Texas Gambling News & Online Gambling Launch Updates

How Problems In Texas Poker Rooms Highlight The Need For Gambling Legalization

Houston poker rooms are encountering cheating allegations, insolvency and gun violence. Here's why gambling legalization solves these issues.

Posted on: June 23, 2022 | | Steven Schult

Tilman Fertitta’s Influence On Texas Gambling Explored

How does Tilman Fertitta influence gambling in Texas? His interests may have changed since buying the Houston Rockets.

Posted on: June 23, 2022 | | Tyler Andrews

Court’s Yselta Decision Will Impact Gaming In Texas

The Yselta ruling will impact regulated gaming in Texas, but it is probably limited to The Lone Star State.

Posted on: June 20, 2022 | | John Holden

Supreme Court Sides With Tribes, Not Texas, On Bingo

In a long-running legal battle, the Supreme Court has sided with tribes over Texas on bingo, granting some sovereignty to Texas tribes.

Posted on: June 17, 2022 | | Tyler Andrews

The Impact Of Legal Gambling In Texas On Neighboring States: New Mexico

In Part 3, we explore how New Mexico would be impacted by legal gambling in Texas and the influence of West Texas/Eastern New Mexico growth.

Posted on: June 16, 2022 | | Tyler Andrews

Are Video Game Microtransactions Gambling?

Microtransactions allow players of video games to buy extra items. Have video games become a form of gambling?

Posted on: June 15, 2022 | | Frank Weber

Texas Racing Commission shuts down out-of-state wagering

The commission put out a release effectively shutting down pari-mutuel simulcast wagering on Texas races for out-of-state bettors.

Posted on: June 14, 2022 | | Andrew Champagne

The Impact of Legal Gambling in Texas On Neighboring States: Louisiana

In Part 2 on how legal gambling in Texas would impact neighboring states, we examine the impact on Louisiana if Texas legalized gambling.

Posted on: June 14, 2022 | | Tyler Andrews

The 30-Year History Of The Texas Lottery

Wearing a sharp matching pantsuit and her hair pushed back in a wave, Ann Richards showed up at Polk’s Feed Store in Oak Hill just before 6 a.m. a little more than 30 years ago to do something no one in Texas had ever done. Buy a scratch-off lottery ticket. The legend says that then-Governor […]

Posted on: June 13, 2022 | | Darren Cooper