June 15, 2017 By Gus Bentley A powerful coalition to end the failed experiment of the prohibition on sports betting emerged this week, commanding the support of law enforcement officials, states’ rights advocates, policymakers and industry leaders. Launched Monday, the American Sports Betting Coalition is campaigning to end one of the most ineffective and counterproductive […]
June 13, 2017 By Jonathan D. Salant WASHINGTON — Casino industry officials on Monday launched a new campaign to legalize sports betting, something New Jersey has been trying to get for years. They’re behind the new American Sports Betting Coalition, which is trying to get Congress to repeal a 1992 law that allows such wagering in only four states: Nevada, Delaware, […]
June 13, 2017 By Kate Ackley The American Gaming Association is making a wager that a new coalition will convince Congress to repeal a 1992 law that bans most states from allowing sports betting. The association, which represents the casino industry, will launch the American Sports Betting Coalition on Monday with members that include law […]
Washington, DC – Riding a wave of unprecedented support for legalized sports betting, the American Sports Betting Coalition (ASBC) today launched a campaign to end the 25-year-old failing federal ban known as the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). PASPA prohibits sports betting outside Nevada. According to new research by Oxford Economics, legalizing sports […]
June 12, 2017 By Regina Garcia Cano LAS VEGAS (AP) – The casino industry’s largest lobbying group in the U.S. is ramping up its efforts to repeal a 25-year-old federal law that bans sports betting in most states. The American Gaming Association on Monday announced the creation of a coalition involving organizations of attorneys general […]
June 1, 2017 By John Brennan The audience at last week’s East Coast Gaming Conference in Atlantic City surely knew it would get a pep talk from American Gaming Association president Geoff Freeman. But they may not have expected the level of intensity. For instance, Freeman declared 2016 to be “the most monumental year in gaming […]
Washington, DC – American Gaming Association (AGA) President and CEO Geoff Freeman today addressed the East Coast Gaming Congress & NextGen Gaming Forum to highlight the industry’s continued unification as well as growth opportunities through regulatory reform and sports betting. Read an excerpt of Freeman’s remarks below and find his full speech here. We see […]
Washington, DC — American Gaming Association Senior Vice President of Public Affairs Sara Slane released the following statement following the Solicitor General’s recommendation to the Supreme Court not to hear New Jersey’s case to overturn the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA): “The 25-year-old ban on sports betting is fueling a thriving $150 billion […]
May 9, 2017 By Dustin Gouker A majority of Americans are in favor of allowing states to decide whether to legalize sports betting, with avid sports fans even more likely to support such a move. That’s according to a survey commissioned by the American Gaming Association, the casino group pushing for regulation of sports wagering around the US. Perhaps the most shocking […]