North Carolina

News & Analysis

North Carolina Sports-Betting Bill Begins Legislative Journey

North Carolina’s latest effort to legalize mobile sports betting cleared its first hurdle on Tuesday, but the bill still has many more stops on its path to becoming law.

News In Brief: March 13-March 17, 2023

Maryland moves to prevent gambling marketing on college campuses and Western Australia backs post-scandal reforms to Crown casinos.

North Carolina Tribal Casino's Plight Could Impact U.S. Presidential Race

A South Carolina tribe that owns a casino in North Carolina is appealing a “Notice of Violation” issued by the federal agency regulating Indian gaming, and the dispute might spill over into the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign.

News In Brief: December 5-December 9, 2022

Star Entertainment has been fined A$100m in Queensland and faces a temporary licence suspension over compliance breaches.

After Spreading Like Wildfire, U.S. Sports Betting Grinding Down

Last month’s heartbreaking defeat in North Carolina coming on the heels of a similar failure in May in Minnesota could be the new normal for the campaign to expand sports betting across the United States.

Research & Reports

U.S. Regulatory Roundup: March 2020

This roundup of key legislative and regulatory developments from March 2020 includes tribal litigation in North Carolina, gaming legislation in Virginia, Arizona, and Maine, and a U.S. Department of Interior memorandum.

U.S. Regulatory Roundup: September 2019

This roundup of key legislative and regulatory developments from September 2019 includes information on: gaming litigation in Florida and South Dakota; regulations in Illinois and Nevada; and gaming legislation in North Carolina.

U.S. Regulatory Roundup: May 2019

This roundup of key legislative and regulatory developments from May 2019 includes information on fantasy sports in Alabama, lottery legislation in Illinois, charitable gaming in North Carolina, sports-betting litigation in Rhode Island, and federal gaming legislation.

American Premium Insights February 27-March 12

This bi-weekly update features information on tribal gaming litigation in Kansas, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, tax procedures on gaming revenues in Massachusetts and with the IRS, Internet sweepstakes cafes in Colorado and Kentucky, commercial gaming expansion in Connecticut and Florida, fantasy sports in Iowa, Internet gaming legislation in Pennsylvania, tribal-state compacts in New Mexico, and gaming regulations and a lottery bill in Nevada. Additionally, this report outlines gaming legislation in Arkansas, Idaho, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Americas Premium Insights November 7-November 20

This bi-weekly update features information on tribal gaming lawsuits in California and Oklahoma, commercial casino litigation in Iowa, pre-filed legislation in Oregon, Illinois Texas and Georgia, Internet sweepstakes cafes in North Carolina, and a responsible gambling code in Oregon.

Data & Forecasts

Market Monitor: U.S. Lotteries

This report provides comprehensive benchmarking of key operational metrics across all 46 state lotteries in the $100bn+ U.S. lottery market. Featuring an interactive dashboard which facilitates visual cross-lottery comparisons, the dataset aggregates information from more than 900 annual lottery reports since 2000.

North Carolina - Lottery Annual Report - FY2006 to FY2022

Latest Annual Report data from the North Carolina Lottery. The data released for the state contains the following information: Sales by game, sales by region, prizes, retailer commissions and contributions. There are approximately 660 data points in this document.

United States - American Gaming Association Report - 1994 to 2012

Latest Annual State of the States Report data from the American Gaming Association (AGA). The data released for the country contains the following information: A breakdown of casinos by state, consumer spending on commercial casinos by state, quantity of casino jobs by state, commercial casino wages, consumer spending on racinos, commerical casino and racino detail by state, quantity of gaming machines by state and a comparison of Nevada and New Jersey poker revenue. There are approximately 4,175 data points in this document.