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Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx Cast as Face of BetMGM Sportsbook
Actor Jamie Foxx is starring in a new advertising campaign promoting BetMGM, the sports betting and online gaming platform of MGM Resorts. MGM says Foxx will be its leading man in a variety of traditional and social media advertising. The first brand...
President Trump to Announce SCOTUS Nominee Saturday, Odds Expect Senate Vote Before Election
President Donald Trump says he will nominate his pick to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday, and bettors are forecasting a Senate confirmation vote before Election Day. Ginsburg died September 18 at the age of 87 from...
Hotel Industry on ‘Brink of Collapse,’ Resorts Warn More Layoffs Without Federal Relief
The American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA), the industry's leading trade association and lobbying voice in DC, is warning Congress that more than two out of three (67 percent) of US hotels can't last another six months without federal assistance. A survey...
Anti-Casino Group in Norfolk, Virginia Questions Tribal Partnership
"Informed Norfolk" is seeking to sway local Virginia residents into voting "no" on a ballot referendum question on November 3 that would legalize commercial gambling. Virginia's casino legislation, signed earlier this year by Gov. Ralph Northam (D), allows cities facing economic hardship...
Macau Tourism Office and Casino Resorts Launch Marketing Campaign in Beijing
The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO), in partnership with the enclave's six licensed casino resort operators, is launching a marketing campaign in Beijing. The goal is bringing mainland visitors to the Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR). "Beijing Macau Week" is being organized...
Virginia Churches Unite in Opposition of Bristol Casino, November Gambling Referendum
Four churches in Virginia are congregating to get out their message of opposition to a potential casino resort in Bristol. Two churches in Bristol, and one each in nearby Abingdon and Lebanon, Virginia, are funding a campaign to warn voters on the...
Kazuo Okada Appeal Dismissed by Tokyo High Court, Billionaire Must Pay $200K
Billionaire Kazuo Okada's appeal of a ruling by the Tokyo District Court in February has been rejected in a higher court. The Tokyo District Court ordered Okada to pay damages of JPY21.3 million ($200,000) in relation to three cases of alleged fraud...
Bipartisan Federal Bill to Protect Catawba Indian Land in North Carolina Introduced
The Catawba Indian Nation, the only federally recognized tribe in South Carolina, is moving forward with its $273 million casino resort in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. A new federal bill has been introduced in DC that seeks to provide the tribe with...
Bryson DeChambeau U.S. Open Win Positive Outcome for Sportsbooks
Bryson DeChambeau is a major winner after dominating 143 of the best players in the world at Winged Foot Golf Club in New York. The 27-year-old was victorious in the unlikeliest of ways. He hit just 23 of 56 fairways, traditionally a...
Virginia Lawmakers Committed to Banning Skill Games in 2021, Despite Terminals Providing COVID-19 Relief
Virginia lawmakers say the General Assembly remains committed to banning skill gaming machines next year, even as the terminals are providing the state with critical COVID-19 relief money in 2020. The General Assembly considered banning the controversial gambling machines earlier this year....
