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Maine Gambling Control Unit’s Champion Back After Unpaid Suspension Over Tweets
Maine’s top gambling regulator Milton Champion resumed control of the state’s Gambling Control Unit (GCU) on Monday after serving a weeklong unpaid suspension over inappropriate tweets from his personal Twitter account. Officials first placed Champion, GCU’s executive director, on paid administrative leave in May after his tweets attracted the wrong attention. Since deleted, those tweets […]
Ohio to Impose Further Restrictions on Betting Promotions and Ban Bettors Who Threaten Athletes
Ohio is continuing to take a hard line with its regulated gambling market, authorizing the state regulator to issue a gambling ban to those threatening violence against sports figures, alongside other policy changes. That rule is part of the 2024-2025 budget bill signed by Gov. Mike DeWine on July 5. It protects athletes and others […]
Kentucky Sports Betting Regulations in Place, 27 Sites Can Launch on Sept. 28
With emergency Kentucky sports betting regulations being filed on July 10, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) unanimously approved allowing 27 online sportsbooks to launch on Sept. 28. The more permanent regulations will be in place by the Sept. 7 retail sports betting launch. Before the body unanimously approved the emergency regulations today, they heard […]
Betly Shuts Down West Virginia Sports Apps to Relaunch With Integrated Casino Gaming
The Betly Mardi Gras and Betly Wheeling Island sportsbook apps have shut down as the company prepares to relaunch a single integrated online casino and sportsbook product. Betly says the new product will be coming later this summer but has not provided an exact date. West Virginia online casino users have been seeing their range […]
Ohio Online Sports Betting Operators May Pay 20% Tax Rate, Possibly Impacting Bettor Promos
Ohio online sports betting operators may see their taxes increase from 10% to 20% of gross revenue if Governor Mike DeWine signs the budget bill state lawmakers approved on June 30. The additional cost for operators may be passed along to Ohio sports bettors in the form of less valuable promo offers if sports betting […]
A Florida Sports Betting Legal ‘Victory’ for Hard Rock, Seminole Tribe
One tweet from gaming attorney Jeff Ifrah on June 30 rekindled hope among Florida sports betting advocates. Smaller picture, a court decision he mentioned could mean one legal option, Hard Rock Sportsbook, may soon be available in the third-most-populous state by the start of the NFL season. Bigger picture, the opinion from the US Court […]
Fanatics Betting and Gaming Wins PointsBet Bid Over Rival DraftKings, $225 Million to $195 Million
The Fanatics Betting and Gaming (FBG) team won in its competition against DraftKings to buy the US holdings of Australian online gambling operator PointsBet. On June 30, PointsBet shareholders voted to accept FBG’s $225 million bid. The deal more than triples FBG’s US market access and adds the Big Three online casino states, as well as […]
Newest New Jersey Retail Casinos Celebrate 5 Years, Revenue Victories
Two New Jersey retail casinos are turning five on June 28. In celebration, the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City and Ocean Casino Resort promise prizes and parties all summer. As the in-person events illustrate, both commercial casinos cater to land-based gamblers. Those gamblers drive core revenue, despite both casinos partnering with online gambling […]
BallyBet Temporarily Shuts Down as Bally Interactive Proceeds With 2023 Reboot Strategy
BallyBet announced that on June 30, it’s shutting down for a “few months” while switching to a new software platform powered by Kambi. The company notes that Arizona will not be affected, but BallyBet will not be available in Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, New York, and Virginia. Since June 22, Bally’s is no longer accepting wagers […]
DC’s Controversial Intralot Contract May Be Close to Falling Apart
Tensions between Washington DC regulators and the District’s lottery and sportsbook provider, Intralot, are reportedly heating up as regulators accuse the operator of failing to meet the terms of its contract to run DC’s sports wagering market. Intralot initially cast aspersions toward one of GambetDC’s vendors, Veterans Service Corporation (VSC), in response, alleging that the […]
