Going all in: 18 months after legalization, sports betting brings big bucks to Mississippi
Don Coleman is in the wrong Philadelphia.
The devoted fan of the Philadelphia Eagles is seated in the middle of the Sportsbook at Timeout Lounge at the Golden Moon Hotel and Casino in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Two weeks prior, in Tunica, he bet on a playoff game between the Eagles and the Seattle Seahawks. Now he’s back for more.
Poll: US divided on college vs pro sports betting
Scrambling to fill out a March Madness bracket? Betting lunch money that you can pinpoint the Final Four better than co-workers or family?
Some lawmakers worry about allowing sports bets on phones
For states looking to profit off the new world of legal sports betting, there’s an app for that. The question for state lawmakers: Should they allow it?
Sports betting will be no home run for state budgets
The race to legalize sports betting is on now that the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed it in all 50 states, but will it provide enough extra tax revenue to make much of a difference for schools, roads or pension debt?
Don’t bet on it.
Indian casinos across US wary of betting on sports books
Two dozen large-screen TVs showing football and other sports line the walls. There’s beer on tap, bar top seating and leather chairs. Chicken wings are on the menu. And at this American Indian casino in the heart of college-football mad Mississippi, you can legally bet on the games.
Mississippi casinos win more in second month of legal sports betting
Casino revenue rose sharply again in Mississippi in September in the state’s second month of legal sports betting.
Republicans favor new federal regulation on sports gambling
House Republicans strongly favor new federal regulations on sports gambling after the Supreme Court allowed states to open sports books.
Mississippi casino revenue rises as sports betting begins
Overall casino revenue rose sharply in Mississippi in August with the start of sports betting in the state.
Mississippi: $9.8M wagered on sports in first month
Mississippi officials say gamblers bet $9.8 million on sporting events from Aug. 1 through Labor Day.
Sports betting takes off in Mississippi
Legal sports betting has been in Mississippi for just a month and at Pearl River Resort for only a week.
Mississippi gambling regulators approve sports betting rules
Mississippi’s state-regulated casinos could begin taking sports bets as soon as late July, after gambling regulators on Thursday approved rules regulating sports betting.
Mississippi regulators could approve sports betting rules
Mississippi gambling regulators are set to vote Thursday on whether to approve final rules allowing sports betting, clearing the way for sports books to open in the state’s 28 casinos in July.
3 Mississippi Choctaw casinos plan to offer sports betting
Three casinos run by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will offer sports betting, but tribal leaders haven’t said when it will start.
Mississippi proposes rules to govern legal sports betting
Mississippi’s sprint toward legalized sports betting has begun.
The state Gaming Commission on Thursday proposed rules to govern sports books at Mississippi’s 28 licensed casinos.
Steve Chapman: Sports betting will complete the gambling revolution
We think of revolutions as sudden, spectacular events, much like earthquakes or erupting volcanoes that transform the landscape overnight. But sometimes they occur so slowly and quietly that it’s possible to overlook how much change they bring about.
Sports betting ruling has ripples for US tribes with casinos
American Indian tribes are welcoming an opportunity to offer sports betting in potentially hundreds of casinos across the country after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states to legalize it.
Sports betting: Mississippi casinos could take bets soon as court clears way
Mississippi could, at least temporarily, be the only place within the Southeastern Conference where football fans can put bets down when games begin at summer’s end.
Miss. Gaming Commission to study online gambling
Mississippi’s chief gambling regulator is heading up a group that will gather data on how Internet gambling and sports betting are working other states.