5402 stories by Todd Shriber
Minnesota Poll Says Voters There Want Sports Betting
A recent poll suggests nearly two-thirds of Minnesotans want regulated sports wagering in their state. The survey conducted by KSTP/SurveyUSA queried 556 registered voters in Minnesota. It discovered that 64% support current sports wagering legislation before various committees in the state’s House...
Caesars Takes Home Two Freddie Awards for Customer Loyalty Program
Caesars Entertainment’s Caesars Rewards -- one of the gaming industry’s largest customer loyalty offerings -- won two awards at the 31st annual Freddie Awards. The event was held on April 21 in New Orleans. Caesars Rewards took home "Best Customer Service" and...
William Hill Wins Regulatory OK to Run Palms Sportsbook
The Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) has signed off on William Hill running the sportsbook at the soon-to-be reopened Palms Las Vegas. The NGC made the call in a unanimous Thursday vote, with the approval coming ahead of the Wednesday, April 27 reopening...
theScore, Fanduel Establish Early Leads in Ontario Sports Betting
Homegrown contender theScore Bet and FanDuel are off to fast starts in the newly launched regulated sports betting market in Ontario, Canada. Legal single-game sports wagering debuted in Canada’s most populous province on April 4, and less than three weeks in, theScore...
Monarch Casino Stock Tumbles on Macro Concerns, Analyst Downgrades
Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) entered Thursday as one of this year’s best-performing gaming stocks. But on a brutal day for the group, the regional casino operator joined the growing list of slumping gaming names, as analysts downgraded the shares. Coming into...
Las Vegas Sands Invests In U.S. Integrity
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) is taking a stake in U.S. Integrity -- a provider of data analytics and technology used to identify unscrupulous betting behavior, including match-fixing and other forms of game manipulation. Financial terms of the investment weren’t disclosed. Las Vegas-based...
Las Vegas One of Just Three Markets to Surpass 2019 Business Travel Levels
The hotel industry will miss out on $20.6 billion in business travel-related revenue this year, another sign the group is still struggling with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. But Las Vegas is better-positioned than every other major market. The American Hotel...
Circa Sports Heads to Reno, Eyes Summer Launch at Legends Bay Casino
Circa Sports is on its way to northern Nevada, targeting the debut of a sportsbook in the coming months at the Legends Bay Casino in Sparks. It’s Circa’s first retail sportsbook in Nevada outside of its home market of Las Vegas and...
Full House Stock Can Double, EBITDA Triple, Says Analyst
Full House Resorts (NASDAQ:FLL) stock is up more than 5% in early trading Tuesday after an analyst said the regional casino operator is a catalyst-rich story with double potential. In a note to clients today, B. Riley analyst David Bain initiates coverage...
Penn National’s theScore Off to Fast Start in Ontario
Regulated mobile sports wagering debuted in Ontario, Canada, on April 4. Channel checks indicate theScore Bet is off to an impressive start by at least one metric. In a note to clients today, Morgan Stanley analyst Thomas Allen points out that on...
