This Week in Gambling

The deadline is July 31st. However, legislators are still hopeful that a Massachusetts sports betting deal could come together this year. And if it does, that residents of the state could be placing wagers on next year’s Super Bowl. A Representative says that negotiations are ongoing, and that there is still some level of optimism that an agreement could be finalized and sent to the desk of Governor Charlie Baker before the current session ends. Some of the issues that need to be resolved include tax rates and how many licenses to issue. But the one topic that could derail…

This week’s gambling news comes from the US Congress, where several members are urging the Department of Justice to take action against offshore operators, and to ban online gambling that isn’t regulated in the United States. Additionally, the American Gaming Association wants search engines like Google to block these offshore operators from search results. What are the motivations behind these moves?   The numbers are in, and Nevada kept their streak of billion dollar months alive in May, bringing in $1.3 billion… partly because over 3 million people visited Las Vegas that month. But even with gambling doing so well…

We’re now over four years past the Supreme Court ruling making American sports betting a mainstream activity. It was in May of 2018 when the nations highest court rules that PASPA was an unconstitutional violation of state’s rights. And now, we’re closing in on 40 states which regulate the activity. However, one concern was always public attitudes toward betting on sporting events. For many years the media and Hollywood had stigmatized American sports betting as something reserved for organized crime and dark alleys. Thankfully, those stereotypical images now appear to be a thing of the past. A new poll conducted…

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Americans still have access to offshore online gambling, even as web based betting is becoming regulated in more and more states. This growth is largely thanks to the expansion of sports betting, as the regulation on mobile sports bets is the regulation of online bets. But as the business of web based betting grows, there are increasing calls to ban offshore sites. Last last month, 28 Representatives from the US Congress sent a letter to the Department of Justice, and specifically Attorney General Merrick Garland. In that letter they urged that the Department begin targeting offshore online gambling. Specifically Bovada,…

Things were going so well for mobile sports bets that something eventually had to go wrong. And that’s exactly what happened in North Carolina last week. Yes, sports betting is legal there, but placing bets using your phone or laptop won’t be happening anytime soon. There was a small bit of hope that some last minute political maneuvering could bring a deal together, but it was not to be. Now, the legislative session has adjourned, and with them go any hopes of mobile sports bets in the state this year. What was the hold up? As usual, there were concerns…