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New Hampshire Online Casino Hopes Gain Momentum As Sanborn Leaves Office
New Hampshire’s hopes for 2025 online casino legalization may have gotten a bit brighter. As state Sen. Timothy P. Lang Sr. works to advance the legislation, a once powerful iGaming opponent declined to run for re-election. State Rep. Laurie Sanborn headed the committee that killed Lang’s previous bill. Many speculate that Sanborn, who headed the House […]
Charlotte Officials Consider Calling on State to Intervene in Gray Market ‘Fish Games’
A Charlotte City Council committee looking to crack down on “fish game” arcades has asked staff to investigate potential new regulations as it considers asking Raleigh legislators to weigh in. Members of the city’s Budget, Governance, and Intergovernmental Relations Committee raised the possibility of the addition to its legislative agenda at an Oct. 7 meeting. […]
Renewed Hope for 2025 New York iGaming Comes From Hochul Budget Clues
New Yorkers are seeing a glimmer of hope for online casinos becoming legal in the state in 2025. That’s because perhaps the smoothest path to bills becoming law, the governor’s budget, may need to include an additional funding source for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). In January, Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul is scheduled to publish […]
Arkansas Supreme Court Rejects a Challenge to Ballot Measure for Local Approval on Fourth Casino
The Arkansas Supreme Court has partially dismissed a lawsuit challenging an upcoming ballot measure that would revoke a retail casino license in Pope County and make it harder for the state to issue new ones. The court rejected claims by the Arkansas Canvassing Compliance Committee (ACCC) and Cherokee Nation Entertainment that the group Local Voters in […]
Pennsylvania Finally Opts for Multistate Online Poker—Sites Could be Networked by Next Year
Pennsylvania will finally be taking a step poker players have been demanding for years, seeking to join the Multistate Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA), which will allow the state’s online poker sites to share tables and traffic with those in other states. At present, five states are party to MSIGA, although only three of them have active […]
Hochul Signs New York Gambling Ad Bill Into Law, Requiring Sportsbooks Warn About Problem Gambling
Mobile sports betting is gambling, and sportsbook ads in New York need to tell bettors about “the dangerous and addictive effects of problem gambling,” the governor said as she signed SB1550/AB1118 into law on Oct. 1. Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul announced: Protecting New Yorkers from the dangerous and addictive effects of problem gambling and sports […]
2025 Wyoming Online Casino Bill Prep Work Includes Feasibility Study, Committee Discussion
Wyomans may be able to place online casino and poker bets by 2026 if preparations for a 2025 iGaming bill succeed in helping the upcoming measure pass. Wyoming gaming regulators and lawmakers have been studying the matter in a legislative committee and recently hired the Spectrum Gaming Group to conduct iGaming feasibility research. State Rep. […]
Alabama Gambling Bill Would Provide More Robust Definitions and Tougher Penalties for Illegal Gambling
A new bill filed in Alabama aims to battle illegal gambling in the state by strengthening the state’s existing laws. An earlier effort this year to create legal gambling options for state residents failed, as the House and Senate couldn’t agree on the specifics. In the absence of legal gambling, unregulated gaming machines and other […]
Cordish Plan for Live! Casino Salem Would Bring Another iGaming Opponent to New Hampshire
Cordish Companies is one of many operators lining up for a chance to join New Hampshire’s growing charitable casino industry. Cordish, which owns the Live! chain of retail casinos and associated PlayLive! online gambling brand, has proposed a three-story entertainment facility in Salem, as reported by Boston.com. Unfortunately for New Hampshire’s nascent online casino legalization effort, Cordish has also become one of the staunchest adversaries of […]
Virginia Lawmakers Aim to Create Unified Gaming Regulatory Agency By 2027
In November, Virginia lawmakers will meet to decide whether the state needs a unified gaming regulator, a job currently performed by the Virginia Lottery. The state legislature passed a bill in April 2020 calling for the licensing and construction of five retail casinos, three of which have at least temporary locations now operating. The new body, the Virginia […]
