7783 stories by Devin O'Connor
Florida Lottery Player Wins $2M After Spending Savings on Daughter’s Cancer Care
The Florida Lottery's latest winner is seemingly most deserving of the prize. Lottery officials in the Sunshine State announced last week that Geraldine Gimblet of Lakeland claimed a $2 million scratch-off prize. Gimblet's riches came as a result of the lottery's "$2,000,000...
Horseshoe Baltimore Casino Workers Receive Pay Raise Following Union Negotiations
Union workers at Horseshoe Casino Baltimore have reached a new contract with the property's operator, Caesars Entertainment. The deal will see employees receive significant compensation increases over the next three years. About 600 employees at the downtown Baltimore casino near M&T Bank...
GeoComply Taps Former Secret Service Special Agent to Join Risk Services Team
GeoComply has poached one of the Secret Service's special agents whose career has focused on cybercrime, fraud, and money laundering. Vancouver-based GeoComply is a gaming industry leader in geolocation, fraud, and risk services. The company's flagship product is "PinPoint," which can isolate...
Atlantic City Casino Profits Decline in 2022 as Industry Struggles Post-Pandemic
Atlantic City casinos generated substantially more revenue in 2022 than the nine properties did in 2021, but their bottom lines collectively declined nearly 5%. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) issued net revenue and gross operating reports for the nine...
Macau Casinos Catered to Almost 5M Visitors During 2023 First Quarter
Macau casinos rely heavily on visitation from mainland China. With Macau's borders now freely open to Chinese people, as well as travelers coming from Hong Kong and Taiwan, the enclave is as busy as it's been since COVID-19 arose more than three...
Alabama Church Closes After Secretary’s Embezzlment to Fund Casino Trips
An Alabama church has shuttered permanently after it was revealed that its former secretary had been stealing money from the congregation for more than a decade. The US Department of Justice for the Middle District of Alabama brought charges against Carmen Ramer...
Massachusetts Sports Betting Kiosks Outside Casinos Proposed by State Regulators
Massachusetts sports betting kiosks remain limited to inside the state's three casinos, but gaming regulators say a forthcoming study will help determine if allowing the self-service wagering terminals to be placed elsewhere would benefit the public. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) last...
Virginia Lottery Pick 4 Game Won 20 Times During Single Drawing for $100K Prize
A Virginia Lottery player must have seen the winning numbers coming, because he didn't purchase just one Pick 4 ticket for the March 8 drawing, but 20. And the man picked the same four numbers for each of the 20 tickets. The...
Sports Betting Alliance Calls on DC Mayor to Use Problem Gambling Funds Appropriately
The Sports Betting Alliance (SBA), a trade association of sportsbook operators, says DC should rethink how it's using its sports betting taxes. Casino.org reported last month on how DC Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and the Council of the District of Columbia, the...
Online Horse Racing Betting Measure Passes South Carolina House in Surprising Vote
South Carolina lawmakers have for decades been opposed to most forms of gambling, the state-run lottery being the lone exception. That's why a bill introduced this year by a state Democrat to allow pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing faced presumably long odds...
