PA’s Wind Creek Launches Pala Interactive iGaming Platform
Wind Creek Hospitality and Pala Interactive announced the full public launch of Wind Creek Casino’s online gaming platform in Pennsylvania, powered by Pala Interactive. As part of this partnership, Pala will provide Wind Creek with its online player account management system and real-money casino. In addition to the online gambling offering, Wind Creek will be […]
Twin River Signs iGaming Deal in AC
Twin River’s purchase of Bally’s Atlantic City has paid dividends as the casino company signed a multi-year partnership with PointsBet August 6 to offer an online gaming site in New Jersey. The Rhode Island-based Twin River agreed to purchase Bally’s from Caesars Entertainment for $25 million. New Jersey regulators must approve the transaction, according to […]
Everi Expands iGaming Deal with PA’s Parx
Everi Digital, the online gaming division of Everi Holdings Inc., extended its online gaming partnership with Pennsylvania’s Parx Casino and its Parx Online online casino. Seven of Everi’s player-popular stepper titles—Atomic Meltdown, Double Ruby, Red Alert, Shamrock Spin, Smokin’ 777, Star Magic and Triple Threat—are now available to the Parx Online player community in New […]
Any Takers for Pennsylvania’s Next Mini-Casino License?
Pennsylvania’s 2017 Gaming Expansion Act authorized up to 10 Category-4 (satellite) slot operations, or “mini-casinos,” in the Keystone State. Since then, only four of the licenses have been snapped up, with diminishing returns for the state in each round of bidding. To wit: First, regional juggernaut Penn National paid $50.1 million for a license in […]
Cordish Launches PA Online Casino
Baltimore-based Cordish Companies’ Stadium Casino subsidiary, in a first, is launching its Play Live! online casino brand before its two brick-and-mortar facilities in Pennsylvania are open. Stadium Casino is in the midst of construction for its Live! Hotel & Casino Philadelphia, slated to open early next year, and its Live! Casino Pittsburgh Category 4 mini-casino […]
Slot Payback Secrets, Or, Can You Really Increase Your Win Percentage?
In this column on July 9, we explored the payback percentage of online slot games, touching on how each game style returns money to you, the player. One thing I mentioned then was that you should know going in that a penny denomination generally means the lowest payback percentage on a given gaming site. Say […]
Manchester Track to Close, Victim of Covid-19
Arena Racing Company (ARC) has confirmed the closure of Belle Vue Greyhound Stadium. The closure of the Manchester track is nothing unexpected since a Manchester Planning and Highways committee approved proposals to close the stadium and use the site for housing. “The closure of Belle Vue Greyhound Stadium has been an incredibly difficult one to […]
Four Winds Sportsbooks in Michigan Open
With major league U.S. sports back in play, it’s a good time for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi and its Four Winds Casinos in Michigan to initiate new sportsbooks. Four Winds partnered with Kambi Group to offer the sportsbooks at properties in New Buffalo, Hartford and Dowagiac. “One of the reasons we partnered with Kambi […]
Illinois’ Third Sportsbook Opens; Adds More Licenses
The third sportsbook in Illinois recently opened at the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, in partnership with William Hill U.S. Grand Victoria Senior Vice President and General Manager Bill Gustafson said, “Partnering with the country’s leading sports betting operator allows us to offer our customers an elevated experience that features industry leading wagering and technology. […]
Sports Betting: Where Do We Go From Here?
A series of judiciary and legislative developments have allowed states to determine their own sports wagering policies. The UNLV International Gaming Institute has published a report aimed at informing these states’ decisions, which can be found here (report) and here (infographic). The 33-page assessment, “The Big Questions: Sports Wagering in America,” poses and answers a […]
Pequot Chairman Calls for Connecticut to End Sports Betting Delay
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Chairman Rodney Butler is calling on Connecticut legislators to remove obstacles to sports betting at tribal gaming halls in the state. Butler says Governor Ned Lamont and other officials are dragging their feet because they don’t want the two tribes to have a monopoly on sports betting, which is already legal in […]
New Jersey, Indiana Investigate FanDuel Errors
An error can cost teams runs in baseball. In betting circles, an error can cost a sportsbook thousands of dollars. That’s what happened when FanDuel made a pricing error on a Major League Soccer game in July—and then withheld payment to winners. The decision not to pay off led the New Jersey Division of Gaming […]
