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Nevada Gaming Regulators Propose Easing Sportsbook Rules for Past-Posted Bets
The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) on Wednesday unanimously recommended that the state ease its rules on how sportsbooks respond after detecting that they erroneously accepted bets on sporting event outcomes that have already been determined. Known as "past-posted wagers," a term...
Churchill Downs Aggressively Advertising The Rose Gaming Resort in Northern Virginia
Kentucky-based Churchill Downs, Inc. is putting the finishing touches on its $460 million gaming resort in Virginia's Dumfries. In anticipation of its impending opening, Churchill Downs is aggressively marketing the casino to residents in affluent Northern Virginia. The Rose Gaming Resort won't...
Philippines Casino Owners Top Country’s Richest List
Casino owners in the Philippines grabbed the top two spots on Forbes' 2024 list of the richest Filipinos. Forbes Asia on Wednesday unveiled its "Philippines' 50 Richest" list. The Sy siblings, who inherited their fortune from their late father, Henry Sy Sr.,...
Las Vegas Magician David Copperfield Trashed $7.4M Penthouse, Lawsuit Alleges
Las Vegas mainstay David Copperfield, 67, is accused in a New York lawsuit of trashing his penthouse condominium that he's owned since 1997. The board of the Galleria Condominium building located at 117 E. 57th St. in Manhattan alleges in its lawsuit...
Penn Entertainment Details Strategy to Strengthen ESPN Bet Sportsbook
Penn Entertainment during its second-quarter earnings presentation revealed a strategy to strengthen its ESPN Bet sportsbook brand. Penn continues to struggle to gain meaningful market share in the US sports betting landscape. After a strong debut last November in which ESPN Bet...
Jake’s 58 Casino Appeals $26K Regulatory Fine Issued By New York Gaming Commission
Jake's 58 Casino Hotel on New York's Long Island has appealed a fine levied by the New York State Gaming Commission for not properly procuring necessary gaming licenses for more than two dozen employees. In December, the state's gaming regulatory agency notified...
Indiana Veterans Groups Urge Legislature to Allow Electronic Charitable Gaming
Veterans groups in Indiana have formed a political action committee (PAC) to encourage state lawmakers in Indianapolis to pass legislation authorizing electronic charitable gaming. PlayIN for Charity is backed by The American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the...
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...
