- Fanatics named Selena Kalvaria, formerly with Gucci, as the company’s next CMO of its betting and gaming division, notes the WSJ.
- Illinois' new budget is "raising the state sports betting tax, now a 15% levy on post-payout revenue, through a tiered structure that would see the largest sportsbooks paying a 40% tax and the smallest paying 20%," notes the Chicago Tribune. The change is "expected to bring in $200 million in new operating revenue."
- The ACC and Integrity Compliance 360 have a new comprehensive partnership that will equip each of the conference's schools with access to IC360’s monitoring tech and insights, reports SBJ's Rob Schaefer.
- Legal retail and online sportsbooks opened in Ohio last year, and my colleague David Broughton notes the state now has 19 physical sports betting sites.
