This Week in Gambling

This week’s gaming and casino news comes from the floor of the International Casino Expo in London, England. Discussion centers around several US gambling news stories, from the launch of sports betting in Massachusetts, to the proposition of esports betting in Pennsylvania, to the push for online casinos in Maryland! Hello friends, Jay Todd here on the floor of the International Casino Expo, or ICE as they call it. Arguably the biggest gathering of gambling professionals in the world. There’s about 35,000 people here from 70 countries from all over the world that have booths  and are displaying their products….

There are at least two State Senators pushing legislation to regulate Maryland online casino regulation already this year. Ron Watson and Nancy King have already introduced a bill which would permit internet casino games to be offered by the state lottery. Online sports betting in Maryland had just becoming a “thing” back in November of last year, and now this. We’re hoping the attempt is successful, but we must also admit that it’s a long shot. First tries at this sort of thing almost never go well… but still, the chances are not zero. In a statement to the PlayUSA…

It’s Super Bowl Sunday! But with the excitement of the game, and the added excitement of American sports betting being a reality, we’re sure to see some bumps along the way. A while ago, we discussed some of the potential problems that we could see with the growth of the industry. One of those problems is the growth of advertising and marketing. We caught up with the American Gaming Association to discuss some of the dynamics and potential issues of marketing for sports betting. Chris Cylke, the Senior Vice President for Government Relations at the AGA, speaks with us about…

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It seems that sports bets in the Keystone State are not enough for at least one legislator there. Representative Ed Neilson believes that Pennsylvania esports betting will be the next big money maker, and that the activity could quickly be legalized and regulated there. According to an article in Fortune Business Insights, the he esports industry has now grown to a value of over $1.2 billion annually, and continued growth could see the business reach to $5.5 billion over the next five to six years. Neilson’s comments came while he was speaking at the Casino Esports Conference in Atlantic City…

After much fanfare, Massachusetts sports betting has finally arrived. Right now there are only three locations accepting wagers in the state, and they are all land based. But that doesn’t mean the activity will stay that way for long. Plans are that mobile betting will be live before March Madness games begin. And when that happens, rumors are that as many as eleven online operators could be accepting bets from residents. Things have been steadily moving toward the official launch of Massachusetts sports betting ever since the legislation was signed into law by the governor in August of last year….