DraftKings betting shop

DraftKings Betting Shop to Open in Mississippi

The first DraftKings betting shop will open in Mississippi this week. DraftKings at Scarlet Pearl Sportsbook will debut at the D’Iberville-located casino on Friday following the receipt of a licence from the Mississippi Gaming Commission. The 300-room Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort has 1,170 slots, including 80 video poker machines, and 37 table games. Sports betting in Mississippi launched in August but is currently only allowed at licensed venues, with mobile and online wagering not permissible off the grounds. DraftKings is still awaiting regulatory approval to incorporate on-site kiosks and an on-premises mobile app. DraftKings at Scarlet Pearl Sportsbook will offer customers…

Sports Betting Gold Rush

The Sports Betting Gold Rush Begins

The floodgates have opened for a sports betting gold rush in America! This time it’s the states, the gambling companies and the sports leagues that are all racing for their share of the market! There is also news to cover from Arkansas and Florida. This week’s special offer is from the BetRally casino.

New Jersey

Betting on Sports in New Jersey Draws Customers Across State Lines

Sports betting all is all over the New York area — on the airwaves, billboards, train station ads and publications. But in order to actually place a legal sports bet, gamblers have to be within New Jersey’s borders. It’s the only game in, or rather near, town right now for people in New York and Pennsylvania who want to bet for the Philadelphia Eagles, against the New York Giants, or a thousand other options. So they travel, where betting on sports in New Jersey is legal. Some drive across bridges, or through tunnels. Some take a PATH train under the…

Arkansas Sports Betting

Arkansas Sports Betting Passes

Arkansas sports betting was passed by voters in the only mid-term election ballot initiative in the country dealing directly with betting on sports. The initiative appeared on the ballot as Issue 4, a measure to amend the state constitution to license casinos and also to allow sports betting. As of 7 am ET on Wednesday, with 99 percent of votes counted, 54.1 percent of voters voted “yes” and 45.9 percent “no” to authorizing casinos to operate in four counties — and offer sports betting. Arkansas becomes the second state in its region to legalize sports betting after Mississippi did so…

Jeff Sessions

Jeff Sessions Out as US Attorney General

Jeff Sessions was not a Friend to Online Gambling Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned at the request of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, a move that potentially threatens the independence of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the president. “At your request, I am submitting my resignation,” Sessions wrote in an undated letter released Wednesday afternoon. A senior White House official and two sources close to Trump characterized Sessions’ exit as an explicit “firing.” It came hours after Trump declared victory in Tuesday’s midterm elections that saw Republicans increase their majority in the Senate. Trump announced that Matthew G. Whitaker,…

Florida Gambling Expansion Unlikely

Legal Florida gambling could be less likely after voters chose to give themselves rather than politicians the power to progress expansion in the state. Florida, Arkansas and Louisiana each held plebiscites on gambling issues on Tuesday, as the public participated in the midterm elections. In Florida, the Disney-backed Amendment 3, which states that citizens will retain exclusive rights to authorise and potentially expand casino gambling in the state, received about 70% of the vote. Voters in Charge, backed by the entertainment and theme park giant as well as the Seminole Tribe, which is the state’s leading gaming operator, spent around…