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Only 6 States Offer Internet Gambling, Despite Boom in US Sports Betting
While two-thirds of the country now offers legal sports betting, only six states offer online casino gambling, confounding industry hopes that the rapid growth of sports betting would also bring internet casino betting along with it.
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Hot Start: Here's How Fast Sports Betting Took Off in Mass.
In-person betting began at the end of January, but mobile betting is expected to quickly become the dominant method of sports wagering here.
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Mass. Sports Betting Barely Mentioned in Addiction Services Presentation
The topic of sports betting, which is about to explode across Massachusetts this week with the onset of mobile wagering, barely came up Wednesday during a presentation at the Public Health Council by the Office of Problem Gambling Services. Massachusetts over the past decade has grown increasingly reliant on revenues from casino wagering and slot machines, which add to state…
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WWE in Talks With State Gambling Regulators to Legalize Betting on Scripted Match Results
WWE is in talks with state gambling regulators to legalize betting on high-profile matches.
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Here's How to Legally Bet on the Super Bowl
Sports betting is now legal in two-thirds of the country, and more Americans than ever before have an opportunity to place a legal bet on Sunday’s Super Bowl.
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Gaming Commission Asked to Reconsider Staggered Launch of Sports Betting
The Mass. Gaming Commission is set to face a request Thursday to reconsider its already-fraught staggered launch plan and let both in-person and mobile betting start at the same time. But the ask doesn’t come from an eager betting public, it comes from one of the industry’s largest players that’s based in Boston. DraftKings sent a letter to the commission two...
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Surveys Shed Light On Mass. Sports Betting Application Pool
The road that leads to a late January start of in-person sports betting is coming into clearer view for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. The next month will produce even more crucial information for the commission. Now armed with responses to a survey it asked all prospective applicants to fill out, the commission is starting to get into a regulation review…
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Baker Signs Sports Betting Bill, Gaming Commission Meets Thursday
More than four years after the U.S. Supreme Court said that states could legalize sports wagering, Massachusetts did just that when Gov. Charlie Baker signed a sports betting bill Wednesday afternoon, shifting public attention onto the Gaming Commission’s rollout of the newly legal activity. The sports betting bill was one of 17 that Baker acted on on Wednesday — he…
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Baker Signs Sports Betting Bill Into Law
Massachusetts has officially legalized sports betting, with Gov. Charlie Baker approving legislation.
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Mass. House-Senate Sports Betting Negotiations Kick Off Thursday
Will Massachusetts legalize sports betting by the time the legislative session expires July 31? Place your bets now because the conference committee that will try to hammer out a compromise bill will meet Thursday to get down to business. Reps. Jerald Parisella, Aaron Michlewitz and David Muradian and Sens. Michael Rodrigues, Eric Lesser and Patrick O’Connor are due to huddle…
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US Casinos Had Their Best Month Ever in March, Winning $5.3B From Gamblers
Inflation may be soaring, supply chains are snarled and the coronavirus just won’t go away. But America’s casinos are humming right along.
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Debate Continues Over Sports Betting in Mass.
The Massachusetts Senate is debating a bill to legalize betting on sports as neighboring states have done.
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Mass. Senate Tees Up Sports Betting Bill for Vote This Week
Senate tees up sports betting bill for vote this week
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Gamblers' Budget Tool Rolls Out At MGM Springfield
As casino executives and gaming regulators prepared to mark the official launch of the PlayMyWay program at MGM Springfield on Thursday afternoon, about 200 gamblers had already enrolled to use the voluntary gambling budget tool. The program that’s been available to players at Plainridge Park Casino since 2016 allows gamblers to set a slot machine budget for themselves and then…
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Stadium Developer Plans $3 Billion Sports Arena and Casino Project in Las Vegas
The new project, from Tim Leiweke’s Oak View Group, aims to be ready for an NBA team if one ever comes to Las Vegas.
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Meet the Women Who Are Shaking Up the Male-Dominated Gambling Industry
FanDuel CEO Amy Howe and Entain’s chief, Jette Nygaard-Andersen, are making the gambling industry rethink some key issues.
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Two Years Ago Stocks Dropped 12% in a Single Day. Here Are Lessons Investors Learned That Can Still Apply
The initial onset of Covid-19 sent shocks through U.S. markets in 2020. Here’s what investors can still take from that experience today.
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DraftKings CEO Dismisses Stock Plunge, Says It's a ‘Wild Market Right Now'
“In the meantime, we’ve just got to keep doing our thing and hopefully the market will catch on,” CEO Jason Robins told CNBC on Friday.
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Baker: Mass. ‘Losing Out' on Big Game Bets
In the middle of Super Bowl LVI, while Americans wagered approximately $7.6 billion on the Super Bowl, Gov. Charlie Baker published a tweet voicing his frustration over the stalled status of a bill in the Massachusetts State House that would legalize sports betting. “MA is losing out to neighboring states on this, especially during big games,” Baker wrote. Every state…