Sports Betting
Sporting Kansas City midfielder Felipe Hernandez has been placed on administrative leave following a report the player violated the league’s gambling policies, Major League Soccer (MLS) said in a statement Friday. Sporting Kansas City midfielder Felipe Hernandez was suspended in 2021 for betting on two MLS matches This would mark the second time Hernandez has […]
Casino and sports betting revenue in New Jersey reached nearly $510 million in May 2024, an 8.5% increase over May 2023, according to figures released Friday by the state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE). New Jersey casino operators won nearly $223 million from in-person gamblers, a 5.2% increase from a year earlier Online wagering continued […]
Vermont hit a new low with its sports betting handle in May 2024, with operators accepting $12.6 million in wagers. That’s a 26% decline from April, according to the state’s Department of Liquor and Lottery’s (DLL) summary report. Vermont sportsbooks ended May with an adjusted revenue of $1.2 million, down 25% from April’s $1.6 million […]
Bally’s Chicago casino located at 600 N. Wabash Avenue near the Magnificent Mile won more than $11.73 million from players in May, the Illinois Gaming Control Board (IGCB) reported. Bally’s Chicago collected $6.98 million from slots, $4.75 million from table games in May The casino at Chicago’s Medinah Temple features 800 slot machines and 56 […]
At a D.C. Council meeting on Wednesday, members voted to retain an amendment in the budget that would allow the District to open its online sports betting market to multiple operators. D.C. Council votes to end FanDuel’s monopoly on online sports betting in the District Zachary Parker’s amendment to eliminate fellow council member Kenyan McDuffie’s […]
Kansas City Mayor Tyrone Garner has endorsed the idea of using sports betting revenue and STAR bonds to attract two major league franchises – the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs and the MLB’s Kansas City Royals – to move from Missouri to the Kansas side of the city. Kansas City to use sports betting revenue and […]
Genius Sports and the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) have agreed to a global sports betting integrity information sharing and wider anti-match-fixing partnership. Genius Sports and IBIA will share suspicious betting activity and access to certain technological resources The agreement unifies one of the world’s largest sports technology companies in Genius Sports and IBIA, which […]
The Indiana Gaming Commission reported sports betting handle of $361.6 million for May on Wednesday, a 27.6% increase from last year as basketball topped all other sports because of the Indiana Pacers and Caitlin Clark. Indiana had the fifth-largest sports betting handle in May Indiana’s basketball handle totaled $97.2 million, an increase of $25.5 million […]
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) requested an evaluation of Bovada’s operations within the commonwealth during Wednesday’s meeting. The commissioner requested the regulatory body to discuss sending a cease-and-desist letter to the illegal offshore online sportsbook and casino. Massachusetts Gaming Commission would send the letter to Harp Media B.V. in Curaçao If the Massachusetts Gaming Commission […]
Iowa ended the month of May with $182.4 million in sports betting handle, down from $209.5 million in April and a record-setting $272.4 million handle recorded in March. Iowa sports betting operators reported $165.7 million in wagering payout in May, down from April Operators in the Hawkeye State cashed a total of $16.69 million in […]
