by Daniel Borjas | May 4, 2020 11:10 am | Regulatory
West Virginia is planning on adopting new iGaming rules for online casino games. The State Lottery Commission is using sports betting as the basis for the iGaming rules. The iGaming rules will likely not be adopted until 2021. CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia...
by Giovanni Shorter | Apr 30, 2020 12:26 pm | Sports Betting
Sports betting in West Virginia has struggled to garner much traction with the lack of sporting events available to wager on due to the coronavirus shutting down sports leagues. The overall betting handle has failed to surpass $500,000 in the month of April. The most...
by Daniel Borjas | Apr 15, 2020 11:52 am | Political Betting
DraftKings sent the West Virginia Lottery an email detailing why they want to offer political betting. The coronavirus is part of the reason why online sportsbooks are interested in political betting. Sportsbooks from the U.K. are seeing more action on U.S. election...
by Christina Monroe | Apr 8, 2020 5:31 pm | Political Betting
The West Virginia Lottery is currently considering allowing sportsbooks in the state to offer betting on the 2020 Presidential Election and politics in general. The Mountain State would have been the first state in the nation to allow gambling on political events,...
by Carter Floyd | Apr 8, 2020 11:18 am | Sports Betting
Sports betting revenues will likely be severely reduced for at least the next several months because of the widespread sports shutdowns caused by COVID-19. U.S. sportsbooks were mostly unaffected by COVID-19 in February and managed to post $83.1 million in reported...
