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The Election Betting Experiment: Will Congress Rebottle This Genie?

The Election Betting Experiment: Will Congress Rebottle This Genie?

January 8, 2025

The Election Betting Experiment: Will Congress Rebottle This Genie?

By: Jake Gray

Just this fall, Americans in all 50 states were able to put their money where they mouth was on the outcome of the 2024 Presidential Election—what many news outlets call, and even one platform itself has called, election betting. Betting, notably, is not legal in all 50 states. Before the Supreme Court’s ruling, sports betting was largely prohibited nationwide under PASPA, with only Nevada and a few other states grandfathered in to varying extents. While nearly 40 states plus the District of Columbia have legalized sports betting in the time since the Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) in Murphy v. NCAA (2018), election betting as it is currently implemented is not, strictly…

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Our Big Three Predictions for the Online Gaming Industry in 2025

January 6, 2025

Our Big Three Predictions for the Online Gaming Industry in 2025

By: Sara Dalsheim

In 2025, we will celebrate the seventh anniversary of the repeal of PASPA and the resulting increase in legalization and popularity of various offerings in the gaming industry – namely sports wagering and online casino gaming. We predict 2025 will bring the following to the industry: (1) further actions from state authorities to fight back against the illegal offshore market; (2) further clarifications from state…

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“The Devil Made Me Bet It” – the Third Circuit Considers Arguments in Bettor’s Case Against Casino

December 16, 2024

“The Devil Made Me Bet It” – the Third Circuit Considers Arguments in Bettor’s Case Against Casino

By: Abbey Block

Can a casino be held liable for encouraging its patrons to gamble, particularly when those patrons exhibit signs of problem gambling? That is the question the Third Circuit Court of Appeals was left to contemplate following oral arguments in the case of Antar v. The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, LLC et al., which took place last week.[1] The plaintiff in the case, Sam Antar,…

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NJ Gaming Chief: “It’s a Wonderful World to Be an iGaming Operator”

June 11, 2021

NJ Gaming Chief: “It’s a Wonderful World to Be an iGaming Operator”

By: Jacob Grubman

With a new bill authorizing online gaming in New Jersey for the first time in 2013, Department of Gaming Enforcement Director David Rebuck and his staff went looking for ways to assuage industry concerns that online firms would “cannibalize” business from the already-struggling retail operations in Atlantic City. “It was going to cannibalize it, intuitively: ‘We’re going to lose people; they’re not going to come…

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Will New Jersey be the center of the Esports Universe? According to the Head of the NJ Division of Gaming Enforcement, that’s the goal

May 26, 2021

Will New Jersey be the center of the Esports Universe? According to the Head of the NJ Division of Gaming Enforcement, that’s the goal

By: Nicole Kardell

The EGR’s East Coast Virtual Briefing 2021, took place May 26, 2021 with a packed agenda, including revealing the winner of the Ifrah Pitch Competition.  We wanted to provide some highlights on developments in esports as a gambling vertical.  Esports was the focus of a Q&A session hosted by Chris Grove, a partner at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming.  Grove interviewed the director of New Jersey…

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Coming to [North] America: Content Regulation for Gaming Ads and Marketing

April 28, 2021

Coming to [North] America: Content Regulation for Gaming Ads and Marketing

By: Nicole Kardell

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario recently published its Draft Registrar’s Standards for Internet Gaming (“Draft Standards”).  The purpose of the 50-page document is “to ensure that regulated entities have a sound control environment, and an organizational structure that promotes good governance, accountability and oversight, as well as transparency in dealings with the AGCO.” Among the areas of oversight (which are broad reaching) is…

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Maryland Legislature Poised to Send Sports Gambling Bill to the Governor

April 13, 2021

Maryland Legislature Poised to Send Sports Gambling Bill to the Governor

By: George Calhoun

As part of the 2020 election, Maryland voters approved a Constitutional amendment to allow sports betting.  In February, I reported on the Maryland legislature’s efforts to pass a new bill to legalize and regulate sports gambling.  The state passed another milestone yesterday when the Maryland Senate unanimously approved a new sports wagering bill. The bill is the result of a compromise reached between the House…

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The Election Betting Experiment: Will Congress Rebottle This Genie?

The Election Betting Experiment: Will Congress Rebottle This Genie?
By: Jake Gray

Our Big Three Predictions for the Online Gaming Industry in 2025

Our Big Three Predictions for the Online Gaming Industry in 2025
By: Sara Dalsheim

“The Devil Made Me Bet It” – the Third Circuit Considers Arguments in Bettor’s Case Against Casino

“The Devil Made Me Bet It” – the Third Circuit Considers Arguments in Bettor’s Case Against Casino
By: Abbey Block

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