Circa Sports launched mobile sports betting in Illinois and opened a retail sportsbook at American Place Casino in Waukegan, the company announced on 29 September 2023. The launch is in partnership with Full House Resorts and adds Circa Sports as the state’s eighth mobile sportsbook operator.
The launch adds a named operator to Illinois’ mobile betting market and a retail sportsbook at American Place Casino.
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bet365 launched its mobile sportsbook in Maryland after the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Commission approved its licence, the company said. The service operates through a partnership with Riverboat on the Potomac, bringing Maryland’s licensed online sportsbook total to 12.
Fanatics said it will pass Illinois’s new per-bet mobile sports betting tax on to customers from 1 July. Operators owe $0.25 on each of the first 20 million annual online bets in the state and $0.50 on subsequent bets; FanDuel and DraftKings plan to charge customers $0.50 per wager from 1 September.
Illinois Gaming Board Administrator Marcus Fruchter renewed seven retail sportsbook licences in Illinois, extending them for four years through June 2028. The board also said pre-game moneyline, point-spread and total bets on Illinois college teams will become illegal on 1 July because lawmakers did not extend the authorisation.
Fanatics Sportsbook began taking mobile wagers in Arizona after forming a long-term partnership with the Tonto Apache Tribe, the company said. The Arizona Department of Gaming awarded the sportsbook a licence in partnership with the tribe the previous month, according to the report. Fanatics said it also plans a future in-person presence at Mazatzal Hotel & Casino.
Fanatics Sportsbook announced that its mobile betting app had gone live in Indiana on 27 February, following its platform transition from PointsBet. The company said Indiana was the 14th state where it had completed the transition; it acquired PointsBet for $225 million last August.