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Tennessee has enacted an outright ban on sweepstakes casinos and made prediction market manipulation a criminal offense, placing the state among the most restrictive in the country.
New Jersey's Senate committee advanced bills requiring written explanations for account restrictions and self-exclusion videos -- a significant step toward stronger player protections.
Matthew Schuler is leaving the Ohio Casino Control Commission, opening a leadership vacancy at the agency overseeing one of the fastest-growing sports betting markets in the US.
Boomer's Sportsbook takes over at Silver Sevens Hotel and Casino on June 1, replacing William Hill and continuing the regional book's rapid Las Vegas expansion.
A Macquarie Equity Research note published May 18 found that iGaming-centric operators crushed Q1 2026 expectations while DraftKings and Flutter reduced full-year guidance, revealing a structural split forming in digital gaming.
Layoffs are mounting across the sports betting industry as operators face prediction market competition, rising state tax rates, and a market recalibration from expansion to profitability — with Penn and others among those cutting headcount.
Sporttrade is shutting down its US sports betting operations, with New Jersey users losing access on May 25 and all other states following by June 26 as the company pivots toward prediction markets.
DraftKings is closing its retail sportsbook at Wrigley Field at the end of May, pointing to Illinois tax charges that have made the physical operation financially unsustainable.
Budget negotiations in North Carolina include proposals to raise the sports betting operator tax rate from 18 to as high as 30 percent, a change that operators are already fighting.
Senators Katie Britt and Richard Blumenthal have introduced the GAME Act, a bipartisan bill that would ban social media platforms from targeting minors with gambling advertisements and fine violators up to $100,000 per ad.
Rhode Island Senate Bill 3118 would open the state to as many as six sports betting operators starting in 2027, but the state's 51 percent revenue tax remains a major deterrent for national brands.
Gaming and gambling interests that faced new or higher taxes in 2025 have committed $8.1 million and counting to Pennsylvania Republican primary races in 2026, making the industry one of the biggest outside spending forces in the state's legislative contests.
After a sports betting referendum bill failed in the Georgia House this year, the industry is betting its money on changing the legislature itself — pouring $10 million into 2026 primary races to reshape who votes next session.
Colorado's Senate Bill 131 would make the state the first to cap the number of daily sportsbook deposits by law, while also banning credit card wagering and prohibiting push notifications that prompt bettors to deposit.
