Author: Paul Brooks

The National Hockey League (NHL) is joining forces with the American global hospitality and entertainment company MGM Resorts International. Under the multi-year partnership which was announced on Monday by Gary Bettman, the Commissioner of the NHL, MGM Resorts will receive data for use in sports betting. Mr. Bettman cited the […]

Indiana could become part of the several states which have already made sports betting legal, following the Interim Study Committee on Public Policy’s unanimous decision to recommend to local lawmakers to consider bringing some changes to the state’s existing gambling legislation. Earlier in October, the above-mentioned committee voted to recommend […]

The Major League Baseball (MLB) still insists on collecting a so-called “integrity fee” from US states which have made sports betting legal. As previously revealed by Casino Reports, the Executive Vice President of MLB, Kenneth Gersh, has shared his belief that it would be fair for the professional sports league […]

A new research has found that teenagers who played social casino games for free were much more likely to start gambling for real money both in retail facilities and online. Such adolescents were also more likely to become problem gamblers when they are older. The results of the study, which […]

According to certain records which CBC News managed to obtain, British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) paid its investigators and their managers financial bonuses partly based on profits during the time when alleged money-laundering transactions have been processed at the province’s casinos. CBC News revealed that it obtained the documents under […]

A casino industry survey which was released yesterday revealed that legal sports betting services could bring US$4.2 billion to the four major US sports leagues on an annual basis. According to the research, most of that amount could be reaped indirectly, from an increased engagement of sports fans across the […]

For the time being, daily fantasy sports (DFS) are not legal in the state of Louisiana. On November 6th, local voters will be given the chance to consider giving DFS the green light in the parish. The proposed amendment to the gambling legislation will see both the supporters and the […]

There are about 11,000 people in Niagara Falls who suffer from a certain level of a gambling addiction. According to Greg Eaton, a team lead at the Responsible Gambling Council, many of these people are not aware of the fact or find that they have a problem with their gambling […]

The last fifteen months have been critical for the province of British Columbia in terms of gambling, as the illegal money-laundering schemes which involved local casinos have been expanding further and further. Only a few days after BC Attorney General David Eby took over the job in the summer of […]

The gambling monopolist in the province of Ontario – the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) reported a 25% increase in its online gambling revenue in the last fiscal year. Its contribution to the province also rose to a record high. The OLG only recently issued its annual report for […]