A roundtable as Virginia lawmakers discuss online casinos and a new regulatory agency.

Virginia subcommittee considers online casinos and new regulator

A joint subcommittee in Virginia is weighing whether or not to establish a regulatory agency designed specifically for gaming as the state also considers...
A Boston sign with Boston architecture in the background

MA rep. files bill to ban sweepstakes as part of online casino legalization

Massachusetts is the latest state to take a swing at legalizing online casinos and outlawing sweepstakes gaming as a lawmaker attempts to do both...
A ranch road in Colusa County, California, where the Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation of the Cortina Rancheria is based

VGW enlists California tribal partner as anti-sweeps bill progresses

It is no coincidence the first tribal opposition to AB 831, the bill to criminalize sweepstakes gaming in California, cropped up just hours before...
PENN Entertainment's Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia

PENN hopes Hollywood Casino launch in WV will fuel cross-sell

PENN Entertainment has launched its standalone Hollywood Casino app in West Virginia, and company leaders hope it will result in the kind of gains...
Enter to win sign as Jackpocket launches a sweepstakes contest.

Jackpocket offers lottery credits with launch of sweepstakes contest

Jackpocket is rewarding customers with the launch of a weekslong sweepstakes contest.The online lottery courier announced on Monday a two-week sweepstakes contest, the Jackpocket...
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks with the state imposing a ban on sweepstakes gaming.

Murphy makes New Jersey sweepstakes ban official

New Jersey is officially the latest U.S. state to ban the operation of sweepstakes gaming.Gov. Phil Murphy signed Assembly Bill 5447 on Monday, placing...
A sign marking the Arizona state line

Arizona regulator tells Fliff and others to get out of the state

Days after Arizona's gambling regulator launched its first-ever statewide public campaign decrying illegal gambling, it is looking to force several unauthorized operators out of...
Ghost waving at unanswered text messages

PrizePicks asks court to demand Brennan to respond to subpoena

According to social media, sports betting pioneer Joe Brennan Jr. is currently in Las Vegas attending the Bet Bash conference. Where he definitely is...
An information page for the 1-800-GAMBLER problem gambling hotline on a cellphone

New Jersey council says it plans to take over 1-800-GAMBLER nationwide

The license-holder of the national problem gambling support hotline 1-800-GAMBLER says it will reject the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) attempts to move...
Two wired telephone receivers facing each other

NCPG files for arbitration to resolve 1-800-GAMBLER hotline dispute

The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) has filed for arbitration in the dispute with the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey (CCGNJ)...

Event News

SBC Summit Europe

SBC, VNLOK partner to strengthen licensed operator participation at SBC Summit Europe

SBC and Vergunde Nederlandse Online Kansspelaanbieders (VNLOK), the trade association for licensed Dutch online gambling operators, have agreed to a new multi-year strategic partnership...
SBC Summit 2026 ribbon-cutting

SBC Summit 2026 ends record week with 40,000 attendees as event commits to Lisbon...

SBC Summit's record-breaking 2026 edition delivered growth not only in overall attendance, but across some of the industry’s most commercially important audience groups.Operator numbers...
SBC Summit Europe Amsterdam announcement

SBC Summit Europe builds on Amsterdam move with regulated markets focus

SBC Summit Europe will bring together the businesses, regulators and policymakers shaping the future of regulated gambling across the continent when it takes place...
SBC Summit Lisbon

SBC signs long-term agreement to keep SBC Summit in Lisbon until 2030

SBC has signed a new long-term agreement confirming Lisbon as the host city of SBC Summit through 2030, formalizing the company’s commitment to the...