04/23/21 Ohio’s sports teams want in on state’s sports betting legalisation Ohio’s professional sports teams are in favour of legalising sports betting and want to be the ones to offer the action.
04/23/21 Atlantic City’s Showboat Hotel to open huge arcade Investors are spending $7m to give Atlantic City’s Showboat Hotel the city’s biggest arcade, plus a sports bar and boxing ring.
04/23/21 Caesars completes $4bn William Hill acquisition Caesars Entertainment has completed its acquisition of the British bookmakers William Hill as it expands its sports betting and online gambling business.
04/23/21 Seychelles casinos reopen amid loosening of measures in the country Seychelles casinos, which were closed for four months due to a second wave of Covid-19 infections, have reopened this week.
04/23/21 IJL pushes for gambling decriminalisation in Brazil The Brazilian Institute for Legal Gambling (IJL) has called for the STF to set a date to discuss the decriminalisation of gambling in Brazil.
04/22/21 Online sports betting in New York officially approved Online sports betting in New York has been signed off as part of the state’s budget for this year.
04/22/21 BetMGM forecasts revenues of $1bn by next year The sports betting venture that belongs to giant MGM and Entain is predicting gross revenue will soar to $1bn by 2022.
04/22/21 Caesars begins revamp of Atlantic City casinos The casino operator had agreed to invest $400m in revamping its Atlantic City casinos as part of the Caesars-Eldorado merger last year.
04/22/21 RFP process begins for Chicago casino licence The request-for-proposals process has begun as Chicago seeks a casino operator to develop an integrated resort project in the city.
04/21/21 Arizona could reach $3bn in sports betting stakes Preparing to launch its licensed sports betting market, Arizona predicts stakes of up to $3bn a year .
04/21/21 DC lottery makes online offering permanent Washington DC has made its hastily online lottery a permanent part of the DC Lottery.
