Twin River and Tiverton<\/a> for their brick-and-mortar and online sportsbooks. Rhode Island’s sports betting law originally mandated that new players first register in person at one of the two casinos. But that regulation has since been lifted, and registration can now be fully completed online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nSports betting generated a $9.5 million profit for the Twin River casinos and William Hill.<\/p>\n
Rhode Island sportsbooks are the only legal betting avenues in New England, a sports-obsessed region. Sports betting remains illegal in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rhode Island’s two commercial casinos delivered the state far fewer gaming tax dollars in the latest fiscal year. Twin River Casino Hotel and Tiverton Casino Hotel, both owned and operated by Twin River Worldwide Holdings, were forced to close on Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo’s (D) orders in mid-March. They were permitted to reopen in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":155127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13699],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Rhode Island Casinos Deliver State Less Money, Pandemic Blamed<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n