A shock for the burgeoning online gambling market in Florida, US, has come from the shutting down of a sports betting app at the weekend. The Seminole Tribe of Florida closed its app after a legal setback in a court action and has temporarily suspended gaming on its Hard Rock Sportsbook app. A federal appeals court rejected its request to …
Read MoreNEW ORLEANS and BOSSIER CITY, La., Oct. 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Two casinos with longstanding legacies in Louisiana are now accepting in-person wagers on sports. Part of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: CZR) (“Caesars”), Harrah’s New Orleans and Horseshoe Bossier City Hotel & Casino made history on Sunday, Oct. 31, by accepting their first-ever in-person sports bets through the best-in-class Caesars Sportsbook. …
Read MoreNewark, New Jersey–(Newsfile Corp. – June 11, 2021) – Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMBL) (NASDAQ: GMBLW) (or the “Company”) is proud to announce that over the past week two executives, CFO Dan Marks and VP of Strategy Jeff Cohen, have been invited to testify in front of the Ohio State Senate Select Committee on Gaming as advocates for the …
Read MoreCanada sports bettors nationwide could soon have access to legal single-game sports betting. The Senate of Canada passed a bill that permits each province to approve single-game wagering. Before Tuesday’s 57-20 vote (with five abstentions), Canadians could only legally bet on sports through multi-leg parlays. Following Royal Assent, a perfunctory final approval, third-party sportsbook operators will now be allowed to …
Read MoreThis was written a year ago: With single event betting once again on the agenda, and momentum towards regulation building in Ontario, Canada’s igaming market looks set to be opening up. However, don’t expect similar progress in other provinces, writes Jake Pollard. With single event betting once again on the agenda, and momentum towards regulation building in Ontario, Canada’s igaming …
Read MoreAfter New Jersey’s Supreme Court victory in May 2018, any state that wishes can legalize sports betting. At the same time various state lawmakers are considering sports betting legislation, Congress is too. Senators Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and now-retired Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, co-introduced comprehensive sports betting legislation at the end of 2018. On Sept. 27, 2018 the House Judiciary Committee held …
Read MoreAfter decades of pushing for reform of the laws banning single-event gambling, the Canadian gaming industry seems to be on its way to expansion. Gambling associations and companies are preparing themselves for the proposed changes, which, if enacted in the current legislative session, would leave the responsibility of implementing and regulating single-events sports wagering on provincial regulators. Gambling companies are …
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