Florida

Seminole Tribe and West Flagler Settle Legal Disputes, Launch Jai Alai Partnership on Hard Rock Bet

After years of contentious legal battles, the Seminole Tribe of Florida and West Flagler Parties, including West Flagler Associates, LTD, Bonita-Fort Myers Corporation, and Southwest Florida Enterprises, Inc., ...

Betr Holdings Introduces ‘Group Mode’ and Debuts Betr Online Sportsbook

Betr Holdings, Inc., a prominent sports gaming and media entity, is broadening its footprint with the introduction of its innovative peer-to-peer feature, "Group Mode," for Betr Picks. Coinciding with this roll...

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Petition, Cementing Seminole Tribe’s Sports Betting Monopoly in Florida

In a significant legal victory for the Seminole Tribe and Hard Rock Bet, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear West Flagler’s petition regarding Florida's online sports betting. This decision marks a pivotal ...

888 Holdings Signs Purchase Agreement to Sell Select US B2C Assets to Hard Rock Digital

888 Holdings, the London-listed firm, has officially completed its strategic consideration of its American B2C operations. The outcome of the deliberation was that the firm came to the agreement to sell chosen ...

Florida Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Against Seminole Tribe Sports Betting Monopoly

Sports betting in Florida still draws the attention of the public. Ever since gambling on sports is permitted in the state, the affairs continue. The most recent news is that the opponents of sports betting in ...

US Department of the Interior Updates Regulations to Mirror Florida Indian Gaming Compacts

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced an update of federal regulations to make Indian gaming compacts similar to those enforced in Florida. The Department reportedly intends to have the clarity ...

Daily Fantasy Sports Pick’em Operators to Leave Florida by March 1, 2024

Following the second round of cease and desist letters recently sent out by the Florida regulatory body to daily fantasy sports pick’em operators in the state, Betr, PrizePicks and Underdog Fantasy reportedly p...

Michael Hermalyn Strikes Back; Calls DraftKings’ Claims “False and Fabricated”

On February 5, DraftKings allegedly submitted a lawsuit against its previous executive, Michael Hermalyn, over his ’secret plan’ to aid Fanatics, which included purloining clients data prior to taking a job at ...

DraftKings Submits Lawsuit Against Michael Hermalyn Over His “Secret Plan” To Help Fanatics

DraftKings has reportedly officially accused the previous executive of creating "a secret plan" to purloin clients data prior to leaving for Fanatics, based on the federal lawsuit secured by Front Office Sports...

Millions of Visits to Illegal Sports Betting Sites Deprive US Regulated Markets of Significant Revenues

Although sports betting has been legalized in 37 US states, illegal gambling operations still proliferate in the states that do not allow this type of gambling. As reported by Covers, more than 201 million visi...

Legalized Sports Betting Hits Record Levels and Looks For Expansion in California and Texas

The U.S. sports betting industry continued its expansion in 2023 towards the all-time record levels. Some industry experts expect that the U.S. sports betting handle across the 37 states that allow sports betti...

Hard Rock Int. Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Athens

Following the clearing of obstacles in 2020 by previous developer Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment, it was recently reported that new developer Hard Rock International in cooperation with GEK TERNA Group held  ...