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NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights Play Historic First Home Game at T-Mobile, Sportsbooks Celebrate
The National Hockey League’s Vegas Golden Knights make their home debut Tuesday night and not only are fans celebrating the city’s first major professional sports team, but so are overjoyed bettors. The expansion squad has been paying off people who were gutsy...
Atlantic City Could See Two Casinos Reopen in 2018, Atlantic Club Deal Reportedly in Works
Atlantic City will get its eighth casino when the former Trump Taj Mahal reopens as Hard Rock next year, but the Boardwalk resort might not be the only shuttered property to return to life in 2018. According to The Press of Atlantic...
DraftKings Launches in Ireland, Austria
DraftKings continued its piecemeal global expansion by launching a daily fantasy sports platform simultaneously in Ireland and Austria this week, bringing the countries the operator now serves to five. As well as the US, its core market by far, DraftKings also offers...
Mandalay Bay Shooting Timeline Changes, as Stephen Paddock Past Testimony Comes to Light
In a new twist, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo revealed on Monday that the gunfire aimed towards a security guard from inside the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on October 1 preceded the shooting on the crowd below. Gunman Stephen Paddock first...
Caesars Officially Emerges from Bankruptcy as Restructured Casino Giant, No Longer Broke
It’s a wrap. Caesars’ tortuous bankruptcy, described by one of the casino group’s own lawyers as the “largest and most complex bankruptcy in a generation,” is over and, frankly, few could have imagined it would all end so well. Over the past...
Hurricane Nate Causes Gulf Coast Casino Shutdown
Hurricane Nate made landfall close to the mouth of the Mississippi on Saturday night as a Category 1 storm, battering the costs of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama with 85 MPH winds, and causing an almost 20-hour shutdown of Mississippi’s 12 Gold Coast...
Crimea Moves Closer to Approving Casino Resort Plans
Crimea lies in one of four zones earmarked for gambling, but despite its authorization to build casinos, today no such facilities exist. Crimean Minister of Economic Development Andrei Melnikov says that will change in the coming years. Responsible for spurring economic development, Melnikov...
Macau Visitation Surges During Golden Week, Junkets Want Credit Database
Macau visitor arrivals jumped almost 12 percent year-over-year during China's October 1-7 Golden Week, much welcomed statistics for casino resorts that suffered from a recent typhoon that caused an economic loss of $1.42 billion. China has two Golden Weeks each year where...
New Jersey Sports Betting Appeal Goes Before US Supreme Court in December, Billions Lie in the Balance
The New Jersey US Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that says the Garden State doesn't possess the right to sidestep a longstanding federal law on sports betting will get a fresh look on December 4. At that time, the United States Supreme...
Maryland Casinos Not Named MGM See Revenues Fall Over 12 Percent
Maryland casinos struggled in September 2017 compared to the same month a year earlier, as their total gaming win plummeted 12.3 percent. Maryland Live! near the Baltimore-Washington International Airport, once the richest gambling floor in the state, generated $46.9 million in earnings,...
