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Connecticut Open Competition Casino Bill Will Kill Rev Share Payments, Tribes Warn
Connecticut’s two tribal operators, the Mashantucket Pequots and Mohegans, have warned the state lawmakers that a casino expansion bill wending its way through the legislature could lead to the cessation of revenue share payments. In a letter to Governor Danel P Malloy...
New Hampshire Senator Ready to Quit After 20th Failed Casino Bill
God loves a trier, they say, but after two decades of trying to legalize casino gaming in New Hampshire, even the dogged Senator Lou D’Allesandro (D-Manchester) believes it might be time to call it a day. D’Allesandro’s 20th consecutive casino bill was...
Horseshoe Baltimore Spending Millions of Dollars Buying Nearby Property
Horseshoe Baltimore is spending millions of dollars in purchasing nearby property, as the Caesars-owned casino looks to create a more appealing entertainment district. The Baltimore Sun reports this week that Caesars recently spent about $8 million in acquiring a vacant warehouse and...
Deadwood Casino Revenue Falls Seven Percent in February, HBO Movie Could Reignite Interest
Deadwood casinos remain on life support, and February certainly didn't help their prognoses. Data released Monday by the South Dakota Commission on Gaming shows that slot machine win fell 6.3 percent last month, and table game revenue slid 12.4 percent. Combined, casino...
Nevada Regulator to Scrutinize Galaxy Entertainment Over $1 Billion Wynn Resorts Deal
Galaxy Entertainment, which last week bought a 4.9 percent stake in Wynn Resorts for just under $1 billion, will be the subject of a suitability probe by the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB), the regulator has confirmed. Entities owning more than 10...
SLS Las Vegas to Undergo $100 Million Renovation, as North Strip Optimism Continues
SLS Las Vegas, the north Strip casino resort that has struggled financially since it was re-envisioned from the Sahara in 2014, is undergoing further changes in what will hopefully reverse the property's recent fortunes. New owner Alex Meruelo told the Nevada Gaming...
Las Vegas Strip’s First Esports Arena Opens At Luxor
The Las Vegas Strip’s first ever permanent, purpose-built esports arena opened on Thursday night at MGM’s Luxor, and, as is the fashion these days, the grand opening ceremony was streamed live of Twitch. The 30,000-square foot Esports Arena Las Vegas – a...
Soccer World Cup Not Immune to Match-fixing, Say Regulators
Gambling regulators and operators have warned that this summer’s soccer World Cup in Russia could be vulnerable to match-fixing. Representatives of various sporting and gambling bodies met at last week’s Betting on Football conference at Chelsea FC’s Stamford Bridge stadium to discuss...
IGT Teams Up with HTC Vive for ‘Virtual Zone’ VR Casino Gaming Experience
Slot machine giant IGT has teamed up with virtual reality hardware developers HTC Vive to bring a glimpse of the casino games of the future to the gaming floor. HTC is providing the immersive headgear for IGTs Virtual Zone, a virtual reality...
GVC Ladbrokes Takeover Cleared by UK Competition Regulator
Online gambling giant GVC Holdings has cleared one of the final hurdles in its proposed takeover of UK bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral. The UK competition regulator, the Competitions and Market Authority (CMA), this week approved the merger that would create one of the...
