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.


The first day of November marked the beginning of sports betting in Tennessee, with multiple operators launching their products. The industry regulator, the Tennessee Lottery, said that licensed sports betting operators such as FanDuel and DraftKings are now allowed to accept...
 

The US casino industry was one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak, and it is now demanding that the federal government offers tax and regulatory relief as they try and recover. The vast majority of casinos have since reopened, but COVID-19 regulations mean that...
 

September was a particularly impressive month for Colorado's sports betting sector. The state generated a record $207.7 million in bets for the month, surging over 60% compared to August. The main reason for these numbers is the packed sports schedule in September, which...
 

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission has issued a $5,000 penalty to sports betting giants, DraftKings, for failing to update its self-exclusion rules.  According to the authorities, DraftKings did not revise its self-exclusion list to bring it in line with the Commission's ...
 

This week, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa was the first casino in Atlantic City to reintroduce live poker since properties closed their doors in March due to COVID-19. According to Press of Atlantic City, more than 100 poker players visited the poker room on its first day...
 

Several states will take the question of sports betting to the ballots on November 3rd; one of them being Maryland.  Republican Governor Larry Hogan has issued a statement where he publicly declares his support for Question 2 on the ballot. The governor said that if the bill...
 

The Garden State continues to smash US sports betting records. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement announced that that state collected $748.5 million in sports betting wagers in September this year - setting the the record for the highest-ever monthly sports betting...
 

At the beginning of October, the Michigan Senate approved a bill that would give the Michigan Gaming Control Board the power to authorize interstate online poker.  SB 991 now sits in the Committee on Regulatory Reform in the House. Online poker players are hopeful that the bill...
 

NFL 2020 season kicked off on September 10th, with high hopes that the pandemic wouldn't throw a wrench in the workings of its schedule. But five weeks into the season, with an outbreak of coronavirus in Tennessee and several other postive tests, the NFL has had to revamp its...
 

The state of Illinois is now considered the fifth largest legal sports betting market in the United States. The state saw bets to the value $140.1 million made in August this year at retail and online sportsbooks.  This was an impressive 167% rise from just one month before,...
 
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