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Maine Sports Gambling Sees Impressive Start with $319M in Bets and $3.2M Tax Revenue

Vanja Mitic
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Since its inception eight months ago, Maine's newly legalized sports gambling market has quickly gained traction, although it's still too soon to declare its long-term success guaranteed. The ongoing Olympic Ga...

Bill Proposals to Expand Tribal Gaming Scheduled for Public Hearings in Maine

Radosav Milutinovic
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Two months since the federally recognized tribes launched online sports betting, lawmakers in Maine have announced public hearings on the expansion of tribal rights to include other forms of gambling. The heari...

Online Sports Betting Launched in Maine on November 3, 2023 To Reach $1 Million Daily Handle

Radosav Milutinovic
Tribal Gaming, Gaming Law & Legislation, U.S.A., Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Mobile gaming, Licensed online casinos in USA, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Financial Press Releases, Maine
Since online sports betting was launched in Maine on 3 November 2023, the state's gambling regulator Maine's Gambling Control Unit reports that a total of almost $14 million of bets has been placed in the juris...

Pick’Em Fantasy Games Banned in Michigan For Resembling Sports Betting Props

Radosav Milutinovic
Gaming Law & Legislation, U.S.A., Latest Casino and Gambling News, North America Casino News, World Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Licensed online casinos in USA, Licenses, Florida, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Maine, Michigan, Wyoming
Having automatically cleared the legislative approval at the beginning of October, the proposal of the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) to ban the Pick'Em daily fantasy sports became effective in the state ...

New York & Michigan Ban Pick ‘Em Fantasy Games On Mirroring Sports Betting Claims

Radosav Milutinovic
Gaming Law & Legislation, U.S.A., Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, North America Casino News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Mobile gaming, Licensed online casinos in USA, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Florida, Fantasy Sports, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Wyoming
Despite pleas from The Coalition for Fantasy Sports, New York and Michigan sports betting regulators have reportedly agreed to ban the Pick 'Em fantasy sports games. Games based on predicting the player's stati...

Tribal Casino Bill Pending Consideration Before Maine Legislature

Radosav Milutinovic
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Portland Press Herald reports that Rep. Ben Collings introduced the bill intended to keep the tribal gambling proposal on the agenda after the state lawmakers decide on the tribal sovereignty bill expected to b...
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Wabanaki Nations May Get the Exclusive Rights to Operate in Maine

Vanja Mitic
Tribal Gaming, Tribal Gaming, Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino News, Online gambling regulation, New online casinos, Gaming Industry News, Mobile gaming, Licensed online casinos in USA, Licenses, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Licensing, Maine
The Wabanaki Nations would soon get the right to offer online gambling in its casinos if the Maine Legislature approves the bill LD1777.  Operating the sportsbook and online casinos in Maine: Laura Supica...

Maine’s historic Scarborough Downs venue ends its off-track betting service

Adam Morgan
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In the eastern American state of Maine and the operator of the off-track betting facility at the former Scarborough Downs horseracing track has reportedly announced that it has called time due to a host of risi...