This Week in Gambling

For all the talk of sports betting in Massachusetts, it now looks like the launch may not happen in time for this years NFL season as hoped. The state Gaming Commission has asked the public to temper their expectations for a fast launch at this point. A representative from the Commission stated that getting adequate regulations in place for a new industry take time. And that even more importantly, to do so correctly will not “happen overnight”, and maybe not within a month or two.  Adding that to get things done properly, the Commission will need to “take our time.”…

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Hold your horses there, son! All those who had been hoping for the launch of Kansas sports betting in time for the kickoff of the NFL Season might be disappointed. Then again, maybe not. While the state Racing and Gaming Commission is working on background checks on potential licensees, the Kansas Lottery has stated that a launch before football season is possible, but in no way a certainty. The Gaming Commission is also in charge of putting together industry regulations when their board takes up the issue sometime this month. And September 1st is the day that the Lottery is…

It’s been a wild week of gambling news, with rumors still flying about both a Las Vegas NBA and an MLB team. There are new basketball arenas being build and plots of land being looked at for baseball stadiums. And over the weekend, a small amount of rain caused some major Las Vegas flooding, virtually shutting down the city and the airport! Hello friends! And welcome to This Week in Gambling, where we have a lot to discuss, including the latest state to regulate sports betting and possible Las Vegas NBA and MLB teams! More on all of that in…

Ten years ago, no one would have ever considered a Las Vegas NBA team. But the city now has both NFL and NHL teams, and pro baseball seems to be on the horizon. So now a basketball team seems like a “must have”, right? Well, yes. But unlike these other sports, there are currently no teams looking for a new home. And while doesn’t mean that Sin City is out of luck, it does mean that the best chance to land a team may be via expansion rather than relocation. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was recently in town for the…

In the early hours of this morning, state legislators brought Massachusetts sports betting to life. In what seemed almost impossible, and hours passed the Sunday night deadline, the last minute session was able to get a compromise approved. The new bill still needs to be signed by Governor Charlie Baker, but that seems like a formality at this point. After all, it was Baker who was pushing for sports bets in his state from the very beginning. He even filed his own Massachusetts sports betting legislation on the matter back in 2019. The bill will allow betting on some college…