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Choctaw Casino Resort Pocola Set for $140M Expansion and Renovation in Eastern Oklahoma
The Choctaw Nation has announced a $140 million renovation and expansion of Choctaw Casino & Resort Pocola in Eastern Oklahoma along the Arkansas border. A rendering shows the planned new hotel tower and resort pool...
MGM National Harbor Explains Decision to End Free Self-Parking for Non-MGM Rewards Members
MGM National Harbor says its decision to end free self-parking for visitors who aren't MGM Rewards members has long been in the works and has little to do with recent violence inside the casino resort's...
Atlantic City Mayor Says MGM Planning Mixed-Use Residential Project Near Borgata
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. announced that MGM Resorts is in the early planning stages of bringing more than 1,000 housing units to its long-vacant property adjacent to the Borgata. A photograph shared by...
Michigan Gambling Regulator Exits National Problem Gambling Group Over Kalshi Deal
The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) is cutting ties with the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) over a controversial $2 million partnership with prediction market platform Kalshi. Michigan Gaming Control Board Executive Director Henry...
Are Putin’s Days Numbered? Polymarket Trader Bets $490K on ‘Yes’
An anonymous user on the decentralized prediction platform Polymarket has wagered nearly half a million dollars that Vladimir Putin will no longer be the president of Russia by Dec. 31, 2026. In a pool photograph...
Illinois Senate President Pocketed $50K From Online Casino Deemed Illegal by Gaming Board
Illinois Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park) says he will donate a $50,000 contribution from a controversial online sweepstakes casino platform to charity after facing backlash for accepting the money. Illinois Senate President Don Harmon...
Nebraska Online Sports Betting Campaign Says It Has Enough Signatures for Ballot Measure
The campaign to expand sports betting from Nebraska's five racetrack casinos to the internet says it has secured enough signatures from the public to place the matter before voters in November. A roadside sign at...
Catawba Nation Eyes Two New Casinos on Heels of $1.25B Resort
The Catawba Indian Nation's $1.25 billion casino resort in Kings Mountain is merely the opening act of a much larger gaming expansion, with tribal leaders revealing plans for at least two more casinos in North...
MGM National Harbor Ends Free Parking for Non-Members Following Fatal Garage Shooting
MGM National Harbor is ending its decade-long free parking policy for non-rewards members following two fatal garage shootings in the span of two years. MGM National Harbor is seen from across the Potomac River in...
Station Casinos Unveils Historic Brand Identity Refresh for 50th Anniversary
Las Vegas-based Station Casinos is celebrating its 50th anniversary today, July 1, and is rolling out a new logo and brand identity to commemorate its semicentennial. Palace Station, the first Station Casinos property, opened on...
