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Red Rock Says No Tax on Tips Could Add $200M to Las Vegas Economy
Red Rock Resorts (NASDAQ: RRR) executives believe the no tax on tips policy floated during the 2024 presidential campaign could juice the Las Vegas economy by as much as $200 million. That idea was originally floated by President-elect Donald Trump and later...
Penn Entertainment Downgraded as BofA Sees Muted Risk-Reward
Shares of Penn Entertainment (NASDAQ: PENN) traded lower today after Bank of America pared its rating on shares of the regional casino operator. In a new report to clients, analyst Shaun Kelley downgraded Penn to “neutral” with a price target of $22....
Sphere Threat Prompts Dolan to End Oak View Agreement
Sphere Entertainment (NYSE: SPHR) boss James Dolan has reportedly ended an agreement with a private equity firm that’s working to bring an NBA team to Las Vegas because he believes that effort could result in a venue rivaling the Sphere. The New...
Flutter Q3 Results Easily Top Wall Street Estimates
Shares of Flutter Entertainment (NYSE: FLUT) rallied in extended trading on Tuesday after the gaming company reported third-quarter results that soundly beat Wall Street forecasts. The FanDuel parent said it earned 43 cents per share on revenue of $3.25 billion during the...
Genius Sports Soars on Surprise Profit, Upped Outlook
Shares of Genius Sports (NYSE: GENI) surged Tuesday after the company posted a surprise third-quarter profit while upping its 2024 financial guidance. On a day when most gaming stocks succumbed to some profit-taking, shares of the sports betting data provider were up...
Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel Buys Sports Betting Units at Big Discount
Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EDR) announced that it's selling its IMG Arena and OpenBet sports betting businesses to a group led by CEO Ari Emanuel. The sale price is $450 million. OB Global Holdings LLC is the buyer, and that group...
Louisiana Pol Proposes Massive Sports Betting Tax Hike
Sports betting industry observers likely didn’t have Louisiana considering a major tax increase on their 2024 bingo cards, but it’s possible following newly filed legislation. On Monday, Rep. Roger Wilder III (R-Livingston Parrish) proposed House Bill 22 (HB 22), which if enacted,...
Inspired Entertainment Stock Could Inspire More Gains
Relative to other gaming stocks, Inspired Entertainment (NASDAQ: INSE) leads a somewhat nondescript existence, but some analysts believe the shares deserve more acclaim. Toiling in anonymity is often a fact of life for stocks with market capitalizations of $277.74 million – where...
DraftKings Viewed as Bargain Among Gaming Stocks
In DraftKings’ (NASDAQ: DKNG) four-plus years as a standalone publicly traded company, rare have been the occasions that the stock has been considered inexpensive. Those instances arguably don’t exist at all, but at least one analyst believes shares of the online sports...
Investor Jason Ader Jet Sets Around the World While Facing Lawsuits
Jason Ader, the founder of a blank-check company that attempted to bring the Okada Manila casino resort public, is gallivanting around the world while facing litigation, including from his mother, as clients of his hedge fund demand their cash be returned to...