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A petition to allow for statewide mobile sports betting in Missouri has been submitted to the secretary of state with over 340,000 signatures. The “Winning for Missouri Education” group are the petition’s proponents. It is being led by the six Missouri professional sports franchises and seeks to legalise sports betting in the state. The petition
An Iowa criminal investigator appears to have lost his moral compass and is more concerned with garnering attention than following the rules, emails released to the Associated Press this week reveal. In the ongoing investigation around the suspension and arrests of multiple college athletes, the emails shine new light on what motivated at least one
Welcome to iGB’s State of the Union, a look at the biggest North American sports betting stories we’ve covered over the week and briefs on others we found interesting. Alberta up next? Or maybe Quebec? When it comes to legalising or launching sports betting in the US, money is often the driver. Seems the same
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) is considering further tightening their promotional and advertising prohibitions. At a meeting on Tuesday (30 April), the commission discussed banning promotions or bonuses that are not related to gaming. The first state to consider a non-gaming related promo ban was Ohio. In that state, Fanatics offered promotions that crossed between
The Tar Heel State has released its first week’s sports betting figures, with a total handle already nearing a quarter of a billion dollars. The North Carolina State Lottery Commission has plenty of reasons to celebrate with over $198m wagered in the first week of sports betting, starting on Monday 11 March. Detailed numbers have
Georgia’s House Higher Education Committee passed a package of sports betting bills that ultimately could send at least $22.5m per year to problem and responsible gambling programmes should the state legalise mobile wagering later today. Today (28 March) Georgia’s General Assembly is set to adjourn by 11.59pm EST. The Higher Education Committee passed amended versions
Georgia’s General Assembly went to the brink Thursday (28 March) night, and still, it didn’t legalise sports betting. In fact, the package of bills that got through the Senate in less than three weeks never even got in front of the full House for consideration. Two amended legal sports betting bills — a constitutional amendment
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani Monday (25 March) vehemently denied that he ever bet on sports, sent money to an illegal bookmaker or “willfully” paid off gambling debts for anyone during a press conference at the Dodgers facility regarding the sports betting scandal swirling around his former interpreter. The comments were in response to
A statewide mobile sports betting bill got its first hearing in the Georgia House Tuesday (12 March). With just over two weeks remaining in the legislative session, and more than five weeks after the Senate passed SB 386, a statewide mobile sports betting bill got its first hearing in the Georgia House Tuesday. There was
Alabama voters are a step closer to deciding whether sports betting will be legalised in the state after a bill was passed by lawmakers. The Alabama House passed two bills on Thursday which envisage the expansion of commercial gambling in the state. Bills HB151 and HB152, both sponsored by Rep. Chris Blackshear, must still be
