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US Gross Gaming Revenue Nearly $41.2 Billion in 2017, as Casino Expansion Continues
Gross gaming revenue at US commercial casinos totaled roughly $41.2 billion last year, according to Reno-based market analyst Ken Adams. In his 2017 Adams Revenue Report, prepared for online gaming media outlet CDC Gaming Reports, the financial analyst says continued casino expansion...
Elaine Wynn Regains Control of Wynn Resort Shares in Aftermath of Ex-Husband’s Resignation
Elaine Wynn -- ex-wife of now-disgraced gaming tycoon Steve Wynn -- is getting the last laugh in one of the most antagonistic post-divorce court fights in gaming history. The former couple, who founded Wynn Resorts in 2002 with Japanese pachinko billionaire Kazuo...
WeChat Warns Users Not to Gamble Through Messaging App
WeChat, the most popular social media application in China, is warning users amid the current Lunar New Year holiday week to avoid gambling through the mobile network. Tencent Holdings, the developer of the app that has nearly one billion active users, says...
Toxic ‘Third-Hand’ Smoke Lingers in Casinos Long After Bans Are Enacted, Says Study
Smoking bans may have cleared the perennial fog hanging above the slot machines at your local casino, but a new study by San Diego State University (SDSU) suggests that lung-torturing “third-hand smoke” lingers for months after the bans come into force, and those...
New Jersey Lottery Game Hurts Atlantic City Casinos, State Lawmakers Contend
The New Jersey Lottery game Quick Draw poses a serious threat to Atlantic City casinos, so says two state lawmakers arguing this week before the Assembly Tourism, Gaming and Arts Committee. A keno-like format that costs $1-10 per play, Quick Draw debuted...
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe Loses Bingo Battle with Texas
The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe has lost its battle with the State of Texas over what it sees as its sovereign right to operate a modest electronic bingo hall 80 miles north-east of Houston. On Tuesday, a federal judge issued a ruling that will...
Resorts World Catskills Opens with Promise to Rejuvenate Region
Resorts World Catskills flung open its doors on Thursday morning. And nine minutes after the biggest of New York State’s four new commercial casinos opened for business, we had a winner from among the throng of people checking out upstate New York’s...
Canada Favored to Win Gold Across the Board in Olympic Curling
Canadians are known for taking their curling very seriously. It’s the one country where the game is a major spectator sport, after all, the majority of the world’s curlers reside there. So it is little surprise that Canada is favored to win...
Busy NBA Trade Deadline Shortens Warriors, Rockets Title Odds, Lengthens Cavaliers
An unexpectedly busy NBA trade deadline on Thursday has altered title odds in Las Vegas, but sportsbooks believe the inaction of the defending champion Golden State Warriors only further solidifies their position as the favorites to win their third championship in four...
Could an Asian Wynn Resorts Buyout Happen? Experts Say It’s Possible, and Steve Wynn Can’t Stop It
It's been a whirlwind few weeks for Wynn Resorts and its recently dethroned ex-leader, Steve Wynn. But gaming industry analysts think the rollercoaster ride may not have ground to a halt just yet. They believe a company takeover is, in fact, likely,...
