Another landmark week for US as sports betting gathers momentum
Our journalistic colleagues at SportsHandle.com bring you another round-up of stateside news garnered during a week that saw more sports betting 'firsts'.
New Jersey Assembly And Senate...
Scientific Games applauds Delaware on swift accession of legal sports betting
Scientific Games Corporation has offered congratulations to the Delaware Lottery, the first US lottery to expand to full-scale sports betting following the SCOTUS ruling on...
New Jersey votes unanimously to pass sports betting bill
New Jersey remains one signature away from having a fully legal sports betting framework after its legislature voted unanimously to pass a bill that...
Betfair expands US betting provisions with Meadowlands and Tioga Downs deals
Betfair US has announced a duo of long-term east coast digital and retail sports betting agreements, in its first major partnership since the United...
Rover unravels licensing conundrum during Geocomply webinar session
George Rover, former deputy director at the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, has offered his perspective on getting licensed in the state during...
Cohen astonished by levels of ignorance about the WIRE Act
As the US begins to come to terms with establishing a legal sports betting business, attention is turning increasingly to the Wire Act 1961...
First bets placed at Dover Downs but don’t expect big profits says CEO
Delaware governor John Carney made history yesterday by placing the first official US sports wager outside Nevada at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino’s Race...
GVC subsidiary to launch first single-game sports betting in Delaware
GVC Holdings has announced that from today, its proprietary US sports betting platform, held in Stadium Technology Group (“Stadium”), will be powering the first...
Delaware first to touch down in the race for legal sports betting in America
New Jersey may have been the favourite to become the first state to offer legal sports betting in the US, but it was pipped...
Foxwoods executive issues a reality check for post-PASPA expectations
Seth Young, executive director of online gaming at Foxwoods, believes that there is still a considerable way to go before US lawmakers and policy...
Event News
Cordish’s Rob Norton ballparks casino cannibalization at 15-23%
To some in the industry, Rob Norton is an obstructionist. The president of Cordish Gaming's stance against iGaming legislation in states like Maryland has...
SBC Summit North America draws 5,000 attendees
SBC Summit North America once again packed The Meadowlands Convention Center for two days of networking, conference content and conversation.
"We had nearly 5,000 of...
BetMGM may be ‘radio quiet’ but Greenblatt ready to speak out
Towards the start of his fireside chat with CNBC's Contessa Brewer at SBC Summit North America, BetMGM CEO Adam Greenblatt began by acknowledging that...
How Massachusetts is using research to rewrite the gaming playbook
In Massachusetts, like in many states, things are changing fast in gaming.
The state launched digital sports betting in March 2023 and experienced an immediate...