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.


A change in Google's Play Store policy, will see Android users in the US gain access to certain betting and gambling apps. The updated policy comes into effect on March 1st, 2021.  The changes were picked up by Reuters on January 28th. As a result, the share prices in some of...
 

The sports betting market in the state of New York has the potential to generate between $816 million and $1.14 billion in annual gross gaming revenue. This is the estimate of the New York Gaming Commission which recently released its study on sports betting. The long-awaited...
 

Caesars Entertainment has expanded its suite of online gambling options by making a "strategic investment" in the New Hampshire-based SuperDraft daily fantasy platform. As a result of this acquisition, daily fantasy sports players can now earn points in the casino players...
 

Legal sports betting came one step closer to Connecticut this week after the Public Safety and Security Committee voted overwhelmingly in favor (24-1) to have SB 146 drafted in as a full committee bill.  SB 146 has bipartisan support as the state looks for immediate ways to...
 

Michigan's Senator Curtis Hertel was credited for playing a big part in bringing legal online sports betting and casino games to the state. Michigan finally flipped the switch on its industry on Friday, allowing ten operators to launch their platforms and igaming apps. In a...
 

It's official: The 1961 Wire Act only applies to sports events, and does not extend to other forms of online gambling. This good news was clarified by the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which finally put to rest a threat by the Department of Justice that online...
 

888 will continue to operate the World Series of Poker brand online poker platform, under the terms of an exclusive B2B multi-year extension agreement between the group and Caesars Intractive Entertainment. For its part, Caesars will use 888's turnkey poker platform and...
 

Attempts last year to introduce sports betting in Georgia did not succeed, but legislators continue to push ahead. Six Representatives recently introduced House Bill 86 which seeks to amend the Official Code of Georgia. The changes will see the addition of sports betting in the...
 

The Michigan Gaming Control Board has said that an announcement to declare the official opening of the state's online gaming and sports betting industry is imminent. "We’re very close," said the authority's executive director, Richard Kalm. "I wish I could give an exact day...
 

Sheldon Adelson, founder of the Las Vegas Sands casino dynasty, has died at the age of 87 from cancer.  While putting his energy into expanding his brick and mortar gambling resorts across the world which amassed him billions, Adelson also spent alot of his money on fighting...
 
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