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.


After years of opposing mobile sports betting in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo has now done a complete about-turn on his decision. In a statement made this week, the governor said that he intends pushing for the legalization of online sports betting. He said that the financial...
 

With plans to launch its sportsbook in Michigan, operator PointsBet announced the inking of a new partnership deal with the Detroit Pistons.  Michigan is the home state of this NBA franchise. Under the terms of the deal, PointsBet will become the Pistons' official sports...
 

There are winds of change blowing across Iowa - especially when it comes to the state's sports betting market. Analysts are expecting the industry to boom this year, with a number of significant changes to local gambling laws coming into effect.  The biggest changes are...
 

William Hill, the UK-based sports book operator, which offers mobile sports betting apps in eight US jurisdictions, announced that it has gone live in an eighth. The group launched the William Hill Sports Book App in Washington DC, after receiving permission to do so by the DC...
 

It's predicted that after Illinois posts its November sports betting handle, it's safe to safe that the total US handle for the month will top $3.5 billion. As it is, without Illinois' report, the numbers have already reached $3.07 billion. This is in part thanks to Nevada's...
 

In its first month of legal sports betting, Tennessee reported on excellent revenues. In fact, the Volunteer State made history for being the state to bring in more bets in than any other in its debut month of legal sports betting. One could put this record down to timing....
 

Illinois' sports betting market has recorded meteoric growth since it launched earlier this year.  After the Illinois Gaming Board released October's revenue numbers, it's official: The Prairie State is the fourth-largest market in the nation. While handlers put down $305...
 

COVID-19 forced the World Series of  Poker (WSOP) to take a very different format this year. For the first time, a huge portion of the annual tournament was played online.  This hybrid online/live format has also led to two separate main table events - a US tournament and an...
 

It's been a year in the making, but we can expect to see the first online sports betting platform ready to go by the end of this month or early next month in Michigan. The Michigan Gaming Control Board has already approved provisional licenses for 15 platform providers who...
 

Iowa's gambling authorities reported that the state has set a new sports betting handling record for the third month running. The Racing and Gaming Commission announced that more than $87.2 million was bet on sports in the Hawkeye State in November 2020, a 6.4% increase over...
 
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