A key piece of legislation from 2019 will allow for the regulation Puerto Rico sports betting starting later this year. That legislation was amended last year to permit the activity and signed into law by Governor Vázquez Garced. Hope is that betting on sports will create additional tax revenue and jobs. However, the Puerto Rican Gaming Commission notes that the law must be updated to include the amendments made late last year. Still, the hop and expectation is that hope is that Puerto Rico sports betting will launch by April. Under the new law, wagers on sporting events would be…

Washington sports betting is looking to expand beyond the walls of Tribal casinos. For the second year in a row a new bill was introduced in the Senate to bring sports gambling to bettors in venues across the state. The bill would deliver sports betting to licensed card rooms and horse tracks. A similar proposal bill failed last year, but this time supporters say there is bipartisan support for the legislation. Betting on sporting events was finally approved within the borders of the state last year, but only for Tribal Gaming establishments. You can read more about expanding Washington sports…

In a case that has enormous implications for online gambling in America, the US Department of Justice lost their Wire Act appeal against the New Hampshire Lottery Commission. The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of New Hampshire, upholding the decision of a lower court and driving a nail in the Justice Department newest interpretation of the law. That interpretation could have criminalized interstate online poker and threatened the new, US online gambling industry altogether. Whereas many have insisted that the 1961 Federal Wire Act was always intended to apply to sports betting, the DOJ chose to broaden…

SiGMA is excited to announce that it will welcome Nicole Fields as VP Growth and Strategy for the US markets. Fields will be the first addition to SiGMA’s US-based team, bringing a wealth of expertise in the gaming industry to the table. Ms. Fields, a 40 Under 40 recipient who has previously worked with a number of respected institutions, including events company G2E Las Vegas, will be responsible for driving SiGMA’s plans for advancement and development in the US. “We’re delighted to welcome Nicole Fields onboard. Nicole is a highly respected individual in the industry and her experience in the…

We say goodbye, as long time online gambling opponent Sheldon Adelson passes at the age of 87. We also have New Jersey and Ohio sports betting news, as well as Ohio and Michigan online gambling news. Hello my friends! It’s that time again. Time to find out just what in the hell has been going on in the world of gambling! We have news from all over America, but we begin with this week’s big story: Online gambling’s biggest enemy is gone. The multi-billionaire owner of the Las Vegas Sands corporation, Sheldon Adelson passes away from complications arising from non-Hodgkin’s…

Casinos and the lottery are on the radar after a report suggests that Alabama gambling could bring in $700 million for the state each year. Additionally, regulation of the industry could provide an additional 19,000 jobs to the state. Governor Kay Ivey commissioned the report from the Study Group on Gambling Policy. That report was published last month and estimates that the state could potentially take in $300 million annually from the lottery and up to an additional $400 million from the regulation of casinos, with $10 million from sports betting. Alabama’s Constitution currently prohibits the lottery and most other…