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Michigan legalizes online casino and sportsbetting

In Michigan and Governor Gretchen Whitmer has reportedly given iGaming afficionados the perfect Christmas gift by putting her signature to a wide-ranging piece of legislation that has seen the Midwestern state legalize sportsbetting and online casino gambling.

According to a December 20 story from the Associated Press news service published by the Detroit Free Press newspaper, the measure signed into law by the 48-year-old allows every one of the 26 casinos in Michigan to apply for a sportsbetting license with tribal venues subject to a revenue tax of 8.75%. For Detroit’s commercia…