This Week in Gambling

Call it an investment in the American market as Flutter acquires FanDuel shares which give them over a 37% stake in the company. The minority shareholder’s stake cost them over $4.1 billion and lifts Flutter’s stake in FanDuel from 57% to 95%. FanDuel CEO, Matt King, stated that the news “…affirms FanDuel’s market-leading position in the US and our meaningful growth trajectory…” FanDuel has recently partnered with the NBA’s Detroit Pistons and Memphis Grizzlies on a sports-betting partnership. The company also launched its online sports betting app in Tennessee in October. FanDuel Group is a New York City headquartered gaming…

Three new agreements have been signed that will bring 888 sports betting to the states of Indiana, Iowa and Colorado in 2021. The Indiana operation will take place under an agreement with Caesars Entertainment at the Harrah’s Hoosier Park site, while in Iowa the license will be held by the Catfish Bend Casino. The Colorado brand will operate under the license of the Colorado Grande Casino. Yaniv Sherman, Senior Vice President Head of Commercial Development for 888 Holdings, said that “Expanding 888Sport.com into these three states represents another major milestone in our ongoing growth across the regulated U.S. online gaming…

Sports betting at land based casinos has been legal for a while now. But Michigan online gambling, along with mobile sports betting, could be up and running before the end of the year. Internet casinos, along with online poker and other online games, have to wait until commercial and tribal casinos receive licenses. The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules will effectively green light the new regulations to allow for online sports betting and casino games at a meeting on Tuesday.their next meeting. “Everybody wants to get this thing going,” Lucido, of Macomb County’s Shelby Township, told The Associated Press. “This…

Half of all the states in America now regulate betting on sports, and more are sure to follow. This week we look at the gambling news of US sports betting as it continues to grow and shatter records! Hello players! Thanks for joining me on This Week in Gambling. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and if you have any room for leftovers we’ve got a full plate of sports betting news to cover from seven different states! So let’s get right into it with this week’s big stories! A few weeks ago we spoke about sports betting in…

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Las Vegas casinos get most of the headlines, but Coronavirus casino closures are shutting down gambling establishments all over the country. Michigan gaming establishments are shut down now, and they are not alone. The Governor of Illinois has made the decision to close state casinos there as Thanksgiving wraps up. And if the casinos refuse to close, they very well could see their gaming license revoked. Together with Illinois, New Mexico casinos are also commencing to stop operations in reaction to a COVID-19 surge. Route 66 casino Lodge closed in mid-Oct response and according to nearby media stores, the government…