The Gaming Control Board met last week and approved proposed Pennsylvania sports betting regulations, but they won’t be up and running by the September start of the National Football League season. Pennsylvania introduced laws for sports betting under bill HB 271 around 10 months ago, but is yet to pass general regulations in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on PASPA. At present, operators that apply would need to pay $10 million for a Pennsylvania Sports Betting license, as well as a 34% state tax and a 2% local tax. This combined 36% rate is almost five times as the…

New Jersey Sports Bettors were busy last month, with three casinos and two racetracks taking in $40.6 million in wagers in July, the first full month it was legal. Those figures were part of a report that showed that Hard Rock debuted as Atlantic City’s No. 3 casino in terms of gambling revenue out of the nine casinos in town. Ocean Resort came in last in its first full month of operation. New Jersey won a U.S. Supreme Court case in May clearing the way for all 50 states to offer sports betting if they choose. Since betting began in…

Here comes DraftKings in play betting as Thursday night’s game between the Cleveland Browns and the New York Giants afforded fans first glimpses of Cleveland’s top-overall pick and Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield as well as electric running back Saquon Barkley of the Giants. Played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the preseason match up was not about two first-round picks squaring off. Across the street from the stadium is FanDuel Sportsbook at the Meadowlands Racetrack, at which a number of bettors placed wagers for the game. And from their seats inside MetLife, fans opened up the DraftKings…

Fantasy Sports Operator DraftKings Targets US Sports Betting as Market Braces for Rapid Expansion DraftKings is braced go nationwide with its mobile US sports betting platform as a result of its success jump-starting online and mobile sports betting in New Jersey last week. After going live with DraftKings Sportsbook as per guidelines created by New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE), it’s legal online betting operation is poised to be the number one digital bedding operation in the United States. William Hill, Paddy Power Betfair and playMGM, MGM Resorts live betting platform, were all vying to be the first to…

A British bookmaker has opened talks over a potential joint venture with Penn National, as  a William Hill US expansion becomes more likely. Hills has already made major moves in the post-PASPA era and is currently running sports betting operations in Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey, as well as a race book in Iowa. The firm is also working with IGT for the Rhode Island Sports Betting RFP. On Friday, William Hill chief executive Philip Bowcock revealed in an earnings call that the bookmaker has also signed sports betting deals with 11 casinos in Mississippi and a casino in West…

Last week, the US sports betting movement continued its march forward as an NBA gambling partnership was signed with MGM Resorts International. It was the first professional sports league in North America to make such a deal with a gambling company. This new partnership will include both the NBA and WNBA leagues. The National Hockey League (NHL), led by Commissioner Gary Bettman wants to follow suit by participating in an NHL sports betting deal. The move comes after a landmark court decision in which the Supreme Court ruled that US states would be allowed to individually decide upon gambling laws…