Yahoo Finance has recently reported that the fastest growing industry for the Empire State will be the gambling industry in 2019. This conclusion is based on statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BSL) and projections from the Projections Managing Partnership (PMP). The PMP is a government-backed combination of business that produces state labor market …
Just as the 2019 legislative session deadline reaches Friday the 18th, five sports gambling bills are squeezed in last minute. Governor Charlie Baker and several other MA lawmakers have produced their own sports gambling bills for consideration in this year’s legislative session. The Governor’s bill favors the endeavors of companies like DraftKings and FanDuel, while …
Which bill will the state choose to implement, both are sound but depending on your values you may prefer one over the other… Indiana’s 2019 legislative session is faced with a difficult decision, choose Rep. Alan Morrison’s House Bill 1363 or Sen. Jon Ford’s Senate Bill 439. Both share the same principles – a 6% …
Online casino gambling and sports betting bill vetoed in Michigan just before the new Governorship enters in January. The state’s outgoing Republican Governor Rick Snyder just vetoed two strongly bi-partisan supported gambling bills. These measures were passed through the House last June 68-40, Representative Brandt Iden proposed an emergency amendment to the bill in December …
Legal sports betting is sweeping across the United States and has now passed in the nation’s capital. On Tuesday, the D.C. Council voted 11-2 in favor of legalizing sports betting in the nation’s capital with the passing of the Sports Wagering Lottery Amendment Act of 2018. This was the second vote on the bill by …
The baseball league may be open to gambling now, but don’t bet on Pete Rose getting into the Hall of Fame any time soon. On Tuesday, Nov. 28, MLB and MGM Resorts International announced the league’s first-ever partnership with a gambling operator and the third U.S. major sports league to make a deal MGM Resorts …
The Supreme Court of the United States has officially decided to take on New Jersey’s sports betting case. This news is a breath of fresh air in a case that was presumed dead after the Solicitor General weighed in on the matter. SCOTUS reached out to the acting Solicitor General for an opinion on the …