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News & Analysis

U.S. Legislative, Legal Battles Continue Over Unregulated Gaming Machines

The dispute over whether supposedly skill-based games found in convenience stores throughout the U.S. should be made legal and taxed or simply legislated out of existence continues to play out as lawmakers in various states have been unable to resolve the issue through legislation.

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 12-December 16, 2022

Ukraine readies new gambling laws to enhance regulator powers and a grenade inside a cake explodes outside Cambodia's Nagaworld Casino.

News In Brief: February 14-February 18, 2022

More French teenagers are gambling, according to a survey by the national regulator, with very high exposure to advertising a key motivating factor.

Mashpee Wampanoag’s Stalled Casino Plans Revived In Massachusetts

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s stalled plans to build a major casino-resort on reservation lands in Massachusetts could be revived after the U.S. Department of the Interior’s assistant secretary for Indian affairs confirmed the legal status of the tribe’s reservation.

Research & Reports

U.S. Regulatory Roundup: December 9-December 22

This roundup of key legislative and regulatory developments from December 9-December 22 includes information on tribal gaming litigation in California and gaming legislation in Missouri, Maryland, Montana, New Jersey, and South Carolina.

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.

American Premium Insights January 1-January 15

This bi-weekly update features information on fantasy sports legislation in Indiana and Montana, commercial gaming legislation in Iowa, South Carolina and South Dakota, Internet gaming bills in Mississippi and Washington, tribal gaming developments in Wisconsin, an attorney general memorandum in Alabama and gaming licensing regulation in Michigan. Additionally, this report outlines gaming legislation in Florida, Georgia, Missouri and New York.

2014 Gambling Ballot Measures

In November, 36 states as well Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands will hold gubernatorial elections. This round up features the eight states in which gaming specifically appears on the ballot: California, Colorado, Kansas, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota and Tennessee.

Americas Premium Insights March 22-April 3

This bi-weekly update includes information on proposed Carcieri fix legislation, federal Internet gaming prohibition bills, prohibition of Internet lottery offerings in Colorado, truck stop gaming in Illinois, a charitable gaming ballot proposal in Kansas, poker in Michigan, commercial casino expansion in New Hampshire and New York, Internet poker in New York, and video poker in South Carolina.

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.

South Carolina - Lottery Annual Report - FY2002 to FY2022

Latest Annual Report data from the South Carolina Education Lottery. The data released for the state lottery contains the following information: Sales by game and region, prizes and commissions. There are approximately 325 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.