8322 stories by Devin O'Connor
Caesars Entertainment Board Adds Former Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones Blackhurst
Caesars Entertainment has named Jan Jones Blackhurst to its corporate board. The move comes less than two weeks after the casino giant announced it was foregoing its efforts to win licensure in Japan, which the former Las Vegas mayor was spearheading for...
NFL Week One Busy Weekend for Sportsbooks Across US, Casinos Report Win
Week one of the NFL season is in the books, and for the first time in US history, legal sportsbooks took action on the games in more than a dozen states across the country. Oddsmakers told ESPN that Sunday was a "decent...
Horseshoe Baltimore Casino Posts Lowest Revenue Month in History, Building Outdoor Gaming Patio
The Horseshoe Baltimore casino won just $18.2 million in August, the property's lowest gross gaming revenue (GGR) number in its five-year history operating in Maryland. The Caesars Entertainment casino's August GGR represented a 13 percent decline compared to the same month in...
Sen. Mitt Romney Hatching Federal Sports Betting Bill With Strange Bedfellow Sen. Chuck Schumer
Senators Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Chuck Schumer (D-New York) are teaming up to bring Congress a bill that would govern sports betting on the federal level. Gambling Compliance broke the news that the two are collaborating to introduce "federal guidelines" for legal...
NFL Super Bowl Bets on Long Odds Placed Ahead of Week One
Super Bowl 54 won't be played until February 2, 2020. But that isn't stopping bettors from placing substantial wagers on NFL teams that aren't supposed to perform well this season. Week one of the NFL season officially kicked off Thursday night, with...
Las Vegas Keeps Getting More Expensive, Fees Now Applied to Drinks
Las Vegas casinos keep becoming more expensive to visit, as service fees on drinks are now being incurred by guests at Strip resort properties. First reported by Vital Vegas, a recent guest at Park MGM questioned why his two drinks at the...
Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Says Sports Betting Will Increase NFL TV Contracts by 50 Percent
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is fully embracing the legalization of sports betting, as the billionaire believes expanded gaming on professional football will only help increase television ratings. Thirteen states now have sports betting fully operational less than 16 months after the...
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Says Online Gambling Will Continue, Leader Won’t Cave to China
Rodrigo Duterte, the controversial president of the Philippines, isn't buckling to China's demand that online gambling operations in the Southeast Asia country targeting foreign markets be shuttered. Philippine offshore gaming operators – commonly known as POGOs – have been scorned by China...
Sands China, Galaxy Entertainment Dominate Macau Gaming Market, Account for 45 Percent Share
Sands China and Galaxy Entertainment are the two dominant casino operators in Macau, controlling a 45.5 percent market share of the richest gaming hub on planet Earth. Deutsche Bank says in a note this week that the two casino companies remain the...
Wynn Resorts Plans to Build ‘World’s Largest’ Casino Resort in Japan, as Lobbying Heats Up
Wynn Resorts is upping its lobbying campaign in Japan, telling media outlets there that the company will build the "world's largest" casino resort should it be so fortunate as to land one of the three forthcoming gaming licenses. At a recent conference...
