On Thursday, sports betting went live in Maryland with the opening of a casino sportsbook at the MGM National Harbor. This comes after the state’s Sports Wagering Application Review Commission (SWARC) awarded sports betting licenses to Riverboat-on-the-Potomac and Long Shot’s earlier this week. Sports betting goes live at MGM National Harbor Sports betting finally arrived …
Illinois is the latest state with legal sports wagering to post record-breaking figures for the month of October. According to the latest figures from the Illinois Gaming Board (IGB), bettors in the state wagered $840m on sporting events in October. The latest handle figure represents a 93.4% year-on-year increase on the $434.6m wagered this time …
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The UK’s gambling Minister Chris Philp said the government will look to implement a single customer view (SCV) and a soft cap on affordability in its review of the 2005 Gambling Act. This comes as the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) called for the government to focus on protecting children from gambling harms in the …
Two more sportsbooks have been licensed in Maryland ahead of the opening of the state’s land-based betting market. This comes after the state regulator began handing out sports betting licenses in November. Two more sportsbooks licensed in Maryland On Wednesday, the state’s Sports Wagering Application Review Commission (SWARC) sports betting licenses to two off-track betting …
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The Ohio state legislature has passed a piece of legislation that would legalize land-based and mobile sports betting in the state. The bill will now head to Governor Mike DeWine, who has been outspoken on his support to legalize sports betting in Ohio, for approval. Ohio legislature passes bill After several years of trying to …
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The Seminole Tribe of Florida has taken its Hard Rock Sportsbook offline in the Sunshine State after a court ruled the tribe’s compact for sports betting was invalid. This comes after the Tribe’s motion to continue offering sports betting in Florida was denied at the end of November. Seminoles shutter Florida sportsbook app Over the …
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The UK’s gambling industry body, the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has called on the government to put child protection “front and centre” of the upcoming gambling white paper. This comes after the BGC praised social media platform Facebook which is set to introduce an opt-out option for the vast majority of betting adverts on …
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The state of Virginia is the latest US jurisdiction with legal betting to post record sports betting figures for the month of October. According to the latest figures from the Virginia Lottery, sportsbooks in the state processed a record $427.3m in sports wagers in October. October’s handle marks a 45.4% increase on the $294m wagered …
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The UK gambling charity GambleAware has published its annual update for 2020/21, revealing an improvement in gambling addiction treatment outcomes of the National Gambling Treatment Service (NGTS). According to the charity, 92% of patients that completed treatment during the 2020/21 year, improved their Problem Gambling Severity (PGS) index score. During 2020/21, the NGTS provided structured …
Colorado has joined the list of sports betting states to post record figures for October. According to the latest figures from Colorado’s betting market, sportsbooks in the state processed a combined $491.5m in wagers for the month of October. Colorado will now join the list of states with sports betting to have benefited from October’s …
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