Washington, DC – The American Gaming Association (AGA) today addressed the National Indian Gaming Association’s (NIGA) mid-year conference in Phoenix and stressed the importance of continuing to work together to overturn the failing federal ban on sports betting. AGA is leading the efforts to overturn the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) – the […]
The American Gaming Association (AGA) made its latest stop on the American Gaming Small Business Jobs Tour at Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady in New York on Tuesday. At the roundtable event, local leaders from the community touted gaming’s strong impact in the area and across the entire state. The event highlighted the 350,000 small […]
LAS VEGAS – With potential groundbreaking sports betting legislation on the horizon and pioneering technology opening new doors every day, industry leaders will dive into the hottest emerging topics and trends at this year’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E), returning to Las Vegas October 2-5 at the Sands Expo, the world’s premier international gaming trade show […]
September 14, 2017 By David Purdum Most estimates are in the hundreds of billions of dollars, but no one knows for sure how much money Americans bet on sports every year. Whatever the amount, it’s enough to fuel the massive offshore bookmaking industry that consists of hundreds of online sportsbooks. It’s also large enough to […]
Washington, DC – The failing federal ban on sports betting is fueling an annual $150 billion illegal underground sports betting market, argues an amicus brief filed in the United States Supreme Court by the American Gaming Association (AGA) today. AGA’s brief argues that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) “prevents States and tribal […]
September 5, 2017 By Megan Wilson The American Gaming Association on Tuesday filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of New Jersey, which wants to end the federal ban on sports betting. The 26-page amicus brief takes aim at the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), passed in 1992, that prohibits states […]
September 5, 2017 By Megan Messerly The American Gaming Association is continuing to back New Jersey’s challenge to a federal sports betting law prohibiting the practice outside of Nevada in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court today. The association, which counts almost all of Nevada’s top gaming companies among its members, argues in […]
August 15, 2017 By Stacy Papadopoulos Stacy Papadopoulos is general counsel and senior vice president of industry services at the American Gaming Association, which filed a cert-stage amicus brief in support of the challengers inChristie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. In 1992, Congress enacted the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, which prohibits all but a few […]
August 5, 2017 By Geoff Freeman This week, to mark the 20th anniversary of Responsible Gaming Education Week (RGEW), the American Gaming Association (AGA) hosted two events to highlight the industry’s commitment to this important issue. From July 31-August 4, the collective casino gaming industry comes together to reiterate foundational and evergreen responsible gaming education, […]
August 4, 2017 By David Purdum Former Major League Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent believes that legalized sports betting in the United States would be one of the biggest developments in sports since the introduction of television. And he thinks it’s coming soon. In July, Vincent wrote a letter to the editor in The New […]