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United Nations Human Rights Office Discusses Forced Labor in Asian iGaming
Officials with the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Office said this week that illicit online casinos operating from various countries in Asia continue to enslave workers who come in search of a better life. Speaking with CNBC, UN Human Rights Office Senior...
AviaGames Target of Class-Action Lawsuit Over Allegation Skill Games Use Player Bots
AviaGames develops and distributes supposedly skill-based gaming apps that allow users to compete for real cash prizes. But a proposed class-action lawsuit alleges that the company's games regularly use bots to beat real players. AviaGames is a Silicon Valley-based company led by...
Full House Resorts to Receive Extension to Open Permanent Waukegan Casino
Full House Resorts is finalizing plans to build a $400 million casino resort in Waukegan, Ill., called American Place. But a lawsuit brought by the Forest County Potawatomi Community against the Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) and the City of Waukegan has delayed...
FBI Issues Cybersecurity Advisory on Group that Targeted MGM, Caesars
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has released a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory about Scattered Spider, the infamous hacking group that recently targeted both MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment. The FBI, in a notice with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),...
Richmond Casino Defeat Has Other Virginia Cities Jockeying for Gaming
Richmond voters earlier this month rejected for a second time a proposed casino resort in the Virginia capital metro. That has prompted state lawmakers and local officials in other counties and cities to ponder whether they might be able to secure an...
Bally’s Chicago at Risk of Not Being Built, Says City Alderman Brian Hopkins
The $1.7 billion permanent Bally's Chicago integrated casino resort to be built at the Freedom Center and to open before a state-mandated deadline of Sept. 9, 2026, is at risk of not happening. That's according to city Alderman Brian Hopkins (D-Ward 2),...
Pennsylvania Gaming Revenue Totals $483M in October, Oddsmakers Take $800M in Bets
Pennsylvania gaming revenue in October 2023 totaled $483 million, a 7.3% year-over-year gain. The money includes revenue generated at the state's 17 brick-and-mortar casinos and from iGaming, sports betting, fantasy sports, and video gaming terminals (VGTs). It's revenue reporting time of the...
Louisiana Casinos Continue Struggles, Revenue Down for Ninth Consecutive Month
Louisiana casinos continued their losing streak in October. This week, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board reported that gross gaming revenue (GGR) from the state's 13 riverboats and two brick-and-mortar casinos totaled approximately $174.5 million. The revenue includes gaming wins from slot machines,...
Macau Casinos Likely to Avoid Nongaming Spending Trigger This Year
Macau casinos continue to see business recover in the first full year after China President Xi Jinping lifted his "zero-COVID" pandemic policy. The controversial program initiated lockdowns when new COVID-19 cases were detected and kept the resumption of normal life on the...
Pennsylvania Casino Smoking Bill Advances Out of Committee
Pennsylvania casino smoking is allowed in designated areas, but some state Democrats want to extinguish the gaming exemption from the state's Clean Indoor Air Act. The Pennsylvania House Health Committee yesterday made history by advancing a measure that seeks to close the...
