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Bet365 Ordered to Pay $500K+ in Back Winnings to Bettors in New Jersey
Bet365 has been ordered to pay bettors in New Jersey more than a half-million dollars in back bets. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) said an audit of bet365's sports betting operations conducted in April 2022 determined that the online...
Millennials Fueling Gaming Industry’s High-Value, High-Risk Consumer Segments
The latest edition of the TransUnion "U.S. Betting Report" sheds new light on the consumer demographics fueling the online casino gambling and sports betting industries. TransUnion, an American consumer credit reporting agency, reports that nearly six in 10 online bettors that operators...
Democratic Senators Urge Federal Agency to Ban Political Wagering Exchanges
A handful of Democratic United States senators led by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) is calling on a federal government agency that regulates derivative markets to adopt a proposed rule that would forbid political wagering exchanges. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in...
Papaya Gaming Rejects Bot-Use Claims Alleged in Skillz Lawsuit
Israel-based Papaya Gaming has responded to allegations raised by rival skill gaming developer Skillz in a lawsuit filed in New York's Southern District Court with counterclaims. In March, Skillz filed a federal lawsuit against Papaya on claims that the latter company uses...
Macau Casino Pit Boss Allegedly Stole HK$400K in Gaming Chips
A Macau casino pit boss is accused of stealing gaming chips from her employer in the Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR). Macau's Judiciary Police says surveillance video of a nondisclosed casino floor in the city's ZAPE District (Zona Aterro do Porto Exterior)...
$1B Bet on 2024 United States Presidential Election, Trump Maintains Narrow Lead
It's illegal to bet on political outcomes in the United States with a regulated sportsbook, but wagering exchanges continue to operate in a gray zone. After the US Supreme Court gave states the right to determine their own laws on sports betting...
Wind Creek Bethlehem Still Committed to Redeveloping Historic Steel Machine Shop
At its casino relicensing hearing this week, Wind Creek Bethlehem officials told the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) that the resort' sowners remain committed to redeveloping the property's historic No. 2 Machine Shop. Alabama's Poarch Band of Creek Indians' commercial business unit,...
Caesars Entertainment Foundation Donates $3.1M to Nonprofits Nationwide
Caesars Entertainment announced Thursday that the Las Vegas-based casino giant recently contributed $3.1 million to local and national nonprofit organizations through its Caesars Foundation. The Caesars Foundation, the company's corporate giving arm, provided more than $3 million in grants to national groups...
Arkansas’ Pope County Casino License Fields Yet Another Lawsuit
Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston's office on Wednesday announced that a ballot referendum campaign seeking to rescind a casino license for Pope County had submitted enough signatures for the question to go before voters on November 5. Almost immediately after Thurston...
Caesars Entertainment Pegs Horseshoe Brand for Next iGaming Platform
Caesars Entertainment brass revealed during the company's Tuesday evening call with investors and analysts that it will soon deploy its Horseshoe brand online. During the second quarter earnings call, Eric Hession, president of sports and online gaming at Caesars, said the company's...
