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Massachusetts Has 15 Sports Betting Applications
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) revealed Tuesday that 15 applications for sports betting licenses were received during the state's bidding period that ended Monday at 2 p.m. EST. The MGC says 15 firms each paid...
BetMGM Donates $180K to International Center for Responsible Gaming
BetMGM, a leading iGaming and sports betting operator in the US, is further committing financial resources toward the issue of responsible gambling. MGM Resorts' digital gaming and sportsbook unit announced Tuesday that it's giving $180K...
Peninsula Pacific Entertainment Focused on Iowa After Churchill Downs Buy
Peninsula Pacific Entertainment (P2E) is without physical casino assets after most of the company's portfolio was acquired by Churchill Downs earlier this month. The $2.75 billion acquisition closed on November 1. The deal included Del...
New York City Casino Pitched Near United Nations, 9 West Billionaire Behind Bid
The New York City casino race has another entrant. Billionaire Stefan Soloviev. He is one of the nation's largest landowners, with more than half of a million acres under his ownership, and has prepped the...
Showboat Atlantic City Owner Targeting Bader Field for $3B Multiuse Development
Bader Field in Atlantic City closed in 2006 following 96 years of aviation use. The city, which owns the former airport, has for many years since then been shopping the property to potential real estate...
Hard Rock Tejon Gains Federal Approval, $600M Casino Cleared for Construction
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tejon is officially cleared to begin construction. That's after the US Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs agreed to take about 320 acres of land owned by the...
Rivers Casino Portsmouth in Virginia Opening January 2023
Rivers Casino Portsmouth plans to make history in Virginia by opening the state's first permanent casino on Jan. 15, 2023. Rivers Casino Portsmouth is a $340 million undertaking from Rush Street Gaming, a Chicago-based gaming...
Caesars Virginia to Open Temporary Danville Casino in July 2023
Caesars Virginia in Danville is one of four commercial casinos under construction in the state. Caesars Entertainment, which is leading the development of the regional casino in Virginia's Southside, announced this week that it plans...
Pennsylvania Gaming Revenue Tops $450M in October, iGaming Sets Monthly Record
Pennsylvania's gaming industry continues to expand in terms of monthly revenue. Gaming interests last month won more than $450 million from players, a nearly 6% year-over-year gain. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) reports that...
Maryland Online Sports Betting to Start Ahead of Thanksgiving NFL Games
Maryland online sports betting will begin next week on Wednesday, November 23. The long-awaited kickoff comes just hours before the NFL serves up its traditional Thanksgiving feast of games. Marylanders amended the state constitution through...
