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Effort would allow vote on gambling, enable sports betting in Georgia
March 28,2022
Attempts to expand legalized gambling in Georgia reemerged Monday as a House panel approved legislation that would ask vot...
Online sports betting in New York dazzles for first week of March Madness
Online sports betting operators in New York generated $428M in handle for a week (March 14-20) that covered four days of the NCAA tournam...
Louisiana gets $2.1 million in taxes from Super Bowl, other February sports bets
More than 211 million sports bets were placed on mobile betting apps in Louisiana during February, a month that had numerous opportunitie...
Legal wrangling continues in Florida over Jacksonville-area casino
It’s been almost two months since backers of an effort to bring Las Vegas-style casino gambling to North Florida failed to submit enough ...
Camelot will this week launch a High Court challenge over claims Britain’s gambling regulator broke the law in its decision to award Czech billionaire Karel Komarek the lucrative contract to run the National Lottery
Camelot will this week launch a High Court challenge over claims Britain’s gambling regulator broke the law in its decision to award Czec...
IGT 2021 Annual Report and Accounts
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New York Mobile Sports Betting Nears $4 Billion Wagered After Just 10 Weeks
Legal sports wagering in New York state continues to make tons of money and March Madness has something to do with it, according to Legal...
NJ Lottery Announces Record Sales in Finalized Annual Report
Lottery has Generated Over $30 Billion in Revenue for the State Since its Inception
TRENTON (March 21, 2022) – The New Jersey Lottery re...
German State of Thuringia Issues Online Casino Monopoly to Finance Ministry
The German state of Thuringia has fulfilled its mission. It wanted to have a monopoly on its online casino operations, which is official ...
A Plea for Solidarity and Resistance A letter from Evgeniy Vlasenko, Vice President, MSL Lottery Ukraine to Paul Jason
A Plea for Solidarity and Resistance
A letter from Evgeniy Vlasenko, Vice President, MSL Lottery Ukraine to Paul Jason
Dear Paul, Seve...
Kentucky Lottery sales remain strong through FY22
Lottery sales remain strong through FY22
With 7 days left until the end of the 3rd quarter of Fiscal Year 2022, in today’s meeting of t...
Will they or won't they? Alabama legislators face decision on lottery, gambling votes
Alabama gambling bills demonstrate the Heisenberg uncertainty principle: the better you understand their position, the less you understa...
Lottery Associations WLA and EL and Ukrainian Lottery issue statements of condemnation of Russia
https://publicgaming.com/PUBLICGAMINGMARCHAPRIL2022/UKRAINEWLAEL.pdf
HAROLD MAYS Confirmed as Director of the Illinois Lottery
CHICAGO, March 25, 2022 – Harold Mays was confirmed as the Director of the Illinois Department of the Lottery by the State Senate on Tu...
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Staff Auditor
Kentucky Lottery Corporation - Louisville, KY 4.0
The Staff Auditor I/II prepares a...
Costa Rica Lottery Winners Saved After Proposed Tax Bill Fails
An attempt by Costa Rica’s leaders to increase the country’s revenue through additional taxes has fallen flat. The Legal Affairs Committe...
Jackpocket Announced as "Official Mobile Lottery App" of Audacy New York
This partnership to provide lottery news to Audacy New York's 7.6 million monthly listeners
NEW YORK, March 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jac...
With Sports Betting Still Illegal in Mass., Residents Are Crossing State Lines
With some nearby states like New York and New Hampshire approving sports betting, it remains illegal in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts sti...
Why is Las Vegas Falling in Love with eSports?
There are millions of live casino players and video game players spread across the world, and the fascination is still growing. From the ...
JOB: DC LOTTERY Director, Information Technology
Government of the District of Columbia
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)
Director, Information Technology
$136,260.00 - $17...
Entain to Enter the Metaverse
Entain have had great success in the gambling industry. They own companies such as Ladbrokes, Coral and Bwin but are always looking for n...
Minnesota House Committees approve sports betting bills
A bill legalizing sports betting is on its way to a fourth committee after passing the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday morning by a...
Sightline Payments announced today that Play+, is partnering with JPMorgan.
Sightline Payments announced today that Play+, its mobile payment processing application tailored toward the US gaming industry, is partn...
Congressional Gaming Caucus Wants to Raise the IRS Ceiling
Slot-machine players pump their money into the so-called one-arm bandits because they want to win a jackpot. It's a rare occurrence -- MG...
Here’s what will change when Ontario’s new internet gambling market opens April 4
Come early next month, legal single-sports betting and online gambling will significantly expand in Ontario.
Single-sports betting has b...
Connecticut Lottery Looking Forward to More March Madness
The CT Lottery says they are seeing big numbers when it comes to betting on the NCAA tournament in the first year it is legal in Connecti...
Iowa Lottery sees impact of gas prices, inflation
Iowa Lottery sales so far this fiscal year are nearly even through February when compared to the record set last year.
Iowa Lottery spok...
South Dakota Lottery sales still rising, powered by new terminals
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — There hasn’t been a downturn, yet, in money gambled on the South Dakota Lottery.
Instead, state government’s share...
UK: Betting and Gaming Council signals support for Government’s revival plans
In the United Kingdom and the head of the influential Betting and Gaming Council lobby group has announced that his industry is prepared ...
YouGov data backs up UK black market fears
The polling company YouGov has released new figures on black market gambling in the UK.
UK.- Anti-gambling campaigners have criticised t...