It’s been over two years since Louisiana fantasy sports betting was approved. In the time since then, state lawmakers have set the tax rates and the regulatory process. Now, it’s time to start approving operators. A vote last week began that process. Operators of fantasy sports contests will have to be licensed by the Louisiana
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B toBet will provide the platform (PAM) and sportsbook to William Hill, one of the world’s leading sports betting and gaming operators. The agreement is a long-term deal and further strengthens Aspire Global’s leading position in LatinAmerica and specifically in Colombia. Aspire Global’s BtoBet will provide its platform and cutting-edge sportsbook solution. BtoBet was acquired
C Advertising aesars Entertainment officials announced the sale agreement for Caesars Southern Indiana on Thursday 24 ahead of the company’s Dec. 31 deadline to divest from the casino operation, located in the Harrison County town of Elizabeth, across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. The agreement is an expansion of an existing partnership between the
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T he total purchase price of the acquisition was $140 million, subject to customary adjustments, and was funded with cash on hand and available borrowings under the Company’s revolving credit facility. “Eldorado Shreveport represents the latest step in our ongoing portfolio diversification strategy, expanding our rapidly growing geographic footprint into the attractive Shreveport/Bossier City market,”
W ind Creek Hospitality and Betfred USA Sports announced today the launch of their online sports betting platform in Pennsylvania. The announcement comes just one month after The Sportsbook at Wind Creek Bethlehem opened the retail location in the space formerly occupied by Buddy V’s Ristorante. Guests physically located in Pennsylvania can now place sport
Our friends at GameCo are expanding and have selected US Bookmaking as partners for the first ever esports sports book in America. Through GameCo’s partnership with US Bookmaking, FansUnite will be the first iGaming solutions provider to receive significant exposure in the U.S. esports betting market. FansUnite entered into a partnership with GameCo to establish
Cashless gaming is on the way, and the first Tribal casino to give it a try will be The Morongo Casino in Cabazon, California. They’ve partnered with Marker Trax, setting the stage for the southern California resort to become the nation’s first tribal casino to offer completely cashless casino slot markers, and the first in
Just as things were starting to look better for 2021, London casinos have been closed again as a new stain of Coronavirus is sweeping through the United Kingdom. The city has been forced into another lock down by the latest surge of COVID-19 infections in what the Mayor described as “deeply troubling”. The UK Health
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In a major development for the poker community, a Michigan interstate online poker bill now sits on the Governor’s desk ready to be signed into law. If you don’t understand why this is so significant, then focus on the word “interstate”. Unlike many other states with legalized online poker, Michigan is set to allow play
N evada tourism promotions chief Brenda Scolari said Monday in a media call with state COVID-19 response leaders that casinos are “open within the limits of the capacity determined by the governor,” but for instance, in Las Vegas, the New Year’s fireworks that typically draw 300,000 people to the resort-lined Strip have been canceled. The
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T he UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) on Monday extended the deadline for the consultation and call for evidence on remote customer interaction by four weeks to February 9, 2021. Launched on 3 November, the UKGC-led consultation is calling for views and feedback from consumers, people with lived experience, industry and other stakeholders on stronger requirements
Players in the Empire State have been able to place wagers on sporting events at land based casinos, but New York online sports betting has so far remained elusive despite repeated attempts to regulate it. However, Governor Andrew Cuomo recently indicated that he is open to legalizing mobile sports wagers in his state. He mentioned
I llinois has quickly vaulted to become the fourth-largest sports betting market in the United States, even though COVID-19 spoiled the launch earlier this year. The state’s first legal bet was placed in March — just a few days before the pandemic shut down most of the economy — and since then, Illinoisans have wagered
I reland’s Cork County Councilors have effectively banned any casinos from Fermoy as they outlawed licenses for the facilities at this week’s council meeting. The motion by Councilor Noel McCarthy adopted a similar measure made in the 1980s in Mitchelstown, which bans the facilities in the area, The Avondhu reports. His motion was centered around
Less than a month ago, Cirque du Soleil announced the permanent closure of their Zumanity show at the New York New York Resort in Las Vegas. But any concerns that the company will close down and abandon Sin City don’t seem to be true. Just a year ago their aquatic show“O” began a first ever
In another primes example of good ol’ boy politics in the 21st Century, the PokerStars lawsuit filed by the Bluegrass buddies of Kentucky will apparently cost PokerStars over $1 billion. Originally, Kentucky filed the lawsuit as a result of the poker operator accepting bets from the state post-UIGEA. The ruling in the PokerStars lawsuit case
As we head toward 2021, the push for California sports betting is picking up steam… even if it has no hope of regulating the activity until at least 2022. The Coalition to Authorize Regulated Sports Wagering says they have gathered over 1,400,000 signatures from registered voters in the state who support the legalization of betting