GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 44 - July 2019

Amount of revenue in Atlantic City during March Madness , a 25.3% increase over the same period last year, according to the state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement . Expected potential revenue in2020 to the PuertoRican government from sports betting , after Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló introduced legislation in earlyApril to regulate sports gambling on the island. Amount a woman in Canada tried to sue Loto-Quebec for in punitive damages, claiming it never informed the public of the actual odds of winning. Her plea began in 2017 and made it to Quebec’s Court of Appeal , which finally tossed the case in May 2019. Amount of new state and local tax revenue generated in the U.S. by regulated sports betting in the 12 months following the demise of PASPA . BY THE NUMBERS G P W A t i m e s . o r g 8