Category: Legal Sports Betting

If California has a decision whether to authorize sports betting on the ballot in November 2020, it will be voting on a full-fledged bill. Sen. Bill Dodd tells Legal Sports Report that he and Assemblyman Adam Gray, who introduced a constitutional amendment last week to legalize California sports betting, plan to have specifics set up before the election. In other words, Californians wouldn't be…

Governor Andrew Cuomo simply does not want to approve mobile NY sports betting, according to the lawmaker at the center of the debate. Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. disputes Cuomo's explanation that the governor holds concern about the constitutionality of mobile sports betting in New York. “They don’t believe it’s unconstitutional in my opinion,” Addabbo said. “They just don’t want it.” A week after Assembly…

The following is an op-ed representing the guest author's opinion. In the waning hours of its legislative session, the Maine legislature passed a comprehensive sports betting bill that should become the model law for post-PASPA sports gambling expansion. It is, frankly, the way US sports betting should be. The bill, LD 553, which is now headed to Gov. Janet Mills’ desk, is stunningly unique…

Gear up, Razorbacks: legalized sports betting appears on its way to Arkansas. Earlier this month, the Arkansas Racing Commission approved Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort to begin accepting wagers July 1, according to several local media reports. Should that timeline hold up, the Hot Springs property will become the first to offer regulated wagering in the state. Messages to Oaklawn confirming its timeline were not immediately returned. But after winning approval to offer sports…

Don't look now, but the country's most populous state is eying up legal sports betting. For the second year in a row, a pair of California lawmakers introduced a sports betting bill on Thursday. Last year's bill did not move out of committee, but a recent change in the state's gambling landscape presents a fresh stage for 2019. While Nevada and New Jersey lead…

If you're wondering why officials in the District of Columbia are so eager to award a nine-figure gaming contract to Intralot, you're not alone. The DC Council Committee of the Whole held a public roundtable Wednesday to discuss the proposed $215 million deal with the struggling operator based in Greece. Procurement would cover lottery sales and sports betting for five years after members previously voted…

This is a developing story and will be updated Parx Casino in Bensalem enters the PA online sports betting market Monday when its three-day live testing period opens. The Kambi-powered sportsbook began taking bets through its Pennsylvania retail operations in January. Parx Sportsbook joins SugarHouse Sportsbook in Philadelphia as the only casinos offering PA sports betting online. From the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board: We are beginning…

Ted Olson‘s history with the Wire Act goes back a lot further than you think. Olson played a role advocating in favor of a broad interpretation of the Wire Act long before he stepped to the plate as leader-by-proxy representing Neopollard as part of New Hampshire‘s successful effort to have the new Justice Department opinion on the scope of the Wire Act changed. It even predates…

Lawmakers are poised to pass a bill that will legalize Maine sports betting throughout the state. LD 553 stormed through the legislature Tuesday, stopping just short of full approval in each chamber. Members in both houses plan to cast the final votes needed to send the bill to Gov. Janet Mills this week. The legislature will adjourn Wednesday, likely extending the recent trend of states…

A new NJ sports betting bill would lift an NBA betting ban that stifled the first year of wagers at Golden Nugget in New Jersey. Mirroring bills in the New Jersey Assembly and Senate propose eliminating the restriction on those who own casinos and sports franchises. Golden Nugget owner Tilman Fertitta, who founded Landry's Restaurants and reportedly is worth $4.5 billion, owns the NBA's Houston Rockets.…