Nevada sports book operators urge patience before making any regulatory changesBy Howard Stutz, Executive Editor, CDC Gaming Reports • July 19, 2018When it comes to the U.S. expansion of legal sports betting, we’re still in the top of the first inning. What about a couple of other sports metaphors? It’s first-and-10 following the opening kick-off, and the puck just dropped for… [continue reading]
William Hill launches new ‘Zero Harm’ campaignBy Luke Haward, CDC Gaming Reports • July 19, 2018It looks a little like the tide regarding problem gambling in the UK is really starting to turn; this new Zero Harm campaign by William Hill is both relieving and inspiring. It’s a bold move, as are the graphics on… [continue reading]
Pulling the reins on (Virginia) gamblingBy Daily Press • July 18, 2018Virginia’s canter toward new forms of gambling has become a full gallop as the state considers historical horse racing The Virginia Racing Commission bucked the reins of restraint this past week, announcing it may allow as many as 3,000 historical… [continue reading]
Floodgates will soon open for NCAA betting. Will more scandals follow?By Craig Meyer and Stephen J. Nesbitt, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette • July 18, 2018What happened to Mike Hamrick in Las Vegas didn’t stay in Vegas. It stayed with him. One particular memory from his six years as UNLV’s athletic director — at the nexus of sports and gambling in the United States, with… [continue reading]
Miami racino hopes that jai-alai will bring a bounceBy Nick Sortal, CDC Gaming Reports • July 17, 2018To see the challenges South Florida racetrack casinos face, one need only look at two media events: one in Miami, rolling out jai-alai at Magic City Casino, and the other in Hollywood, marking a milestone in the building of a… [continue reading]
Making lemonade out of Schenectady’s Rivers CasinoBy Phil Steck, Times Union • July 17, 2018New York came to the casino dance a bit late. In a saturated casino market, projected revenues were unrealistic. But are the casinos a failure? I can only speak to the one casino in my district — Rivers. Rivers pays… [continue reading]
Tiny Taos Native American casino makes a perfect project for a gaming industry Ph.D.By John L. Smith, CDC Gaming Reports • July 16, 2018TAOS, N.M. – You’ll have to go looking to find the diminutive Taos Mountain Casino. It’s located at 700 Veterans Highway between the entrance to the historic Taos Pueblo and the end of the famous artists’ town. As they say,… [continue reading]
Native American casinos eye Japan, ignore Chief Wahoo at homeBy Muhammad Cohen, Forbes • July 16, 2018Japan’s upper legislative house has passed gaming addiction legislation and begun debate on the Integrated Resort Implementation Bill, the final step for casino legalization in the world’s third largest economy. If the bill passes, the real fun starts, as localities and companies… [continue reading]
We’ve got the do-nothing gamblin’ bluesBy Dan Haar, CT Post • July 16, 2018It’s hot outside, beach season, and the state Capitol is mostly empty these days as the governor closes out his eight-year tenure and members of the General Assembly fish for votes. Precisely the time we should worry about lack of… [continue reading]
The Robot Invasion Takes another BeachBy Ken Adams, CDC Gaming Reports • July 13, 2018Vdara Hotel & Spa is a 1,495 all-suite hotel within the $8.5 billion CityCenter complex in Las Vegas. It opened in 2009, intent on being very modern and luxurious. Everything is top of the line and as contemporary as an… [continue reading]
Cashing out: Legalized sports gambling raises addiction concernsBy Nate Fain, Arizona Sports • July 13, 2018Another football game hadn’t gone Joe Schiller’s way, and the thousands of dollars of debt he had accumulated from betting was about to bury him. With his life spinning out of control, he hopped in his car with his then-pregnant… [continue reading]
Shaky truce gives way to a renewed battle for Wynn ResortsBy Howard Stutz, Executive Editor, CDC Gaming Reports • July 11, 2018Wynn Resorts Ltd. may need a few sessions of psychoanalysis as well as a corporate clean-up. At some point, the bickering and uncertainty within the casino operator must end. Monday’s bombshell securities filing by Elaine Wynn ended any recent detente…. [continue reading]
New sports betting laws won’t stop illegal gamblingBy Bill Burt, The Sharon Herald • July 11, 2018Illegal sports betting will soon be replaced in many states by legal sports betting. Or will it? Maybe the better question is, how much illegal sports betting will now become legit? Those are among the many questions swirling around betting… [continue reading]
UK Gambling Commission Publishes Enforcement ReportBy Luke Haward, CDC Gaming Reports • July 11, 2018The UK Gambling Commission recently released Raising Standards for Consumers, its enforcement report for 2017-2018. The report details the actions taken by the Commission during that two-year period and outlines the intent behind the publication in the introduction: “We want… [continue reading]
A novel idea coming to fruition: a guitar-shaped hotelBy Nick Sortal, CDC Gaming Reports • July 10, 2018Big ideas often don’t arrive with just the snap of a finger. Take the latest big thing from the Seminole Tribe of Florida: a 450-foot-tall, guitar-shaped hotel on the tribe’s casino property in Hollywood, Florida. Seminoles’ CEO James Allen said… [continue reading]
Gambling and drugs may be the cure for Connecticut’s ailing economyBy Bob Woods, CNBC • July 10, 2018Despite Connecticut’s deep roots in Puritanism, which generally frowned upon frivolity, the Constitution State is poised to shun its priggish past in order to boost its stagnant economy by legalizing sports betting and recreational marijuana — potentially generating hundreds of… [continue reading]
With legal sports betting going national, fantasy football convention a reminder of changing times and tastesBy John L. Smith, CDC Gaming Reports • July 9, 2018Although Andy Alberth now spends most of his time promoting the National Fantasy Football Convention, the former Las Vegan for several years earned a living as a professional poker player. So he knows what a bad beat feels like. He’s… [continue reading]
Philippines, Resorts World Manila rebound from deadly attackBy Muhammad Cohen, Forbes • July 9, 2018Last June, Resorts World Manila suffered a nightmarish attack by a gunman who set fire to the second floor casino area, leaving 36 dead and more than 50 injured before killing himself. The Philippines and its first integrated resort each… [continue reading]
Investigation Shows 400,000 Teens Gamble on Skins in Video GamesBy Luke Haward, CDC Gaming Reports • July 9, 2018The issue of skins gambling has been on our radar for some time now. To recap briefly, this occurs when gamers uncover loot boxes or other repositories hidden within the game that contain skins – basically a way to make… [continue reading]
Did the Supreme Court reinterpret the Wire Act to allow cross-border Internet sports betting?By Daniel Wallach, Forbes • July 8, 2018The Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Murphy v. NCAA dramatically altered the landscape for sports betting in the United States by declaring that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) is unconstitutional. As a result of this decision, States… [continue reading]
Airplanes and the Racing Form, part IIBy Bernard Kroviak, CDC Gaming Reports • July 8, 2018Before I take you on another of my flight experiences, I’d like to revisit the 2018 Belmont Stakes once more. It is obvious that Justify is a wonderful horse with a bright future, in both racing and breeding, but I… [continue reading]
The Real World Cup Winner? Online Gambling.By Lionel Laurent, Bloomberg • July 6, 2018The longer England captain Harry Kane and his team stay in the World Cup, the bigger the boost to the U.K. economy. But if there’s one industry that stands to win whatever happens, it’s betting. Brits are set to wager… [continue reading]
A safe bet: Legal gambling could change the way we watch, talk and experience sportsBy Rick Maese, The Washington Post • July 5, 2018When sportscaster Scott Van Pelt was given the keys to the midnight edition of SportsCenter on ESPN, he saw no reason to pretend that gambling didn’t exist. He introduced a segment on the show called “Bad Beats” — essentially highlighting… [continue reading]
Atlantic City’s original gaming journalist closes his notebookBy Howard Stutz, Executive Editor, CDC Gaming Reports • July 4, 2018During a work trip I made to Atlantic City to cover the challenges faced by the east coast gaming market in 2013, Dan Heneghan decided he wanted to show me a portion of the boardwalk far from the casinos and… [continue reading]
Japanese casinos are a real gambleBy William Pesek, Nikkei Asian Review • July 4, 2018For two decades, Las Vegas billionaires salivated over the idea of casinos in Japan. Arguably, only China holds greater potential than the affluent, gambling-crazy East Asian archipelago. Tokyo may hate to admit it, but betting — on pachinko, horses, cycling,… [continue reading]
