Compliance Updates
Sports Betting Banned In States With 2024 Super Bowl Teams
The Super Bowl game this year between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs will be a major day for legal sports betting — but not in the states that are home to the two teams.
Sports betting is illegal in the nation’s most populated state, California (49ers), and Missouri (Chiefs).
Gambling.com Legislation Expert Larry Henry took a look at how attempts at legislation in both states are progressing – along with some key quotes from his ‘The Edge’ interview with Gary Jenkins, an attorney and former Kansas City Police Department intelligence detective:
In California, a heated effort during the 2022 election to legalize commercial sports betting was unsuccessful, leaving tribal leaders at odds with regulated online sportsbook operators hoping to enter the market.
This year, a proposed sports betting ballot initiative already has been withdrawn, prompting speculation from industry observers that California, mired in wrangling over the issue, might remain without legal sports betting for at least two more years.
In Missouri, the Legislature again this year has taken up a sports betting measure, but its chances are questionable in part because of a stalemate over unregulated slot machines in bars and gas stations, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
With this dispute as a backdrop, Missouri’s major professional teams are attempting to circumvent the Legislature by seeking enough signatures from registered voters to put the issue on the Nov. 5 ballot. More than 170,000 signatures are required by May 8.
Gary Jenkins, an attorney and former Kansas City Police Department intelligence detective, said on Gambling.com’s “The Edge” that Missourians are crossing into bordering states to place legal sports bets, costing his home state money in lost revenue.
“We’re losing millions and millions in tax dollars,” Jenkins said.
Jenkins, who investigated Mob street rackets like illegal sports betting during his time as a police detective, said Missouri residents want to be able to bet legally on sports.
“They don’t see anything wrong with it,” he said. “They’ve been doing it with their friends for years.”
Canada
Court Decision Upholds iGaming Ontario’s Model
iGaming Ontario has welcomed the decision of the Ontario Superior Court, which found that iGaming Ontario’s model is consistent with the Criminal Code and that iGaming Ontario is conducting and managing igaming in the province.
“We have always been confident in our model and are pleased that the court has ruled in our favour, and that Ontarians can continue to play with confidence in our regulated igaming market,” said Martha Otton, Executive Director of iGaming Ontario.
“Ontario’s model meets the requirements and contributes to the public good by protecting players, their data and their funds, while helping to fund priority public services in Ontario, and bringing well-paid, high-tech jobs and economic development to Ontario,” Otton added.
In dismissing the application brought forward by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK), the Superior Court found that iGaming Ontario is the “operating mind” behind Ontario’s competitive igaming market in accordance with the conduct and manage requirements of the Criminal Code.
iGaming Ontario will continue to conduct and manage igaming as it has since the launch of the regulated market on April 4, 2022.
Compliance Updates
Supremeland Gaming Continues U.S. Expansion With Supplier License Approval In Michigan
Supremeland Gaming, Inc., the emerging brand in American iGaming, has gained approval for a Supplier License in Michigan, marking the company’s fourth U.S. state approval following the successful acquisition of interim approvals in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and West Virginia.
Supremeland Gaming is approved to operate under this license and is now authorized to offer its cutting-edge innovation to the Great Lakes State. Their continued expansion underscores its commitment to pushing the boundaries of innovation in the iGaming industry.
Rickard Öhrn, CEO of Supremeland Gaming, said: “With approvals already in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and West Virginia, our entry into Michigan underscores our dedication to serving players nationwide. We are excited about the opportunities this new market brings and look forward to delivering innovative, engaging, and responsible gaming solutions to the rapidly growing U.S. iGaming community.”
Supremeland’s game portfolio has garnered international appeal since its debut in November 2023. The innovative brand produces first-class games, including Red Panda Rising™ and its global debut, Munition Mine™, for which its subsidiary, Powderkeg Studios, is shortlisted at the CasinoBeats Game Developer Awards.
Compliance Updates
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The largest greyhound protection group in the world thanked Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont for signing a bill to outlaw greyhound racing, calling the new law a victory for everyone who cares about dogs.
“The end of dog racing in Connecticut has finally come because of the hard work of dedicated lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Greyhound advocates everywhere applaud Governor Lamont’s enthusiastic stand against this cruel industry. Connecticut now joins 42 other states that have already rejected this outdated and inhumane form of gambling,” said GREY2K USA President and General Counsel Christine A. Dorchak.
Greyhound racing is now illegal in 43 states, and only continues to exist at two tracks in West Virginia. After dog racing gradually declined for decades, Florida voters outlawed the activity in 2018 by a vote of 69% to 31%, closing twelve operational racetracks. A bill to prohibit gambling on greyhound racing nationwide was introduced in the 117th Congress and earned the support of 105 cosponsors and more than 250 humane groups, anti-gambling organizations, and local animal shelters.
All mainstream animal protection groups oppose greyhound racing due to animal welfare concerns. At the last two remaining dog tracks in West Virginia, state records indicate that 666 greyhounds were injured in 2022 including 218 dogs that suffered broken bones and five greyhounds that died. Thousands of dogs also endure lives of confinement at West Virginia tracks, kept in cages barely large enough for them to stand up or turn around for long hours each day.
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