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Nevada Appeased on Leon Black’s Apollo Role in Venetian, Palazzo Takeover
The Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) this week formally approved the $6.25 billion sale of The Venetian and Palazzo casino resorts on the Las Vegas Strip to VICI Properties and Apollo Global Management. But the latter company raised concerns during the state's hearing...
DiamondJacks Bossier City Casino Won’t Reopen, Louisiana Gaming License in Limbo
DiamondJacks Casino in Bossier City, Louisiana, won't reopen, officials representing Peninsula Pacific Entertainment (P2E) told state gaming regulators this week. P2E last year sought to relocate its Bossier City casino license to Slidell, north of New Orleans. But that required local voters...
MGM Japan Commits $175M for Yumeshima Subway, Osaka Ratifies IR Agreement
MGM Resorts Japan has committed to covering Osaka's infrastructure expenses in lengthening its subway system to Yumeshima Island. The US-based casino company's subsidiary is spearheading the group's integrated resort (IR) development efforts in the East Asia country, MGM Japan and its IR...
China Warns Cross-Border Gambling Operators, Ministry to Strengthen Safeguards
China continues to proclaim that individuals and groups involved in the illegal facilitation of cross-border gambling will be targeted in 2022 and the years ahead. Gambling is mostly illegal everywhere in China, other than in Macau, one of two Special Administrative Regions...
Yankee Stadium Could Have On-Site Sports Betting, Should New York Gaming Law Pass
Yankee Stadium could have self-service standalone sports betting kiosks if a new piece of gaming legislation gains favor among New York state lawmakers. New York Senate Bill 7536A seeks to allow licensed sportsbooks to partner with professional sports stadiums to place sports...
Pennsylvania Gaming Biz Opposes Charitable Online Fundraising, Lawmaker Says
The Pennsylvania gaming industry is the third-largest in the United States. And its interests are greatly protective of maintaining the status quo, says one state lawmaker. State Rep. Ryan Warner (R-Fayette) is seeking to permanently change the state's laws on how charities...
New Jersey Sportsbooks Take Record Action Despite New York Mobile Start
New Jersey sportsbooks fared just fine as New York oddsmakers began taking bets online last month. In fact, the Garden State experienced record wagering. Numbers released today by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) reveal that more sports bets were...
PayNearMe Adding PayPal, Venmo to iGaming Accounts
PayNearMe will soon offer iGaming and mobile sports betting customers seamless integration of PayPal and Venmo services. The popular online payment processor says it will implement PayPal and Venmo to its platform sometime in the second quarter of 2022. PayNearMe explains the...
US Gaming Industry Wins Record $53B in 2021, Casino Revenue Betters 2019
The US gaming industry has never been better. Gross revenue in 2021 soared to new heighs. The American Gaming Association (AGA), the industry's national trade group, compiled revenue reports from the 33 states, plus DC, that have some form of legal commercial...
Foxwoods Resort Casino Expansion Headlined by Great Wolf Lodge Waterpark
Foxwoods Resort Casino has unveiled a major expansion of its Connecticut property that will bring a Great Wolf Lodge indoor waterpark to the complex. Foxwoods already claims to be the largest casino resort in North America. The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation said...
