Category: Legislation

A New Jersey lawmaker wants gambling text messages banned Andrew Zwicker’s bill is aimed at a fine of no less than $500 for any entity found breaking the rule Atlantic City casinos, sportsbooks, and online gambling platforms market via SMS Casinos, sportsbooks, and other gambling operators market their businesses in a variety of ways, including…

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro wants to regulate and tax skill games There are an estimated 70,000 unregulated skill games operating across the commonwealth Along with recreational marijuana, Shapiro thinks skill game taxes can help fund higher K-12 education spending For a second year in a row, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) is calling on the…

Legislation to ask Alabama voters to allow lawmakers to legalize gambling has been introduced The measure needs a three-fifths majority support in the Alabama Legislature The gaming bill faces long odds A new year means a new push to bring certain forms of gambling to Alabama. As in the previous legislative sessions, measures to authorize…

Roanoke has received a $75,000 gift from an unnamed casino developer The Virginia city continues to mull a casino effort on the state level The City of Roanoke in southwest Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains has accepted a $75,000 gift from an unnamed casino developer. What the money will be spent on isn’t being publicly disclosed….

Indiana legislation to permit a casino in the Fort Wayne region is making progress State lawmakers are seemingly on board with allowing a current casino to move northeast Legislation in Indiana to allow Full House Resorts in Rising Sun or any other casino to relocate its state-issued gaming license to the Fort Wayne region has…

Online sweepstakes casinos are illegal in Louisiana A state lawmaker wants to increase the penalties for violating Louisiana’s gaming law Prefiled legislation in Louisiana seeks to strengthen penalties for operating an unregulated, unlicensed online sweepstakes casino within the Bayou State. The statues of Antoine Fats Domino, Al Jumbo Hirt, and Pete Fountain at New Orleans…

South Carolina casino legislation is likely dead for 2026 Gov. McMaster continues to oppose gambling expansion efforts Legislation to authorize commercial casinos in South Carolina is presumably dead for 2026. For anyone who’s been keeping tabs on gambling pushes in the Palmetto State, that comes as little surprise. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, pictured in…

Legislation to force casinos in Iowa to extinguish smoking has failed Iowa’s casinos can permit tobacco smoking anywhere on their gaming floors, though some designate supposedly smoke-free gaming areas Iowa casinos will likely retain their smoking privileges for at least another year after legislation to force the venues to go smoke-free once again failed in…

Legislation in Iowa seeks to force prediction markets to obtain state licenses The licenses would come with hefty costs, including an upfront $10 million fee Prediction markets say their federal regulation supersedes state laws Prediction markets are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), but lawmakers in Iowa want to have a say in…

Hawaii has no legal form of gambling A state task force is mulling the pros and cons of casinos, sports betting, and lottery gaming Hawaii is one of only two states, the other being Utah, that have no legal form of gambling. A state task force has assembled to consider the merits of bringing casinos,…