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Too much Atlantic in Atlantic City: Beach erosion has casinos desperately seeking sand by summer

Mar. 18, 2024 14:35 PM EDT

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The ocean and beaches have always been a part of Atlantic City's identity: from salt water taffy to Miss America bathing beauties to the name of the place itself, the city has been marketed as a place to have fun by the sea. But there is a little too much...

It's March Madness and more people than ever can legally bet on basketball games

Mar. 17, 2024 00:29 AM EDT

People in North Carolina may have a little more riding on this year's NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments, as they will be able to legally bet on the games through their smartphone apps and computers for the first time. For the sixth straight year, the number of states...

Florida rivals ask courts to stop online sports gambling off tribal lands

Mar. 15, 2024 16:49 PM EDT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida will be raking in hundreds of millions of dollars from online sports betting this decade, thanks to a compact between the tribe and Gov. Ron DeSantis that gave the tribe exclusive rights to run sports wagers as well as...

Internet gambling revenue continues to soar in New Jersey. In-person revenue? Not so much.

Mar. 15, 2024 15:55 PM EDT

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Internet gambling revenue continues to soar in New Jersey, where online casinos are accounting for a growing share of the betting pie: Atlantic City's casinos and their online partners won $182 million in internet bets in February. Figures released Friday...

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

Mar. 14, 2024 07:16 AM EDT

Frankort State Journal. March 8, 2024. Editorial: Help is available for disordered, problem gamblers With the college basketball conference tournaments and the NCAA’s big dance right around the corner, it is only fitting that March is Problem Gambling Awareness...

North Carolina launches statewide sports wagering

Mar. 11, 2024 18:43 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Mobile and online sports wagering across North Carolina took off on Monday, as several licensed gambling operators started taking bets nine months after legislation to authorize such activity statewide became law. Some of the interactive sports wagering...

Temple, Loyola (Md.) men's basketball programs disclose gambling-related investigations

Mar. 08, 2024 19:14 PM EST

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Temple University said Friday it will review reports that show at least one game involving its men's basketball team was flagged for unusual betting activity while Loyola (Md.) said it had removed a person from its basketball program after it became aware of a gambling...

Panel says the next generation of online gambling will be more social, engaged and targeted

Mar. 07, 2024 13:01 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The future of online gambling will be more social, more engaged with players and more targeted to their individual interests, an industry panel said Thursday. Speaking at the Next.io conference on internet gambling and sports betting, panelists said online gambling...

Panel says New York, Maryland and maybe California could offer internet gambling soon

Mar. 06, 2024 14:39 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — With Rhode Island this week becoming the seventh U.S. state to launch internet gambling, industry panelists at an online gambling conference predicted Wednesday that several additional states would join the fray in the next few years. Speaking at the Next.io forum...

Iowa State athletes' lawyers scoff at investigation leader's disappointment in gambling case ending

Mar. 04, 2024 15:20 PM EST

Attorneys for four Iowa State athletes who had been charged in a sports wagering case said Monday it was alarming that the Iowa Department of Public Safety commissioner expressed disappointment that prosecutors decided to drop the case. A Story County judge granted the county...