Lucky player wins $907K jackpot on VGT’s $uper Hit$ Jackpot$ at Choctaw CasinoCDC Newswire · June 22, 2018 at 4:24 pmTULSA, Okla. (June 22, 2018) – An Oklahoma woman hit VGT’s $uper Hit$ Jackpot$ for $907,228.87 while playing at Choctaw Casino in Grant, Oklahoma. Alice was playing VGT’s player-favorite Lucky Ducky $uper Hit$ Jackpot$ game when she hit the jackpot…. [continue reading]
Legal Sports Betting Now Law in Rhode Island — and State Gets 51 Percent CutJill R. Dorson, Sports Handle · June 22, 2018 at 2:38 pmWhen Governor Gina Raimondo put pen to paper at noon on Friday, signing S7200A , she made RI sports betting legal. Thus the Ocean State will join the first wave of non-Nevada states to offer legal sports betting this year… [continue reading]
Instant millionaire! Person wins $1.6M at Potawatomi Hotel & CasinoWITI-TV · June 22, 2018 at 2:37 pmMILWAUKEE — A single person won a $1.6 million jackpot at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino on Thursday, June 21. A news release indicates the person won the big prize while playing a $1 Wheel of Fortune machine just after 6… [continue reading]
Hard Rock Biloxi reacts to sports betting coming soonChristina Garcia WLOX-TV · June 22, 2018 at 2:23 pmBILOXI, MS (WLOX) – In one month’s time, sports betting will roll out across Mississippi and casinos on the coast are ready, saying the affects of the recent change will have a major trickle-down effect for South Mississippi. The state’s… [continue reading]
Atlantic City presents its best entertainment lineup in a decadeVincent Jackson, The Press of Atlantic City · June 22, 2018 at 2:21 pmATLANTIC CITY — The calendar says summer officially started June 21. But memories will be created starting this week that will make the warm months of this year ones to recall with Carrie Underwood and Pitbull as the opening acts… [continue reading]
Support growing for legislation to allow construction of Taunton tribal casinoTanner Stening, The Cape Cod Times · June 22, 2018 at 2:18 pmThe bills — both called the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reaffirmation Act — have received 26 letters of support from pan-tribal organizations, tribes and nonprofit groups while Chicago-based Rush Street casino company, which partnered with Mass Gaming and Entertainment are asking… [continue reading]
Antigua ‘Losing All Hope’ of U.S. Payout in Gambling DisputeTom Miles, Reuters · June 22, 2018 at 2:07 pmGENEVA (Reuters) – Antigua and Barbuda is “losing all hope” of a financial settlement in a long-running dispute with the United States and it may ask the head of the World Trade Organization to mediate, Antiguan ambassador Ronald Sanders told… [continue reading]
Concerns over World Cup gambling ads in the UKLydia Thomas, BBC News · June 22, 2018 at 2:00 pmAlmost every ITV-screened World Cup commercial break broadcast on ITV contains gambling advertisements, BBC research shows. Radio 4’s You and Yours programme found that most ad breaks in the matches so far contained at least one gambling advertisement, sometimes two…. [continue reading]
Atlantic City’s Failed $2.6 Billion Casino Rolls the DiceSimone Foxman and Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg · June 22, 2018 at 1:55 pmThe Revel hotel and casino was sitting empty last year on Atlantic City’s boardwalk, a bleak symbol of real estate failure rather than the glittering resort it was built to be. Bruce Deifik decided to take control of it sight… [continue reading]
‘Historical horse racing’ expected to qualify for Idaho ballotAssociated Press · June 22, 2018 at 1:46 pmBOISE, Idaho (AP) — Election officials say a proposal to legalize so-called “historical horse racing” in Idaho appears to have secured enough verifiable signatures to qualify for the November ballot. It’s now up to the state’s election office to determine… [continue reading]
Gov. Raimondo signs $9.6B budget for Rhode IslandAssociated Press · June 22, 2018 at 12:59 pmPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed the state’s $9.6 billion budget. The Democrat signed it at the statehouse Friday. The budget allows the state to implement sports betting at two Twin River casinos, asks voters to authorize… [continue reading]
Meadowlands plans sports betting near NYCWayne Parry, Associated Press · June 22, 2018 at 12:12 amThe Meadowlands Racetrack plans to bring legal sports betting to New York City’s doorstep next month. Jeff Gural, who manages the northern New Jersey track, tells The Associated Press that he plans to begin offering sports betting on July 15…. [continue reading]
Landing International’s Manila IR land lease cancelled due to licensing concernsInside Asian Gaming · June 22, 2018 at 12:01 amKorean casino operator Landing International Development Corp has had a lease agreement to develop and operate an integrated resort in Manila’s Entertainment City precinct put on hold due to the lack of a gaming license from PAGCOR. Local media is… [continue reading]
It’s a big day for Mississippi Coast casinos. Here are 3 reasons why.Mary Perez, Biloxi Sun-Herald · June 22, 2018 at 12:01 amCall it a trifecta day for South Mississippi as the ribbon was cut Thursday morning on the new Beach Casino at Island View Casino Resort just as the Gaming Commission adopted rules for sports betting to begin in Mississippi in… [continue reading]
Gambling media is coming, and it will be everywhereJeff Agrest, Chicago Sun-Times · June 21, 2018 at 11:23 pmThe Score program director Mitch Rosen didn’t have a crystal ball, but he sure looked prescient. On May 3, the station announced it would air one-minute segments on local-sports gambling from the Vegas Stats & Information Network during the “McNeil… [continue reading]
INFOGRAPHIC: Maryland Gaming SummaryUNLV Center for Gaming Research · June 21, 2018 at 10:28 pmFull Report: http://gaming.unlv.edu/reports/md_monthly.pdf
Macau’s The 13 Hotel backer completes name changeGGRAsia · June 21, 2018 at 10:18 pmThe promoter of The 13 Hotel, a tourism project on the Cotai-Coloane border in Macau, and that aspires to have an in-house casino, has completed the formalities for a company name change, it said in a Thursday filing to the… [continue reading]
UnionPay crackdown has minimal impact amidst illegal useAsia Gaming Brief · June 21, 2018 at 10:16 pmThe seizure of UnionPay point of sale terminals (POS) from pawn shops in Macau earlier this month triggered a slide in operator shares on fears of tighter capital controls, though the continued use of illegal devices means there has been… [continue reading]
Only a third of Spielbanken Bayern’s casinos making a profitG3 Newswire · June 21, 2018 at 10:14 pmSpielbanken Bayern, the Bavarian casino group in Germany, has reported that only three of its nine casinos made a profit last year. The casinos in Feuchtwangen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Bad Wiessee made a combined profit of €8.3m. The other six casinos… [continue reading]
Korea’s foreigner-only casino turnover down 5.4% in 2017Inside Asian Gaming · June 21, 2018 at 10:09 pmKorea’s foreigner-only casinos saw turnover fall 5.4% to KRW1.2 trillion (US$1.1 billion) in 2017 according to figures released this week by the National Gambling Control Commission (NGCC). The fall in casino gaming activity was linked to a similar 6.2% decline… [continue reading]
Hard Rock casino installs big guitar with misspelled wordAssociated Press · June 21, 2018 at 10:00 pmATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The soon-to-open Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City had to work quickly to fix a misspelling on a 30-foot-tall (9-meter-tall) guitar installed this week. The sign, modeled after a Gibson Les Paul guitar,… [continue reading]
Mississippi gambling regulators approve sports betting rulesAssociated Press · June 21, 2018 at 8:27 pmJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s state-regulated casinos could begin taking sports bets as soon as late July, after gambling regulators on Thursday approved rules regulating sports betting. The state Gaming Commission unanimously approved the rules without discussion, said Executive Director Allen Godfrey…. [continue reading]
South Lake Tahoe casinos enforcing parking fees this summerCBS News - Reno · June 21, 2018 at 8:14 pmIf you like to park at Harrah’s or Harvey’s Casinos in South Lake Tahoe, you might have to pay a fee if you go certain days this summer. The idea is to make parking more available for casino guests, who… [continue reading]
Nevada casino may be most isolated location approved for gamingRichard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal · June 21, 2018 at 8:02 pmThe Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday approved a restricted gaming license for Jason Stegall, the sole proprietor of the Outdoor Inn on Main Street in Jarbidge. Where? Stegall, who was given a rare opportunity offered by Commission Chairman Tony Alamo… [continue reading]
NFL joins chorus in Pennsylvania: Your sports betting taxes and fees are too highJill R. Dorson, SportsHandle · June 21, 2018 at 7:56 pmAfter spending most of its time on the sidelines, the NFL has inserted itself squarely into the conversation about what it wants legal U.S. sports betting to look like – both for itself and gaming operators. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control… [continue reading]
