Gambling

Could Online Sports Betting and Gambling Help Close State Budget Shortfalls?

COMMENTARY | Taxes on online betting and gambling can help government leaders boost their budgets and create sustainable economic growth.

  • By Max Bichsel

What Other States Can Learn From What Happened in Illinois After It Legalized Gambling

Attention: Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Pennsylvania. Accel Entertainment became the largest video gambling operator in Illinois. Now it has its eyes on you.

  • By Jason Grotto and Logan Jaffe, ProPublica

Illinois Video Gambling Tax Hike Will Be Decided by Lawmakers With Financial Ties to the Industry

As video gambling has grown in the state, so have the industry’s links to lawmakers.

  • By Jason Grotto and Dan Mihalopoulos, ProPublica

Sports Betting Not Proving to Be a Tax Bonanza For States

Revenues have largely been modest and in some places have fallen far short of projections.

  • By Bill Lucia

Few Signs So Far Sports Wagering Will Be Huge Boon for State Budgets

“Large amounts of tax revenue from sports gambling is no sure bet,” one expert notes.

  • By Bill Lucia

Regional Rivalries Arise in Dash for Sports Gambling Cash

Seven states have kicked off sports betting since a Supreme Court decision essentially making it legal.

  • By Elaine S. Povich

Should Congress Regulate Online Sports Betting?

The NFL is throwing its weight behind a federal framework, while the gaming industry blamed “burdensome” taxes and laws for the allure of illegal sports books.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

As States Legalize Sports Gambling, Convenience and Tax Rates Are Key

There isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to legalization, but one analysis says states should see serious budget revenue gains with the right policies.

  • By Dave Nyczepir

Hedge Those Bets: Sports Gambling May Not Be a Jackpot for States

Gambling experts warn that starry-eyed lawmakers might be overestimating their haul from legalized sports betting.

  • By The Pew Charitable Trusts

Legal Sports Betting Is About to Sweep the Nation. Services for Gambling Addicts Probably Won’t.

Only 17 states pay for one or more full-time staff positions to help problem gamblers, according to a 2016 survey from the National Council on Problem Gambling and the Association of Problem Gambling Service Administrators.

  • By The Pew Charitable Trusts

Supreme Court Rules States Can Legalize Sports Gambling, Reaffirming Limits of Federal Authority

The high court made clear that state legislatures have a “dual sovereignty” with their federal counterparts.

  • By Mitch Herckis

Supreme Court Will Hear 2 Cases Impacting State Government This Week

From the Tenth Amendment to the First, civil rights to states rights, a lot is at stake for state and local governments.

  • By Mitch Herckis
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States Hope Supreme Court Sports Betting Case Will Lead to Revenue Windfall

The high court might end a “failed statutory regime” that Nevada currently enjoys.

  • By John Tomasic

Pennsylvania’s Big Budgetary Gamble With Proposal for ‘Satellite’ Casinos

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  • By Route Fifty Staff

Will the Supreme Court Deliver a Windfall of Tax Revenue for State Governments?

Justices on the high court plan to examine the federal ban on sports betting outside of Nevada.

  • By John Tomasic

3 Pueblos in New Mexico Ask Feds to Stop State’s ‘Illegal Tax’

Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Oklahoma’s mercury-in-fish lake list grows; Philly neighborhood sees increased flooding; and N.C. Republicans seek more revenge on Cooper.

  • By Route Fifty Staff

Upstate N.Y. Local Governments Get Infusion of Casino Money

The state is doling out $30.2 million in license fees from three new casino projects to counties and municipalities.

  • By Bill Lucia

Casino Job Growth in Pennsylvania Falls Short of Industry-Backed Estimates

“This is a lesson for the General Assembly to more cautiously review job creation projections and estimates,” says Auditor General Eugene DePasquale.

  • By Bill Lucia

As Pennsylvania Gambling Revenues Edge Upward, New Jersey Eyes More Casinos

The regional casino market is crowded and Garden State lawmakers are pushing a North Jersey plan with hopes of helping Atlantic City, too.

  • By Bill Lucia

Gambling's 'Big Trickle-Down' Boost or Simply a Way to Shuffle Economic Dollars Around?

Locals in a county in New York state's Southern Tier have welcomed expanded gambling in their community. But will it lift the fortunes for everyone?

  • By Bill Lucia

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Push Airport Slots Idea; N.C.’s Legislature Doles Out Downtown Grants Randomly

Also: Concerns over uneven neighborhood policing in Dallas and strong support for cigarette tax hike in Idaho.

  • By Michael Grass