on February 2 as state representative Matthew Birong introduced House Bill 127, which would create a legal framework to permit sports betting through between two and six online providers, while ring-fencing some of the profits to go towards harm mitigation. The bill is expected to pass,
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Is Texas about to join the sports betting ranks?
January 27, 2023 Anyone watching the spread of sports betting legislation in the USA since 2018 will have seen plenty of twists and turns. Some states considered to be unlikely betting adopters have long ago launched their wagering platforms, while others that were felt to be slam dunks have rejected betting for one reason or another. If you hadn’t been following along as states get ticked off the list, would you ever have presumed that Kansas would permit onli
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Virginia to see rise in sports betting take due to promo deduction law change
January 25, 2023 Sports betting in Virginia is paying out more than ever before, at least where the public purse is concerned. With new figures for October recently released, it has been calculated that the state raised a record $7 million plus in the tenth month of 2022 - a greater revenue than the state has ever achieved. That’s good news for public services in Virginia, but why the sudden jump? The rise in taxed revenue can be attributed to a single law c
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DraftKings incurs fine from Ohio regulators before a single bet placed
January 23, 2023
Amid all the goodwill currently being felt in Ohio after the long-awaited launch of sports betting in the state, one of the sportsbooks offering its services to Ohioans has already blotted its copybook in the eyes of legislators. Before a single platform went live, DraftKings had already broken one of the laws laid down in the meticulously-written rulebook, and has as a result incurred an initial fine of $350,000 pending appeal. The breach of
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Ohio sports betting goes live amid widespread optimism
January 19, 2023 Just over a year after the signing of legislation to permit sports betting in the Buckeye state, Ohio sports betting finally went live at midnight on New Year’s Day, completing a journey that lawmakers in the state hope will see major cash revenues. Sixteen mobile sportsbooks and a further twelve brick-and-mortar locations took their first bets in the state on the first day of the new year, and there are set to be more options for Read More
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Minnesota could be another state to legalize betting in 2023
January 17, 2023 Every year since 2018 has seen at least one new state add its name to the roll of states permitting betting on sports and, with 32 states plus Washington DC now having some form of legalized sports wagering, we may be nearing the point where critical mass is reached, and those states who are going to permit sports betting have all done so. However, that point has not yet been reached if the list of states with bills in the works is anything to go
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Lucky Seven: Could Indiana become the seventh state to legalise online casinos?
January 13, 2023 While sports betting has taken off in a big way across the USA, with more than half of the states in the union now having legalized this form of wagering, online casino betting has lagged behind. As of this moment, the number of states that allow online roulette and slots is pretty tiny by comparison; six jurisdictions have passed such laws while 33 have permitted sports betting. Given the differences between casino betting and sports wagering
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Missouri Sports Betting bill: Lawmakers want urgent movement
January 9, 2023 With the new year comes a new congressional session - and with January 4th the date for Missouri’s congress to start its 2023 business, there are a few clear priorities being laid out for the state’s lawmakers. In the eyes of state residents, congress members and other movers and shakers, one of the most urgent priorities is getting a bill passed to permit sports betting in the state. As we shall see, there are more reasons than the obvious t
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Georgia lawmakers indicate optimism over movement on sports betting
January 5, 2023 The question of sports betting in the Peach State of Georgia has divided opinion for some time, and been an issue of interest in recent political races. At the present time, there is no provision for sports or casino betting in the state, and last autumn’s gubernatorial race pitched anti-betting incumbent Brian Kemp against Stacey Abrams, who favored th
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Mobile Sportsbooks to make their case for Massachusetts licenses
January 3, 2023 Massachusetts sports betting will begin to clear some important hurdles this week as the state’s gaming council begins to hear evidence in support of applications for the “untethered” licenses which will be distributed to online-only providers. With seven licenses available and only six companies in the running for the initial distribution of said licenses, the sportsbooks in question need only demonstrate that they are capable of running a
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