Washington Advances Tribal-Only Sports Betting Bill
March 5, 2020
A bill in the Washington legislature to limit sports betting to Indian gaming tribes—without any
A bill in the Washington legislature to limit sports betting to Indian gaming tribes—without any
Efforts to bring sports betting to the Show Me State didn’t pass in time for
A pair of competing bills to bring sports betting to Washington are under discussion in
Maryland is surrounded by states that offer sports betting. To stop Marylanders from placing their
New Jersey’s still fledgling sports betting business surpassed Nevada in handle in May, but in
New York state Rep. Anthony Brindisi has introduced a House bill designed to clarify how
Will he or won’t he? New York still awaits support from Governor Andrew Cuomo for
Missouri could be the first state in the U.S. to pay professional sports leagues and
The Sports Betting Hall of Fame has announced the names of five inductees who will
Illinois gambling regulators have not yet established a timeline for the launch of sports betting,
The New Jersey communities that house the two race tracks with sports betting—East Rutherford and
Pennsylvania’s Mount Airy Casino Resort cut the ribbon last week on its retail sportsbook, located
On July 3, 1966, Atlanta Braves pitcher Tony Cloninger made MLB history by hitting two grand slams in a 17-3 rout of the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park. Driving in nine runs—a single-game record for a pitcher—Cloninger remains the only pitcher in major league history to hit two grand slams in a single game, or even an entire career.
On July 3, 2009, John Kane triggered five video poker jackpots in under an hour at Vegas's Silverton Casino. The secret? A hyper-specific software glitch that let him replay winning hands at max stakes just by pressing a precise sequence of buttons. The feds charged Kane and his partner under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, but a judge dismissed the case. The ruling? Simply pushing the buttons a casino provides to the public—even in a glitchy order—isn't hacking. The exploit forced IGT to rush out global firmware patches, cementing it as one of the wilder legal loopholes in modern gaming history.
