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Expert gives thumbs up to new sports betting laws in Michigan and Virginia that include money earmarked to treat compulsive gambling.

The objective upside of this venture is that it creates two avenues of collection: One as a lender gaining loan interest, and the other as a sportsbook profiting from to the juice (or “vig").

And as has been the case of late, the eyes of the panel were on Texas - traditionally a state very resistant to any form of gambling.

Democrats in South Carolina are again pushing gambling to generate tax revenues, but the legislature is controlled by Republicans.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker renewed Executive Order 2020-41 for the sixth time since his initial issuance in June, suspending the in-person registration requirement for access to mobile sports wagering in the state.

Though single-game betting could be coming to Canada in 2021, a last-ditch effort to pass a bill before Christmas failed on Friday.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced the closure of the state's 10 retail casinos, effective Friday, as a means of combatting the recent rise in COVID-19 cases statewide.

After the state's gaming board reported a sports betting handle of more than $285 million, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker again renewed Executive Order 2020-41 which suspends in-person registration required for access to mobile sports wagering.

Fairmount Park was found preliminarily suitable in its bid to become a racino and was granted a sports wagering license by the IGB.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's use of Executive Order helped mobile sports betting take off. With promising early results, is there an appetite to end in-person registration for those accounts permanently?