Churchill Downs Partners with Kambi, GAN
Churchill Downs is partnering with platform supplier GAN and sportsbook technology supplier Kambi in developing an online sportsbook under the operator’s BetAmerica brand in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The operator has used the SBTech platform and sportsbook for its BetAmerica brand in the past, but the BetAmerica brand “has made relatively limited headway to date […]
Major League Soccer Goes for Sports Bets
Major League Soccer has a new wrinkle in its match schedule for its tournament: gambling odds from BetMGM. On the rolling schedule ticker atop MLSsoccer.com, BetMGM’s odds on a wager to win for each team are included in every listing for the first 12 group games of the competition. For example, Orlando City is listed […]
DraftKings Opens Colorado Sportsbook
On July 10, DraftKings Inc. and Twin River Worldwide Holdings (TRWH) debuted a temporary retail sportsbook at the Mardi Gras Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado. The temporary sportsbook, located on the first floor of the casino, will feature eight self-service betting kiosks, a cashier window and several large flat screened TVs throughout the space. “As […]
California Tribes Get OK To Pursue Sports Betting Vote
A California tribal gaming coalition is moving quickly to gather enough signatures to qualify a sports-betting measure for the ballot. Before the Covid-19 pandemic took hold, the coalition of 25 gaming tribes and racinos was on the verge of collecting the 1 million-plus signatures required by the state (of 1,096,853 signatures, it had collected 971,373). […]
Coronavirus Spike: Bars Close in Vegas
Experts say the recent surge in new coronavirus cases across much of the U.S. will likely induce more gamblers to stay close to home, hampering Las Vegas’ chances of an early recovery. Southern California, which alone accounts for around 20 percent of visitors to the casino mecca, has recently seen a big jump in infections, […]
Massachusetts Casinos Reopen
Plainridge Park Casino was the first casino to open in the Bay State, five years ago, and it was also the first to reopen on July 8. But the Encore Boston Harbor and MGM Springfield won’t be far behind: with the Encore opening July 12 and the MGM on July 13. At first they will […]
Illinois Casinos Reopen Under Tough New Rules
Illinois’ 10 casinos reopened July 1 after being closed since March 16 due to Covid-19. At Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, visitors stood in a long line before the casino opened at 11:00 a.m. By mid-day, nearly 1,000 guests—half the venue’s regular occupancy—were on the gaming floor, officials said. General Manager Corey Wise said, “We’re […]
Churchill Downs Closes Florida Casino—Again
On July 3, Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI) announced it had “temporarily suspended” operations at its Calder Casino in Miami, just three weeks after the property reopened. The closure followed Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez’ emergency order requiring casinos and other entertainment venues in the county to close in an attempt to control the spread of […]
PA Bans Smoking in Casinos Due to Mask Requirement
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, responding to a directive from Governor Tom Wolf requiring face coverings in all indoor public spaces to protect against the Covid-19 virus, has temporarily banned smoking inside the state’s casinos. PGCB spokesman Doug Harbach told the Penn Live news site that the mask order, signed by Health Department Secretary Dr. […]
Lockdown Drags On for N.Y. Casinos, Racinos
New York’s commercially owned casinos and racinos were hoping for good news from the state about when they can reopen. Last week, those hopes were dashed. Shuttered since mid-March, the four full-scale casinos, located in the Catskills, Schenectady, the Finger Lakes and the Southern Tier and the eight racinos, whose operations stretch from Queens to […]
Pennsylvania to Revive Mini-Casino Auctions
Gaming regulators in Pennsylvania, seeking to boost state gaming taxes ravaged by more than two months of shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, announced they will again try to auction off the remaining five licenses for satellite mini-casinos. The satellite casinos, limited to 750 slot machines and 40 table games, were created under the state’s […]
Kenya Does About-Face on iGaming Tax
Earlier this month, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta signed legislation to remove the 20 percent excise tax on mobile sportsbook stakes—a tax doubled from 10 percent when last year’s finance bill was signed in September 2019. The tax hike caused Kenya’s two largest operators, Sportpesa and Betin, to leave the market. That in turn motivated the […]
