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Gaming revenues reach new highs nationally as New York nears mobile sports betting

The Rivers Sportsbook opened with 14 kiosks.
Jesse King
The Rivers Sportsbook opened with 14 kiosks.

The trade group’s senior vice president Casey Clark joins us now for analysis.

Rush Street Interactive, which oversees retail sports betting at Rivers Casino & Resort in Schenectady, was one of the operators picked this week by the New York State Gaming Commission to run online and mobile sports betting. The state is on track to begin online sports betting in the first quarter of 2022. Other winning operators were WynnBet, Resorts World, PointsBet, DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM and BallyBet.

It comes as the American Gaming Association reports nationwide gambling revenue reached a new quarterly record of nearly $14 billion in the third quarter of this year.

A lifelong resident of the Capital Region, Ian joined WAMC in late 2008 and became news director in 2013. He began working on Morning Edition and has produced The Capitol Connection, Congressional Corner, and several other WAMC programs. Ian can also be heard as the host of the WAMC News Podcast and on The Roundtable and various newscasts. Ian holds a BA in English and journalism and an MA in English, both from the University at Albany, where he has taught journalism since 2013.
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