1979 stories by Steve Bittenbender
Ohio Sports Betting Sponsors Reach Agreement, But Time’s Running Out for Passage
Sponsors of the competing sports betting bills in the Ohio Legislature tell Casino.org they’ve reached an agreement on legislative language. However, time is running out to get it passed. On Tuesday, the Senate General Government and Agency Review Committee accepted a substitute...
Conscious Gaming Hires Ex-Caesars Exec to Help Platform Gain Traction
Conscious Gaming has brought on a former Caesars Entertainment executive to its senior leadership team. Seth Palansky will join the Vancouver-based organization as its vice president of corporate social responsibility and communications. Previously, he served as the vice president of corporate communications...
Former Bengal Vontaze Burfict Arrested in Quest for Secret Pizza at The Cosmopolitan
Vontaze Burfict just wanted some pizza while in Las Vegas over the weekend. Well, not just some pizza. This secret pizza is located in a hidden corner of Vegas' Cosmopolitan. The former Cincinnati Bengals linebacker, who earned a reputation and several suspensions...
New York Yankees President Says City Needs Mobile Sports Betting, More Casinos
New York Yankees Team President Randy Levine wants to see expanded gaming, including mobile sports betting, in the Big Apple to help the economy recover from COVID-19. Levine, who once served as the city’s deputy mayor for economic development under Rudy Giuliani,...
Sports-Centric Streaming Service FuboTV Buys Tech Firm in Preparation for Sports Betting Move
Online streaming service fuboTV wants to get into the sports betting business. On Tuesday, the company made its first move toward that goal by purchasing a startup co-founded by the son of legendary NFL quarterback Joe Montana. Fubo announced the acquisition of...
Chicago Area Grocer Shelved to Federal Prison for Bookmaking, Tax Evasion
A 63-year-old meat market owner from suburban Chicago was sentenced to a year in prison by a federal judge Monday for running an illegal bookmaking operation and failing to report nearly $4 million in income from the sports betting enterprise. Domenic Poeta...
Bob Baffert’s Life is Good Leads the Pack in 2021 Kentucky Derby Futures Betting (VIDEO)
We’re still more than five months away from the 2021 Kentucky Derby, but it already seems like bettors have found their horse for next year’s Run for the Roses. Betting opened at noon ET Thursday at Churchill Downs on the first futures...
Illinois Casinos Want Lawmakers To Take Up iGaming, Mobile Sports Betting Registration in 2021
As Illinois casinos enter their second week under Gov. J.B. Pritzker's closure order, signs point to the 10 gaming properties lobbying lawmakers for some more changes to state laws. Tom Swoik, the executive director of the Illinois Casino Gaming Association, told Casino.org...
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Creating LLC to Pursue Commercial Casino Acquisitions
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council has funded the due diligence on its possible purchase of the Caesars Southern Indiana casino. But tribal council members also approved another initiative to help the nation expand into commercial gaming. At its Nov....
Indiana Gaming Officials Give Caesars Another Year to Find a Buyer for Horseshoe Hammond
Caesars Entertainment now has more time to sell its Horseshoe Hammond Casino in northwest Indiana. On Monday, the Indiana Gaming Commission extended the deadline to find a deal for the casino by a year, to Dec. 31, 2021. Horseshoe is one of...
