3799 stories by Philip Conneller
Suffolk Downs Racetrack Sues Wynn Resorts for $3 Billion Alleging Massachusetts Casino License ‘Fix’
Historic East Boston thoroughbred racetrack Suffolk Downs announced on Tuesday it would continue to offer live racing next year, despite fears that its latest season, which wrapped up on Sunday, would be its last. On the same day, it filed suit against...
West Virginia Pols Probe Mystery of Missing Lottery Officials Who Drew Up Sports Betting Rules
West Virginia lawmakers are anxious to know what happened to their missing lottery officials and whether a possible spat with Governor Jim Justice over sports betting had anything to do with it. Lottery Director Alan Larrick mysteriously resigned on August 31, the...
Decentralized, EOS-based ‘Smart’ Casinos Hacked, Over $250,000 Stolen
EOSBet and DEOSGames, two blockchain-based “smart” casinos were hacked last week, leading to the theft of more than $250,000 in EOS, the digital currency that powers the EOS.IO blockchain protocol. Both gaming platforms are part of a new wave of online casinos...
Formula One Signs $100 Million Deal to Shift Gears on Gambling Sponsorship
Formula One will embrace gambling sponsorship for the first time in its history. The Financial Times reports the race car series has sold the global rights to Formula One gambling sponsorship to London-based marketing agency Interregional Sports Group, which will shortly begin...
Genting Deliberating Recovery of $400 Million Investment in Massachusetts Casino After DOI Leaves Tribe High and Dry
Malaysian casino giant Genting says it is “deliberating the appropriate course of action” in relation to $400 million loaned to the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe to build a $1 billion casino in Taunton, Massachusetts -- a project that suddenly faces huge hurdles. In...
Washington State Joins Alliance of European Regulators to Challenge Video Game Industry on Loot Boxes
Gaming regulators in 15 European countries and one US state have joined forces to address the “risks created by the blurring of lines between gaming and gambling.” The Washington State Gambling Commission is the only US signatory to a declaration that vows...
Macau Gambling Industry Takes $185 Million Hit as Typhoon Mangkhut Closes Casinos, Spares Hub from Worst Devastation
Typhoon Mangkhut caused a 33-hour emergency shutdown of Macau’s casino industry over the weekend, the first forced cessation of gaming in the enclave’s history. Operations were suspended at all 42 casinos from 11pm on Saturday night, local time, on the order of...
Macau Casinos Won’t Be Hit by Trade War Retribution: Analyst
CLSA analyst Jonathan Galligan does not believe Macau’s casino sector will be detrimentally affected by Washington’s escalating trade war with Beijing, CNBC reports. Speaking at the annual CLSA Investors' Forum in Hong Kong on Wednesday, Galligan, the firm’s head of Asia gaming and conglomerates,...
Stars Group Goes Live with BetStars Sports Betting App In New Jersey
PokerStars parent The Stars Group is the latest operator to enter the burgeoning New Jersey sports betting market. On Thursday, it launched its BetStars platform for mobile devices in partnership with Resorts AC. The company already offers its PokerStarsNJ and PokerStarsCasinoNJ platforms...
American Gaming Association Pushes Back Against Federal Sports Betting Faction
The American Gaming Association (AGA) has urged Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) to abandon his push for the federal regulation of sports betting. In a letter dated September 13, Senior VP of Public Affairs Sara Slane outlined the trade organization’s...
