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Sports betting reaches new heights in Illinois as earnings push over $300m in September

November 17, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Sports betting, Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

Sports betting is booming in Illinois. For the month of September, the state was able to generate $305.2 million bets, which pushed Illinois to the number four spot in the US when it comes to the industry. The ...

Turner Sports signs new multi-year partnership deals with DraftKings and FanDuel

K Morrison

October 16, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fantasy Sports

Boston-based daily fantasy sports contest and sports betting operator DraftKings (Nasdaq: DKNG) and NYC-headquartered sports betting company FanDuel have both entered into partnerships with Turner Sports, a div...

Sports betting helps Iowa casinos as they try to re-establish post-closure normalcy

Marie Kelley

October 14, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Sports betting, Iowa

Professional and college sporting events in September helped to drive wagering to a new record high in the state of Iowa. The performance of the sports betting sector was much needed as casinos are still strugg...

Gambling companies spend $2m in Maryland to persuade voters to approve sports betting

Marie Kelley

October 12, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Sports betting, Maryland

As Maryland voters will decide this fall whether or not to approve sports betting in the state, gambling companies are spending big bucks to try and persuade residents to select yes on the ballot. FanDuel and D...

FanDuel Par-A-Dice sports app live in Illinois

Marie Kelley

August 31, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Illinois

FanDuel announced today that its sports betting app in Illinois is live. Players in the state can now access the FanDuel Par-A-Dice Sportsbook app and online site, with best-in-class services on offer. The bran...

Illinois Governor backtracks; rescinds remote registration process for mobile sports betting

Marie Kelley

July 27, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Sports betting, Illinois

On Friday, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker issued a Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation. This proclamation rescinded the remote registration process for mobile sports betting in the state. The change in the reg...

Louisiana Senate approves daily fantasy sports legislation

Marie Kelley

June 1, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Louisiana

On Friday, the Louisiana Senate approved a measure that will allow residents of the state to take part in real money online fantasy sports. The House of Representatives sent over the measure, calling for a ball...

Sports betting handle in New Jersey nears $500m in February

Marie Kelley

March 13, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Sports betting, New Jersey

February was a good month for sports betting in New Jersey, as players placed almost $500 million in sports bets. The sportsbooks took in exactly $494.8 million, with the majority of those bets placed online. T...

Detroit casinos kick off legal sports betting in Michigan

K Morrison

March 12, 2020

NCAA, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Michigan

Michigan has joined neighboring Illinois in launching legal retail sports wagering this week after on Tuesday the state's gaming control board gave final approval to Detroit's three commercial casinos. The m...

Basketball the top wagering choice in February for Indiana sports bettors

Marie Kelley

March 12, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Sports betting, Indiana

The February sports betting reports are in for Indiana, and the top sport for the month was basketball. With more than $187 million bets placed, over $90 million resulted from basketball wagers. The month was a...

Pennsylvania sees record-setting January via sports betting handle and revenues

Marie Kelley

February 20, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Sports betting, Pennsylvania

Sports betting continues to grow in the state of Pennsylvania. Official data was released this week for the month of January, showing $348.4 million in wagers were placed. This broke the previous month’s record...

New Jersey on track to becoming America’s top sportsbetting market

Adam Morgan

February 13, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Taxation, New Jersey

The online and retail sportsbetting market of New Jersey could reportedly be well on its way to regularly becoming the nation’s most lucrative after posting a 285% increase year-on-year in January combined hand...

New York appellate court rules daily fantasy contests are illegal

Marie Kelley

February 7, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Fantasy Sports, New York

This week in New York, an appellate court ruled that a law from 2016 legalizing daily fantasy sports contests was in violation of the constitution’s prohibition on gambling. The future for major DFS companies l...

DraftKings and FanDuel to debut in Blackhawk, Colorado via separate partnership deals with Twin River

K Morrison

January 28, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Colorado, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fantasy Sports, Licensing

On the heels of finalizing the acquisition of a trio of casinos in Blackhawk, Colorado and gaming company, Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TRWH), has now announced separate market access partnership ...

Indiana sportsbetting market experiences December delight

Adam Morgan

January 13, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Indiana

Online and land-based sportsbooks in Indiana reportedly had a very successful December after posting a 29% increase month-on-month in aggregated adjusted gross gaming revenues to $12 million and contributing so...