This week’s show covers sports betting regulation in another state, the pending roll out of regulation in another, and more broadcast television partnerships with gambling companies! Also, we will be filming on the streets of Las Vegas this week, so come on down and join us!   Hello my friends and thanks for joining me on another edition of This Week in Gambling.  I’m Todd J Todd, and this show has been shaken… not stirred. We have stories to cover from Iowa and Nevada, but first this week’s big story us: This Week in Gambling! Yeah! Geez… must be a…

A survey released by the American Gaming Association shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans — 63 percent — support legal, regulated sports betting in the wake of the May 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the sports wagering ban in the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. In the months since the Supreme Court deemed PASPA unconstitutional, 10 states and the District of Columbia have passed bills to authorize regulated sports betting, and 15 states have authorized sports betting. An additional 12 states are likely to consider sports betting legislation in 2019. At a conference call announcing the…

In the wake of a United States Supreme Court ruling, state sports betting regulation is being challenged by major sports leagues that believe gambling should be overseen at the federal level. A statement on Tuesday issued on behalf of four state regulators by the International Center for Gaming Regulation at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, concludes that “coordinated action among jurisdictions” — states and tribal agencies — is the key to stopping illegal betting and possible corruption of the sports themselves. Although the regulators welcomed “strong support from federal-level enforcement agencies,” they took a direct swipe at the leagues,…

Delaware is poised to become the first state to legalise sports betting in the wake of this week’s US Supreme Court ruling, with plans to launch as early as June. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court voted to repeal a federal ban on sports betting in the country, allowing states across the US to individually legalise such activities. The federal 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) had blocked states from launching a regulated market –with the exception of Nevada, Oregon, Delaware and Montana – but a bid led by New Jersey to overturn the Act has proved successful. However…