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After reporting yearly revenues back in February and citing a ‘challenging year’ for 2016, sports betting company William Hill has now decided to remove their services from Poland. A letter was sent to affiliat...
Legislation proposed last month by Republicans in the Florida House Of Representatives that would essentially maintain the status quo in terms of the southern state’s gambling and casino markets has survived a ...
In Australia, the Senate has today followed the House Of Representatives in passing a piece of amended legislation that has closed several loopholes to completely ban online casino and poker games as well as th...
In Florida, a new poll from the No Casinos In Florida lobby group has reportedly found that some 84% of the southern state’s residents want to reduce casino gambling or keep the status quo while some 60% of res...
In 2016, the Law Commission of India was given the task of examining the gambling industry, with consideration given to the legal aspects of betting on sports in the country. The review was based on the sport-f...
In North Dakota, controversial legislation that would have asked voters to amend the state’s constitution in order to open a maximum of six state-owned casinos is reportedly dead after suffering a second set-ba...
As a long continuing trend across the country and throughout the world plays out, West Virginia could be the next U.S. state to end greyhound racing without actually banning the animal sport.
As part of the ...
Germany’s new federal gambling treaty was approved on Thursday by its 16 states, lifting the cap on the number of sports betting licenses in the country.
The new State Treaty on Gambling, which is due to tak...
In North Dakota, controversial legislation that would ask voters to amend the state’s constitution in order to open a maximum of six state-owned casinos has reportedly suffered its first set-back after being se...
In North Dakota, the Republican lawmaker behind proposed legislation that would allow voters to decide whether to amend the state’s constitution in order to open a maximum of six state-owned casinos has reporte...
After a winter blizzard dumped 18 inches of snow on Connecticut yesterday and forced the state government to temporarily shut down, governor Dannel Malloy has reportedly announced that things are set to return ...
In the United States, Mississippi has become the twelfth state to legalize daily fantasy sports after Republican governor Phil Bryant signed legislation into law on Monday authorizing the online games.
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Passing enabling legislation to authorize the building of a tribal casino in East Windsor could reportedly leave Connecticut open to lawsuits and jeopardize the eastern state’s current revenue-sharing agreement...
While Duval, Florida residents voted to authorize slot machines in the county, the state has turned down bestbet's request to add 2,000 slot machines to its poker facility in Jacksonville. The state cited a num...
The idea to expand Connecticut's gambling market to allow the construction of a third casino was tossed about at a recent hearing, which became exceptionally heated as both sides of the debate tried to get thei...