Almost three weeks after Maine House voted to enact legal sports betting bill, the Senate postponed the talks, leaving LD 1352 hanging for the 130th legislative session, opening on January 5, 2022. Maine Postpones Talks on Sports Betting Legalization Twenty days after the Maine House voted to enact the legal sports wagering bill LD 1352, […]
Native Indian tribes in Maine were just one signature away from being able to open casinos on their tribal land. They were most likely already preparing the chips and cards in anticipation of the final approval, but will now need to put their gear back in storage. Maine’s governor, Janet Mills, has vetoed a legislative […]
Maine could be headed in the right direction with sports gambling. Four bills had been introduced in the current legislative session, each with their own, slightly different versions of how the market should be approached. There is now only one survivor of those four, which should help lawmakers be able to focus on pushing the […]
Maine and New York States will go their own ways in handling the novel coronavirus pandemic and the restart of the gambling industry in their respective jurisdictions. New York’s Casinos to Stay Shut for a While Longer New York has been one of the most heavily impacted states in the United States, experiencing the worst […]
The process of legalizing gambling in the US, after the Supreme Court decision to leave the final verdict to the states, faces significant road bumps ahead, shows the latest development with the State of Maine, where the state government successfully passed the required bill to allow the introduction of sports betting in the state only […]
Gov. Janet Mills of Maine has until Friday to sign, veto or let a sports betting bill become a law, and thus make the Pine Tree State the first to legalize sports betting in 2020. Maine Could Have Sports Betting by Friday Maine Gov. Janet Mills has until Friday, January 10, to approve or veto […]
