Maine is joining seven other states in the iGaming market and will also be the ninth state to launch online poker either this year or next. Chicago-based BetRivers is undeterred by the state’s small population and will likely make a bid to become one of the platforms offering at least online casino gambling in the
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Virginia’s senators initially failed to advance the latest online casino bill, but at the end of the day, a second vote was taken, and the bill was passed despite three voters abstaining. Reversal of Fortune It appeared as though Virginia’s most recent online casino measure would be stuck in neutral before it even got started,
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Hawaii is one of the few states without any form of gambling, but sports betting appears to be the best chance to lift that strict prohibition, as evidenced by the latest gaming measure advancing out of committee and into the legislative pipeline. Betting on Hawaii The Sports Betting Alliance (SBA), a gaming trade association that
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DraftKings CEO Jason Robins announced his company will be vigorously competing in the prediction market category and has vowed to eventually become the industry leader. DraftKings Intends to Lead The tug-of-war between prediction market leaders like Kalshi, Polymarket, and Crypto.com, to name a few of the most popular prediction platforms, and state gaming commissions continues
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has announced a proposal that would implement a per-bet sports tax on mobile sportsbooks and a tax increase on iGaming platforms operating in the Great Lakes State for FY 2027. Revenue Increase Proposal A reduction in federal funding has spurred Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to recoup those funds in new legislation
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The legal cauldron brewing regarding prediction platforms offering sports event contracts just got hotter as a House bill to prohibit those companies from doing so was recently announced. Whether it gains traction in the lower chamber is unclear, but it does increase the pressure against the federally licensed prediction markets from offering their version of
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Another iteration of online casino legislation is making the rounds in both of Illinois‘ legislative chambers, but the prospects of either bill being passed during this session remain murky. Another Bite at the Apple Illinois legislators have been attempting to legalize iGaming since 2023, and this year is no different. Last year, Representative Edgar González
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Rival Polymarket has filed its own lawsuit against the Bay State just days after a Massachusetts judge ruled in favor of the state’s injunction that prevents prediction-markets operator Kalshi from offering sports-event contracts. Reversal of Fortune Polymarket filed a lawsuit against Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell earlier this week, arguing that prediction-trading platforms prohibited
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