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The State of Baltic’s Changing Gambling Laws 2021-04-07 As the only former Soviet states in the EU, the Baltic countries are easily some of the most developed in terms of progressive gambling laws. While others in the area can struggle due to the evolving demands of online gambling legislation, the Baltics take a proactive approach. While still enabling some differences between the countries, the three still share an overarching target. This approach creates environments that are regulated, safe, and generate appreciable tax contributions. Like most countries, these laws started to manage ...

A record number of self-banned gamblers have been slipping into Maryland's casinos during the coronavirus pandemic, risking arrest and having their winnings stripped, according to state and criminal records.

Nevada Esports bill aims to draw, oversee video competitions March 17, 2021 GMT RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada lawmaker wants the state Legislature to create a sanctioning body modeled after the Nevada Athletic Commission to regulate Esports games that pit video players and teams against each other for money and championships. Republican state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer told the Reno Gazette Journal in a story published Tuesday that the creation of a state oversight body could help attract events and boost tourism in Las Vegas and northern Nevada. ADVERTISEMENT “That’s the hope,” he said, pointi...

When March Madness went quiet in Las Vegas When March Madness went quiet in Las Vegas Sportsbooks went dark on March 19, 2020, during one of the busiest times of the year.  Photo courtesy of Art Manteris A year ago, Art Manteris was sitting alone in the back of his sportsbook at Red Rock Resort and Casino. He had been booking bets in Las Vegas since the late 1970s, but he had never seen anything like this. He should've been in the thick of the madness of the opening Thursday of the NCAA tournament -- nonstop hoops action on the high-definition, wall-to-wall video screens while a packed house...

90.5 WESA's The Confluence for Tuesday, March 9, 2021 On today's program: The state board tasked with licensing and overseeing casinos has become a “golden parachute” for some lawmakers and the politically connected, explains Spotlight PA reporter Angela Couloumbis; and a palliative care social worker tells us what it means to die well, and why the pandemic is making it harder for her to support patients.   (0:00 — 9:08)  The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is sometimes called, in jest, the “golden parachute” for out-of-work Harrisburg legislators.  Democrat Frank Dermody lost ...