5349 stories by Casino.org Staff Writer
Starbucks Digital VP Kelly Smith Perks Up for Parallel MGM Opportunity
Seattle's Kelly Smith, former entrepreneur and Starbucks digital global expansion honcho, is now officially a has-bean. Instead, Smith will be taking his knowledge of the digital realm into the gaming world, becoming senior vp and chief digital officer for casino operator MGM...
DraftKings, Fan Duel Settle with Massachusetts for $2.6 Million Over Mystery Violations
FanDuel and Boston-based DraftKings will pay $1.3 million each to resolve unspecified historic violations of “consumer issues” in Massachusetts. The resolution comes after an investigation from Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey into both companies’ consumer practices “in the early stages of this new...
Feds Charge Sports Jock Craig Carton for Role in Ticket Scam to Cover Gambling Debts
The FBI arrested popular New York City sports talk radio personality Craig Carton on Wednesday, alleging he conducted a Ponzi-like ticket fraud scheme to pay off millions of dollars in gambling debts. The 48-year-old Carton and Michael Wright, owner of two Manhattan...
Clark County Greenlights Las Vegas Raiders Stadium Construction Plan
The Raiders won’t be competing in Las Vegas until 2020, but the excitement is already in the Sin City air. On Wednesday, the Clark County Commission gave the go-ahead to the NFL franchise to begin building what will be a $1.9 billion...
Casino Workers in Macau Protest Labor Conditions During Typhoon Hato
About 150 employees at the Galaxy Macau casino protested outside the Cotai Strip resort where they work on Tuesday, protesting work requirements during and after Typhoon Hato, while also demanding other improvements to labor conditions. The uncommon demonstration appears to have been...
Scientific Games and IGT Announce ‘Cross-Licensing’ Pact, Patent-Sharing
Scientific Games and International Game Technology (IGT) have reached an agreement to share licenses and patents across their two companies. The casino technology and lottery services providers said in a statement that they've signed off on a "patent cross-licensing" contract that allows...
Hurricane Irma Won’t Stop Florida College Football Games, Despite Impending 185 MPH Wind Warnings
Hurricane Irma may have all but flattened several Caribbean islands this week with her 185 mile per hour wind gusts, but that's not enough to shut down sacred college football games and their accompanying big-money sports book lines on Florida, even in...
MGM Cotai Still Set to Open in 2017, Despite Typhoon Hato Setbacks
MGM Cotai will open its doors in late 2017, despite Macau beginning the recovery process after Typhoon Hato. The storm was the most powerful recorded hurricane to hit the city in 53 years, and caused nearly $2 billion in damages and took...
Casino Owner Tilman Fertitta Buys NBA’s Houston Rockets for $2.2 Billion
Seafood restaurant and casino magnate Tilman Fertitta agreed on Monday to shell out 2.2 billion clams for the NBA’s Houston Rockets. The purchase price set a record for professional basketball teams, exceeding the $2 billion that Steve Ballmer paid for the Los...
Indiana’s Commercial Operators Bemoan State’s First Tribal Casino
The casino landscape in Indiana is changing. The state’s ten riverboat casinos, based on the shores of Lake Michigan and the Ohio River, are begrudgingly about to welcome a new competitor to the fold. The state’s first tribal casino, the Pokagon Band...
