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PayPal Takes Steps to Prevent Online Problem Gambling with Software Blocking
PayPal is taking steps to make sure its payment processing platform isn't used to fuel problem gamblers' online casino habits. PayPal, the world's largest facilitator of online financial transactions, recently integrated software that can prevent the movement of money related to internet...
Las Vegas Welcomed 32.2M Visitors in 2021, Still Drastically Lower Than 2019
Las Vegas visitor volume began its COVID-19 recovery last year. But the gaming and convention capital of the United States still has a way to go to reach pre-pandemic levels experienced in 2019. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) reported...
Britney Spears Makes New Claims About Conservatorship During Las Vegas Residency
Britney Spears is opening up about what her life was like under her much-scrutinized conservatorship. The legal restrictions were controls that her father, Jamie Spears, held on the pop superstar for more than a decade. Spears claims that during her nearly four-year...
Atlantic Casino Smoking Opponents Light Up 2022 Campaign
With 2022 nearly a month in, Atlantic City casino smoking opponents are growing increasingly impatient with New Jersey state lawmakers. The legislators continue to show little enthusiasm in extinguishing tobacco smoke on gaming floors. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) and elected...
Adele Las Vegas Postponed Dates Snagged by Caesars Palace Resident Keith Urban
Adele fans' loss is Keith Urban fans' gain, as the country music superstar has confirmed that his own Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace's Colosseum will replace some of the English singer's nixed dates. Adele last week shocked Las Vegas and her...
Nevada Casinos Set All-Time Gaming Revenue Record, 2021 Win Tops $13.4B
Nevada casinos are fresh off their best year ever in terms of gaming revenue. The Nevada Gaming Control Board revealed today that 2021 gross gaming revenue (GGR) totaled more than $13.42 billion. That number is nearly 71 percent year-over-year increase and a...
Sports Betting Firms Help NFL Achieve Record $1.8B in Sponsorship Revenue
Sports betting operators in the United States played a vital role in the NFL achieving record sponsorship revenue in 2021. Data compiled by IEG, a global consultancy in partnership strategies and effectiveness evaluation, released its 2021 NFL sponsorship findings this week. The...
SCOTUS Odds Favor Senate Confirmation of President Biden Appointment by 2022 End
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will soon have a vacancy. Today, Justice Stephen Breyer announced his forthcoming resignation. Breyer plans to depart the high court this summer. The liberal justice's forthcoming exit will allow President Joe Biden to fulfill...
Caesars Renaming Bally’s to Horseshoe, Returning WSOP to Namesake Casino
Caesars Entertainment this week finally confirmed the long-running rumors that Bally's on the Las Vegas Strip will be renamed and renovated into the Horseshoe. Harrah's Entertainment, now Caesars Entertainment, acquired the Horseshoe gaming brand in 2004. It was part of its $9...
Minnesota Sports Betting Efforts Hampered by Complicated Gaming Environment
The Minnesota Legislature reconvenes next week. And when lawmakers gather in Saint Paul, the odds are good that efforts to legalize sports betting will reignite. Minnesota is bordered by four states, and sports betting is legal and operational in each. Regulated sports...
