The Rhode Island Lottery released figures Friday for bets placed at Twin River Casino in Lincoln in November. The casino became the first in New England to accept bets on professional sports Nov. 26, so the figures only encompass five days of betting. The casino paid nearly $610,000 on winning bets. That leaves about $73,000…
A pair of U.S. senators from opposing parties is proposing that the federal government take back control of sports gambling in America, the first formal move by Congress after a Supreme Court ruling reopened a complex debate over fans betting on games and who controls the action. Several states have begun offering sports betting after…
Pennsylvania is in the midst of launching its sports betting industry–becoming part of the first wave of states to do so. After a slow–and snowy–start, officials say things are going smoothly. Sports betting only officially became legal after a US Supreme Court decision in May. Pennsylvania lawmakers were ready. In their search for revenue, they’d…
The D.C. Council on Tuesday cast a first vote in favor of bringing legal sports betting to the nation’s capital, pushing the city one step closer to becoming the first place in the Washington region to capitalize on the increasingly lucrative market…[ read full story ]