The future of domestic casino gaming is online, which is clear to anyone even cursorily involved with the US gambling industry. This has been especially highlighted during the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States. During the months-long lockdowns – and even now with limited-capacity reopenings – states with physical brick-and-mortar gambling venues have been …
If you’re an avid brick-and-mortar poker player, chances are you’re now an avid online poker player instead. And if you aren’t, you’re probably strongly considering it. That, of course, is thanks to the widespread card room and casino shutdowns brought on by they 2020 coronavirus outbreak in America, which took away most poker players’ legitimate …
Usually, our coverage involves the launch of new US-based sportsbooks and how they stack up to their more refined competitors overseas. After all, offshore betting sites have been taking US customers for almost 30 years, long before the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act was overturned by the Supreme Court in May 2018. But one …
Michigan’s saving grace is picking up steam. Back before it became one of the laughing stocks of the political cataclysm that is 2020 America, Michigan – and embattled Governor Gretchen Whitmer (who is now the subject of a recall petition in the state) – passed and signed MI gambling laws legalizing sports betting and online …
Massachusetts. Heaven help them. This week, the MA state senate decided to move forward with its economic development bill, which was passed Monday night. However, before passage, the provisions within the bill for the legalization of Massachusetts sports betting were stripped out. While several senators attempted to get the wagering language reinserted into the bill, …
COVID-19 has had a staggering impact on just about every kind of business in the United States. And while the disease has infected just over one percent of the American population, nobody in the country is immune to its effects. Casinos, largely thought to be recession-proof and depression-proof, have been especially hard hit, with hundreds …
With coronavirus cases on the rise nationwide, more and more gamblers are turning to online casinos, sportsbooks, and poker rooms. There are very few states in the country that offer domestic options for all three, but New Jersey does, and the most recent data is promising, if unsurprising. Thanks to record numbers of people staying …
Yesterday, news hit the wire that Big Fish Games – one of the top mobile developers in the world – agreed to settle a class action lawsuit to the tune of $155 million. Because Big Fish was owned by Churchill Downs, Inc., from 2014 to 2018, the famous Kentucky Derby horse racing brand is on …
Today was something of a watershed moment in New Jersey, as five Atlantic City casinos have reopened. Tomorrow, three more will follow suit. Despite being one of only three states in America that allow for full online casino gambling, New Jersey’s decision to reopen is partly business-minded and partly patriotic. It is July 4th weekend, …
On Wednesday, FanDuel bet on itself to hit the jackpot in the domestic online gambling space with the launch of the brand’s first standalone casino app in Pennsylvania. The company started life as a daily fantasy sports operator, and while FanDuel always ran a long second to DraftKings in the DFS market, it pivoted to …