Michigan In The Hot Seat: Online Sports Betting And Threats Of Violence

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Michigan has been at the center of two different betting markets – politics and sports – in the media. In 2019, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a bill legalizing sports betting and online casino gambling. Still, the Wolverine State has been waiting since then for domestic operators to begin offering their online platforms. …

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Four US States Have Gambling Measures On Their 2020 Ballots

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If you live in the United States and regularly gamble online, most of that gaming naturally takes place at legal international betting sites. However, with the 2018 PASPA overturn, there has been plenty of – ahem – action in various state legislatures to pass new sports betting laws. To date, roughly 20 US states have …

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Nevada Casinos Must Choose: Will They Be Netflix Or Blockbuster?

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The future of domestic casino gaming is online, which is clear to anyone even cursorily involved with the US gambling industry. This has been especially highlighted during the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States. During the months-long lockdowns – and even now with limited-capacity reopenings – states with physical brick-and-mortar gambling venues have been …

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The COVID Vaccine Deals Bad Hand To Brick-And-Mortars

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If you’re an avid brick-and-mortar poker player, chances are you’re now an avid online poker player instead. And if you aren’t, you’re probably strongly considering it. That, of course, is thanks to the widespread card room and casino shutdowns brought on by they 2020 coronavirus outbreak in America, which took away most poker players’ legitimate …

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US-Friendly International Gambling Sites Offer Betting Markets Domestic Books Can’t

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Usually, our coverage involves the launch of new US-based sportsbooks and how they stack up to their more refined competitors overseas. After all, offshore betting sites have been taking US customers for almost 30 years, long before the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act was overturned by the Supreme Court in May 2018. But one …

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