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Current Gambling Regulation & Legislation in Texarkana 2024

Texarkana is a unique city, straddling the state lines of Texas and Arkansas. The city's location creates an interesting duality in gambling laws and regulations. Texas, with its stringent anti-gambling laws, presents a sharp contrast to Arkansas, where a more lax attitude has allowed the gambling industry to thrive. This article delves into the…

Law ・ 26 June 2024

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Ivey backs new gambling, lottery package: ‘Let’s get this done’

MONTGOMERY - Governor Kay Ivey gave her support behind a gambling and lottery legislative package that passed the House easily on Tuesday. However, the constitutional amendment in the package was carried over in the Senate late Tuesday night after a vote came up one vote short of meeting the 60% threshold for passage. "My position has remained…

Law ・ 02 May 2024

The Dallas Morning News

Adelsons back pro-gambling coalition in push for Texas casinos

The Adelson family of Las Vegas purchased the Dallas Mavericks with the hopes of expanding their gambling empire beyond Nevada to the Lone Star State. Now their company, casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp., is backing a petition to legalize gambling by the Texas Destination Resort Alliance. The Texas Destination Resort Alliances was established…

Law ・ 05 April 2024

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Guide to 2024 US Legal Online Gambling Developments

Nearly three-fourths of the states and Washington D.C. are offering some form of legal sports betting. The biggest question now is when the remaining states jump on board. Several states have bills introduced in current legislative sessions. Others are still at least a year away. Even those states that pass bills may want to put the matter before…

Law ・ 01 March 2024

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Maryland Will Vote To Legalize Online Casinos In 2024

Maryland is gearing up for a crucial vote determining whether online casinos will be legalized in 2024. This is a significant moment in the state's gambling laws and regulations, which have undergone numerous changes over the years to keep up with the industry's evolving landscape. From establishing brick-and-mortar casinos to introducing online…

Law ・ 09 February 2024

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Gambling in Texas: House considers profits and pitfalls

AUSTIN (Nexstar) - The Texas House Committee on State Affairs heard testimony on two bills which would legalize sports betting and casino gambling in Texas on Wednesday, fielding condemnations from concerned religious groups and eye-popping profit estimates from sportsbooks eager to cash in. HB 1942 by Plano Republican Jeff Leach would allow online…

Law ・ 23 March 2023

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Most Texans support new gambling law

AUSTIN - Most Texans support a legislative resolution that would move the state closer to legalizing gambling, according to a new survey by the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs. Texas Senate Joint Resolution 17, if passed, would place legalization of gambling before the voters in November 2023. Should a majority favor the…

Law ・ 01 February 2023

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Texas House speaker willing to expand gambling through destination-style casinos

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan said he is open to bringing resort-style casinos to the state. In a brief interview with reporters on Thursday, he said he believes voters would approve the constitutional amendment needed to expand gambling. As reported by Dallas News, Phelan said that while he does not want to see gaming spread limitlessly,he would…

Law ・ 13 January 2023

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Mark Cuban has Vegas-like vision for Dallas, new Mavs arena if Texas OKs casino gambling

DALLAS - In recent years, Mark Cuban's vision for a new arena has included a 20-story Madison Square Garden-like structure with window views of Dallas and fans arriving in autonomous cars. Now his plans are substantially larger in scope, grandeur and - he believes - economic windfall for Dallas and Texas. And himself, naturally. "My goal, and we'd…

Law ・ 17 December 2022

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Mavericks Owner Wants New Arena in the Middle of Casino

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban wants to build a new arena in the middle of a casino resort if gambling options expand in the state. would partner with casino company Las Vegas Sands He outlined the ambitious project to Dallas News in an interview this week. As part of his plans for the NBA team, Cuban said he would partner with casino company…

Law ・ 16 December 2022

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Online gambling measure would hurt Indian tribes

For the past 20 years, California voters have repeatedly stood with Indian tribes as we've sought to authorize and uphold gaming on tribal lands. Indian gaming has promoted tribal self-reliance - supporting education, infrastructure, health care, housing and other vital resources for our people. In return, Indian tribes have upheld our commitment…

Sports ・ 18 February 2022

Marin Independent Journal

California Voice: Online gambling measure would hurt Indian tribes

For the past 20 years, California voters have repeatedly stood with Indian tribes as we've sought to authorize and uphold gaming on tribal lands. Indian gaming has promoted tribal self-reliance - supporting education, infrastructure, health care, housing and other vital resources for our people. In return, Indian tribes have upheld our commitment…

Sports ・ 12 February 2022

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Here We Go Again: Kentucky's Online Gambling Push To Renew In 2022

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Times of San Diego

California and its Indian Tribes Would Be Losers if Online Gambling Is Permitted

For the past 20 years, California voters have repeatedly stood with Indian tribes as we've sought to authorize and uphold gaming on tribal lands. Indian gaming has promoted tribal self-reliance - supporting education, infrastructure, health care, housing and other vital resources for our people. In return, Indian tribes have upheld our commitment…

Sports ・ 08 February 2022

Northwest Georgia News

Georgia lawmakers set to renew debate over legalized gambling

ATLANTA - While the General Assembly gears up for next month's once-a-decade redrawing of Georgia's legislative and congressional district maps, lawmakers also will soon renew a much more frequent debate over legalized gambling. Bills that could lead to casinos, pari-mutuel betting on horse racing and/or sports betting in the Peach State will be on…

Law ・ 10 October 2021

Florida Politics

No Casinos, others sue to stop Seminole Compact

No Casinos asks a federal court to declare the Compact in violation of state, federal laws. Charging that the new Seminole Compact is a clear violation of the Florida Constitution and several federal laws, No Casinos and others filed suit Monday in federal court to block it. The suit asks a judge to set aside Florida's approval of the new 30-year…

Law ・ 04 October 2021

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Alabama Greyhound Racetracks Back Gambling Expansion

Four Alabama greyhound racetracks have teamed up for an ad campaign with the aim of increasing support for the legalization of casino gambling, lottery, and sports betting. [Image: Shutterstock.com] Alabama is a particularly conservative state when it comes to gambling. It is one of only six US jurisdictions without a lottery, and state law limits…

Bingo ・ 03 September 2021

Florida Phoenix

Massive gambling compact approved; expansion of gambling poised to change FL landscape

It's official. Federal authorities green-lighted Florida's gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida on Friday, marking the start of a new cultural era by allowing digital gambling statewide for the first time in Florida history. The 30-year compact, worth $2.5 billion to the state of Florida in just the first five years, was ratified by…

Finance ・ 09 August 2021

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Clock is running down on federal decision about multibillion FL/Seminole Tribe gambling compact

While Gov. Ron DeSantis and Seminole Tribe Chairman Marcellus Osceola signed an expansive gambling agreement last spring with great fanfare, the final word on the multibillion-dollar deal could be delivered in silence. Thursday marks the end of the 45-day review period during which the U.S. Department of Interior, and specifically its Bureau of…

Poker ・ 26 August 2021

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As FL Considers Casino Expansion, Advocates Want To Protect Against 'Problem Gambling'

As lawmakers gather in Tallahassee today to consider a major expansion of gambling in Florida, including the legalization of sports betting, concerns are rising that adding wagering options through mobile platforms will spur addiction, especially among young people. The compact between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe would allow residents…

Gambling Addiction ・ 17 May 2021

Coastal Courier

Proposed casino sites add meat to case for legalized gambling

ATLANTA - Supporters of legalizing casino gambling in Georgia have failed to make headway in the General Assembly year after year for the last decade amid intense opposition from religious conservatives. But this year's push features a different wrinkle. A Georgia developer who helped build The Battery, a mixed-use complex in Cobb County that…

Law ・ 14 August 2021

Fulton County Express

Legal Online Gambling in Georgia, Will It Happen?

Georgia is known for its firm anti-gambling stance, joining South Carolina, Hawaii, Utah, and Vermont as one of only five states that do not allow tribal or commercial casinos and pari-mutuel and wagering on sports. However, all that could change, as, in 2020, there were efforts to legalize sports betting in hopes that it would cause a chain…

Sports ・ 19 January 2021

The Denver Post

Colorado Amendment 77 results: Measure giving casino towns more control of gambling approved

Coloradans approved a measure to allow voters in three cities - Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple Creek - to make changes to gaming stakes without a statewide vote in Tuesday's election. Amendment 77 will let residents in the cities increase or remove bet limits and approve any new casino games in those locations. The measure will also let the…

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