8021 stories by Devin O'Connor
Sen. Orrin Hatch Says Federal Sports Betting Oversight Needed, Gaming Industry Rejects Argument
US Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) spoke for 12 minutes on the Senate floor this week about a need for federal regulation of sports betting, a gambling activity that was liberalized in May by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). SCOTUS...
MGM Springfield Opens Its $960 Million Doors, State and Communities Ready to Reap Financial Rewards
MGM Springfield became the first integrated casino resort in Massachusetts when it opened its doors on Friday, August 24. The $960 million complex features a 125,000 square foot casino floor with 2,550 slot machines and 120 table games, 251-room hotel, spa, retail...
Odds Shorten on CG Technology Losing Nevada Sportsbook License After Regulators Reject Settlement
CG Technology is one step closer to seeing its gaming license withdrawn in Nevada after state regulators denied a proposed $250,000 settlement for the company's admitted violations. Earlier this month, the sportsbook company and the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) agreed to...
Wynn Resorts to Discover Fate From Massachusetts Regulators Next Month
Wynn Resorts continues to build its $2.5 billion integrated casino complex outside Boston without formally knowing whether it will be permitted to operate gambling once it's finished. Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) Chairman Stephen Crosby said at a meeting that state investigators working...
American Gaming Association Says US Commercial Casinos Won Record $40B in 2017
The American Gaming Association (AGA) reports in its annual review of the US gaming industry that commercial casinos won a massive $40.28 billion in 2017. That's a 3.4 percent increase on 2016, and marks the first time the industry has surpassed the...
Anti-Online Gambling Op-Ed Penned by Ex-Pol Lobbyist Whose Firm Has Sheldon Adelson as a Client
Former congresswoman Blanche Lincoln (D), who represented Arkansas in both the US House of Representatives and the Senate, is calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to overturn a 2011 opinion on the 1961 Wire Act that paved the way for the...
Downtown Las Vegas Goes Out on a Limb for New Treehouse Entertainment Complex
Downtown Las Vegas' Arts District will soon become home to what's being billed as an entertainment complex featuring a variety of social, dining, and event spaces that will be capable of hosting multiple happenings simultaneously. Called the Treehouse Las Vegas, the 22,000-square-foot...
Encore Boston Harbor, MGM Springfield Put More Women on Construction Site
Encore Boston Harbor and MGM Springfield are collectively investing nearly $3.5 billion to build two integrated casino resorts in Massachusetts, and the companies are entrusting a large percentage of female construction workers to get the job done. The Massachusetts Expanded Gaming Act...
East Windsor Casino to Break Ground This Fall, MGM Springfield Springs Into Action This Week
Tribal leaders building the East Windsor casino in Connecticut say they hope to officially break ground on the satellite gambling venue this fall. The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes were granted approval from the state last fall to jointly build a casino...
Pennsylvania Lottery and State Casinos Remain at Odds Over Games
The Pennsylvania Lottery debuted Xpress Football and Xpress Car Racing last week, and the two new games based on the outcomes of simulated sporting events have the state's 13 licensed commercial casino operators up in arms. Xpress Football is a random drawing...
