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The Supreme Court’s decision in 2018 to allow states to legalise sports betting has sparked a huge boom in the gambling industry in the United States.

That is certainly the case where Indiana is concerned, with the state generating revenues of more than $78 million since the first sportsbook was launched there in September 2019.

Further growth is expected, with all of the major North American leagues set to resume play or start new seasons over the next couple of months.

It has not been an easy period for many companies, with bookmakers being no different. The Covid-19 pandemic saw sports across the globe postponed, rescheduled and even cancelled in many cases, negatively impacting the number of bets placed significantly. However, this is just one of a number of concerns that the betting industry must overcome in the near future, with stricter regulation, the integration of technology and player trust being just some of the potential problems which must be overcome.

Betting Regulations

The year 2020 took everybody by surprise. It would be a safe bet to say most people had high hopes riding on this year back in the final months of 2019.

Most probably asked for it to bring them a lot of blessings and surprises their way. And a big surprise it brought to everyone, just probably not the one they were hoping for.

The 2020 pandemic has been an unprecedented situation that brought the whole world to a stop the likes no one could have foreseen.

Things are changing for the online casino industry in Europe, where many countries are changing their attitude to regulation. Online gambling is legal in countries such as Spain, Italy, Belgium, France, and Denmark, to name but a few, which is causing neighboring countries like to take notice and are move towards changing their own regulation. The Netherlands, where gambling is legal offline,  is currently moving towards the legalization and regulation of online casinos for 2021. Another notable country looking to legalize and regulate their online casino industry is Germany.