Category: Legislation

Legislation to speed up bidding for three New York City-area casino licenses faces a bleak near-term outlook. The objective of the bill was to open the window for proposals by the end of this month, but that appears unlikely because there’s less than three weeks left in August. An aerial shot of the New York…

Veterans groups in Indiana have formed a political action committee (PAC) to encourage state lawmakers in Indianapolis to pass legislation authorizing electronic charitable gaming. Indiana veterans groups are asking state lawmakers to allow electronic pull tabs at their nonprofit facilities. Indiana’s charitable gaming law currently only allows paper games as shown in the photo. (Image:…

Utah State Rep. Kera Birkeland (R) plans to reintroduce a proposed constitutional amendment that would ask Utahns whether to legalize a state lottery. But following the failure of last year’s effort – the proposal was pretty much dead on arrival – this one comes with a twist. Birkeland is suggesting legalizing a lottery only in…

Nebraska lawmakers and gaming industry stakeholders gathered this week in the Lincoln capital to discuss the pros and cons of expanding sports betting to the internet. It quickly became apparent that the issue remains polarizing. Sports bettors place their bets at WarHorse Lincoln in March 2024. Sports betting in Nebraska remains limited to retail operations,…

Texas should open at least five destination casino resorts, according to a Las Vegas Sands (LVS) executive, whose company is among those eager to capture a license. The Dallas skyline, pictured above. LVS wants to see two casinos in the DFW metroplex. (Image: Visit Dallas) Two of these casinos should be in the Dallas-Fort Worth…

News that the North Texas Commission (NTC) will set up a committee to study proposed casino gambling in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex is getting praise from some experts who follow the controversial issue. Andy Abboud, senior vice president of government relations at Las Vegas Sands, pictured above, has expressed support for casino legislation in…

Illegal gambling rooms in Hawaii remain a paramount problem on the island state, but Gov. Josh Green (D) and lawmakers hope to crack down on the illicit betting operations through a newly enacted law. An illegal gambling room in Hilo is shuttered in 2017 after police raided the facility and charged seven people with running…

Over 100 demonstrators gathered in Sacramento, Calif. Tuesday to protest against legislation they say could cost California cardrooms thousands of jobs, iGB reports. Despite protestations, the bill was advanced 15-1 by the California Assembly’s Governmental Organization Committee. Gardena Mayor Tasha Cerda says the card clubs in her city are major employers and vital sources of…

The Florida Gaming Control Commission (FGCC) members have been provided with personal confidentiality protections through a bill signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). Law enforcement members with the Florida Gaming Control Commission raid an arcade on May 9, 2023, in Fort Pierce. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law that…

Missourians will likely vote for the next US president this November, and also whether they support the authorization of retail and online sports betting. Mascots of pro sports teams based in Missouri on May 2, 2024, help deliver voter signature boxes for a campaign seeking to legalize sports betting through a November 2024 ballot referendum….