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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...
NFL Team Values Increase on Sports Betting Expansion, Raiders Franchise Gains Nearly $1.5B
NFL team values are soaring after the Supreme Court's May 2018 decision to end a longstanding federal ban on sports betting, and the Oakland Raiders – soon to call Las Vegas home – are one of the largest benefactors. Forbes this week...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Remains Democratic Frontrunner Following Town Halls, Former VP Joe Biden Bleeds
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) remains the odds-on favorite to secure the Democratic Party's nomination for the 2020 presidential election following CNN's seven hours of climate change town halls. PredictIt bettors snagged up more shares of the 70-year-old Warren winning the party's ticket...
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...
