State and Federal Gambling News in the USA

Below you will find the latest gambling news on a State and Federal level in the United States. The gambling news covers information on topics such as online poker, daily fantasy sports betting, commercial casinos, state lotteries, racetrack wagering, casinos games on the internet, land-based poker rooms, charitable gaming, and tribal casinos to name a few. Basically, anything related to gambling in the USA on a State-by-State or Federal level will be covered including online and land-based activities.


One of history’s largest mergers of online betting companies will change the face of the industry in the United States. This week it emerged that Flutter (formerly Paddy Power Betfair) will be merging with The Stars Group in multi-billion-dollar deal. The Wall Street...
 

The US casino giant, Penn National, has put out its feelers for a new chief financial officer. The group confirmed this week that the man currently in the job, William Fair, is expected to leave at the end of March next year. William Fair has been part of the casino and...
 

Online poker hasn't yet officially come to Pennsylvania, but players got a sneak peek of what to look forward to from the website that is expected to star in the fledgling industry. PokerFuse provided a look at the tentative weekly schedule for PokerStars PA, which is currently...
 

Following a request for proposals (RFP) from the New Hampshire Lottery for potential sports betting vendors and retailers last month, it was revealed that 13 proposals have been received.  The Lottery is said to be encouraged by the response, and believes that the Granite...
 

The National Center for Responsible Gaming has created a new fund to support research on sports wagering. This week, it was announced that the American Gaming Association contributed $100K in its capacity as founding donor of the fund. The NCRG hopes to use the research to equip...
 

It is no secret that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has always supported the idea of sports betting legislation at federal level. The association firmly believes that there is no reason why the federal government cannot regulate the industry, even though the...
 

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission published a report on Friday with numbers relating to sports betting revenues in the state’s first 17 days of activity. What stands out is that Iowans bet over $8.5 million over that time, with most of the money going on local college...
 

Just a few weeks ago, the NFL and Sportradar signed a deal making Sportsradar the league’s exclusive provider of official data. It has now been reported in various media outlets that Sportradar has approached US sports betting operators and asked them to pay for the official...
 

Sunday, September 1st, will see three casinos in Indiana embrace the new legislation allowing legal sports betting in the state. On Wednesday this week, the Indiana Gaming Commission gave the all-clear to five casinos to go live with their sports betting products. So far, three...
 

In March this year, West Virginians got a taste of what it would be like to wager remotely on sports.  Delaware North's BetLucky app was the first to provide the state with mobile sports betting under new laws introduced in West Virginia. However, just two short months later,...
 
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