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Popular investment app Robinhood adds predictions markets to services Launch of predictions markets includes partnership with Kalshi March Madness and financial markets to be included as part of launch Robinhood, a financial services company and mobile-first brokerage is expanding their services by adding sports predictions markets or events-based contracts to their platform in time for March Ma...

Lawmakers in Georgia pushed two bills forward from a House committee to introduce legal sports betting One bill would have put Georgia sports betting up for a statewide vote in late 2026 Both bills failed to make it past the House chamber before last week’s Crossover Day deadline Georgia fails to move forward with legalized sports betting in 2025, leaving further discussions off the ta...

On Tuesday, February 4, investment giant Robinhood pulled contracts that would allow users to bet on the Super Bowl, following a request from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Crypto.com got the same request from the CFTC, but are proceeding with their plans to expand into sports betting through Super Bowl 59. This could be a massive shift in online sports gambling The S...

A new Connecticut sports betting bill that will allow wagering on in-state college teams has been proposed. The current law permits betting on Connecticut college sports teams only when an event involves four or more teams. House Bill 5284 also includes new language for how gambling can be marketed in the state and rules to allow independent parties to vet lottery games. Connecticut sp...

The Mississippi House approved a mobile sports betting bill that would legalize online wagering in the state. With strong support for mobile sports betting, the House voted in favor by a vote of 97-14. Now, the Mississippi mobile sports betting bill will head to the Senate before it can become law. In a 97-14 vote, the Mississippi House of Representatives approved the Mississippi Mobil...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed an expanded sports betting bill into law in June 2023. House Bill 347 legalized mobile sports betting and permitted more retail sportsbooks to open throughout the state. Early reports suggested that the expanded network of sportsbooks would be open before the Super Bowl, though there remains uncertainty on when it will officially launch. On June 14...

Disney has expressed interest in attracting an outsider investor to purchase an equity stake in ESPN. According to Bovada, Apple is the strongest contender to purchase a majority stake in ESPN. Apple’s betting odds lead a field that includes Amazon, Google, and Saudi Sovereign Wealth. If oddsmakers are correct at Bovada, Apple is set to venture into the sports network industry with a p...

North Carolina Republicans have agreed to halt casino expansion in the new state budget. The casino expansion cut comes after the two-year budget plan endured a significant delay in the legislature. A debate between the House and Senate over the expansion of gambling was at the crux of the extended delay. North Carolina lawmakers have compromised on a $30 million state budget following...

Parx Casino Shippensburg held a two-day testing period last January 23 and 24. The casino will officially open its doors to the public on February 3, 2023. The Category 4 casino will have 500 slot machines and 30 table games. Parx Casino in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania is slated to open at 10:00 a.m. on February 3rd. But before the casino is up and running, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Boar...

A large sportsbook will be constructed at Potawatomi Casino in Milwaukee. The Potawatomi Casino Sportsbook will become only the second retail sports betting option in Milwaukee after the Oneida Casino. The Potawatomi Casino is currently undergoing a $100 million renovation to its third floor which is expected to be completed this year. Sports betting is coming to Potawatomi Casino in Milwauk...

Vornado Realty Trust is said to be joining the New York Casino race. Vornado wants to build its casino at the shuttered Hotel Pennsylvania site near Madison Square Garden. The state of New York will issue up to three downstate casino licenses this year. Vornado Realty Trust is reportedly joining the New York casino race. According to a report from the New York Post, New York City's second...

Fremont Casino launched its rebranded FanDuel Sportsbook last Thursday along with its expanded gaming floor. The 2,300-square foot sportsbook marks the return of FanDuel in the Las Vegas gaming scene since it left in 2015. The expanded gaming floor adds 10,000 square feet of space which will enable the casino to add 120 new games. Fremont Hotel & Casino celebrated last Thursday the ...

Parx Casino in Shippensburg will officially open its doors to the public on February 3, 2023. The Category 4 casino will feature 500 slot machines, 48 electronic table games, and a high-class sports bar and restaurant. It is tethered to the Parx Casino in Bensalem which is the state’s top revenue-generating gaming property in Pennsylvania. Parx Casino Shippensburg will finally open its ...

Station Casinos completed the sale of a 57-acre lot along Las Vegas Boulevard to HCA Healthcare last month. Despite moving the property, Station still has extensive land holding in Southern Nevada after a busy buy-and-sell in 2022. The gaming company also demolished 4 casinos in 2022 intending to sell the land or combine it with a future project. A new medical campus could soon be on th...

Seminole Gaming broke ground on the new Seminole Brighton Casino project last Thursday. The new complex will replace the existing casino which is located 3 miles away from it. It will have a 100-room hotel which will become the first hotel to be built in the Brighton Reservation. Seminole Gaming and the Seminole Tribe of Florida broke ground last week at the site of the new Seminole Bri...

The New York Gaming Facility Board voted to issue a Request for Application (RFA) to solicit a proposal for up to three commercial casinos. Empire City in Yonkers and Resorts World in Queens are considered shoo-ins for two of the three Las Vegas-style casino licenses. Caesars Entertainment, Wynn Resorts, Steve Cohen, Stefan Soloviev, Thor Equities, and Steve Roth are among those who have exp...