All Articles by Chavdar Vasilev

This week, Virginia pushed an expansive gaming agenda, pairing new proposals with tighter safeguards. Hawaii balanced enforcement with exploratory legalization efforts, including bills that would address prediction markets. Elsewhere, lawmakers…

Lawmakers in Mississippi and Maryland took different procedural steps this week on bills aimed at curbing online sweepstakes casinos. Mississippi lawmakers moved a bill forward after adopting amendments that sharpened…

Virginia lawmakers advanced an amended online casino (iGaming) legalization bill after adopting statutory responsible-gaming requirements that one committee member said exceed those adopted by other states. Senate Bill 118, sponsored…

Parx Casino Shippensburg is preparing to launch live dealer table games, ending its long-standing status as the only Pennsylvania casino operating without traditional dealer-run tables. The rollout comes after regulatory…

Federal prosecutors are looking into additional NBA games as part of an ongoing investigation into illegal sports gambling, signaling that the scope of the case may extend well beyond the…

One of only two U.S. states without any form of legal gambling, Hawaii is reopening the debate in the 2026 legislative session as lawmakers introduce new bills, revisit failed proposals,…

Evoke delivered its strongest quarter of 2025 in Q4, as gaming growth across its U.K., Retail, and International divisions lifted full-year margins despite a sharp decline in betting revenue against…

Virginia lawmakers advanced a series of gambling oversight, casino, and limited gaming bills while stopping broader expansion proposals during a meeting of the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology’s…

This week brings a mix of state and federal developments across the U.S. gambling landscape, as lawmakers schedule hearings on sweepstakes and gaming enforcement bills, courts set new deadlines in…

State lawmakers continued to recalibrate U.S. gambling policy this week, as online sweepstakes casinos moved from a gray-area debate to a clear enforcement target. At the same time, a parallel…