GAN Launches Simulated Sports Betting in Ohio
Sports betting platform supplier GAN Limited, a leading business-to-business supplier of internet gaming software-as-a-service solutions primarily to the U.S. land-based casino industry, announced the launch of a simulated internet sports betting experience for an existing major Midwestern region retail casino operator client, Jack Entertainment. Available online at PlayJACK.com, simulated sports betting represents a material extension […]
Virginia Accepts Sports Betting Applications
Operators of sports betting October 15 began lining up to apply with the Virginia Lottery for licenses. Well, lining up isn’t exactly right, since the applications are all performed online. They will be taken until the end of the month. Permanent rules for sportsbook have been posted on the Virginia Register. The Lottery will have […]
German Betting Groups Receive Licenses
GVC Holdings’ bwin, SportingBet, Ladbrokes and Gamebookers brands will begin providing sports betting products to German customers in early 2021. GVC Chief Executive Officer Shay Segev said, “The award of these licenses is great news for GVC, bringing the clarity and certainty that we have long sought for sports betting in Germany. The much-anticipated regulation […]
Michigan Online Sports Betting Passes Committee
In Michigan, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, consisting of five state senators and five state representatives, recently received a final draft of online sports betting rules from the Michigan Gaming Control Board. If the committee takes no action on the rules, they can move to the secretary of state’s office and become law, leading […]
U.S. Sports Betting Logs Record Handle
Sports betting in the U.S. continued its surge in August, when the nation’ sportsbooks recorded their highest monthly handle and second-highest monthly revenue in the 30 months since the federal ban on sports betting was repealed. Americans wagered $2.1 billion in August, a single-month record. Sportsbooks generated $119.4 million in revenue, a number only exceeded […]
Las Vegas Wins Bids for Major NCAA Events
Since the downfall of the ban on sports betting in 2018 the NCAA has ended its opposition to allowing major games to be played in Nevada. As a result, the association NCAA tapped Las Vegas to host an NCAA Tournament men’s regional in 2023. This marks the first time the city served as a site […]
NY Casinos Haven’t Fully Recovered
Although New York State casinos have been open since September 3, they have not fully recovered. Some areas of gaming have bounced back as good as before. Rivers Casino General Manager Justin Moore said last week that sportsbook was surpassing pre-Covid numbers. “This past Sunday our sports book was the busiest we’ve seen since reopening […]
Court Decision on Historic Races Devastating
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission is mulling over a request to ask the state Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that a slot-like game that appears in three of the state’s historical racing venues is not pari-mutuel wagering. Such machines resemble slot machines, but payouts are based on a parimutuel formula. Bets are determined by […]
Casino Closures Devastate Tribal Health Services
In March, 524 tribal casinos operated in the U.S. The number fell to zero by mid-April due to closures forced by the coronavirus pandemic. The first ones reopened in early May but it was a long road back. As of October 12, 470 were back in business, according to the American Gaming Association. In the […]
$1.2 Billion Biloxi Casino Resort Planned
Universal Music Group and the Dakia U-Ventures investment group announced they will develop a $1.2 billion casino and 1,000-room hotel, the first of three UMUSIC Hotels, at the site of the circa 1939 Broadwater Beach Hotel, which closed in 2005—destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The other two will be built in Atlanta and Orlando. Mississippi Governor […]
Twin River Casino Buys Bally’s Brand
The purchase of Bally’s Atlantic City by Twin River Worldwide Holdings was apparently the impetus for the Rhode Island-based company to complete a deal with Caesars Entertainment to buy the Bally’s brand for $20 million. Twin River paid $25 million for the Atlantic City property and said it would change the name, but the brand […]
Smoke-Free Casino Could Trigger a Movement
Park MGM reopened September 30 after being shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic. Amid the usual array of post-Covid-19 restrictions and requirements, the casino added another: no smoking. On the surface, one casino ditching ciggies out of the dozens along the Strip and hundreds more throughout the country doesn’t seem to mean much, especially since similar […]
