This Week in Gambling

Governor Phil Scott recently address both the House and Senate, where he said Vermont online sports betting should be a part of his $6.3 billion 2020 state budget proposal. “Our demographic crisis is — without question — the greatest challenge we face as a state, “Scott said, repeating his oft-stated warning. “Addressing this reality is crucial to Vermont’s future.” As reported by Seven Days, the governor’s proposed budget would not raise any existing taxes or fees, but it would create two new ones: Scott pitched legalizing and taxing online sports betting, as neighboring New Hampshire recently did, and he called…

Well, that didn’t take long. Barely three weeks into the new year and word has already come that New York mobile sports betting will not be happening in 2020. The states budget for the next fiscal year, starting in April, will not extend sports betting outside the confines of upstate casinos. Although Senator Joseph Addabbo has made repeated efforts to legalize online and mobile sports betting and called for their inclusion in the 2020-21 budget, Governor Andrew Cuomo opted not to include these components. Instead, the bill will allow for casinos to take bets throughout their premises, but not from…

It’s our first update on sports betting in the US, as well as online poker and internet casino games for 2020! Discussion includes both poker and betting on sports in California, plus current sports betting information from Maine, Colorado and Washington. Also, the possibility of online poker in Nebraska and Kentucky! Howdy y’all! And welcome again to This Week in Gambling where we have several major industry headlines, including updates on sports betting in the US! So let’s get right into it with this week’s big story! The state of California has the largest population in the country. As such…

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Nebraska online poker is set to regulated if the new “Games Of Skill” Act passes through the state legislature. The Act would legalize certain games of skill such as sports betting, daily fantasy sports, and poker. The “maybe” of online poker is due to the bill not specifically mentioning the internet at all. But the office for the bill’s sponsor said the intention is to include online gaming. The bill doesn’t categorize all poker games as games of skill, but does define skill-based games as “draw poker” games like five-card draw and “community card” games like Texas Hold’em and Omaha….

The approach of Colorado sports betting has seen more than 50 license applications since November, which could pose a problem since the state only plans to issue 33 licenses total for physical and online sports books. Voters narrowly passed  the sports gambling measure to regulate the activity in November. The first licensees are expected to be approved in February, though they won’t be able to take bets until Colorado’s new sports gambling law goes into effect on May 1. Casinos will be taxed 10% on net proceeds, which will primarily be funneled to Colorado’s water plan. The state expects to…