Oregon Collects Taxes for Shut Down VLTs
The Oregon Lottery is collecting taxes on thousands of video lottery terminals (VLTs) that are owned by hundreds of taverns and restaurants that are closed and not allowed to turn the machines on. One restaurant owner among 550 in the state was forced to pay $2,082 on six VLTs that have been turned off since […]
NJ Bills Promise Help for Casinos
New Jersey lawmakers have introduced legislation to bolster an industry decimated by the coronavirus pandemic. Assembly Bill 4031 lets casinos borrow interest-free loans from the state to cover property tax payments. The money would come from the Property Tax Relief Fund, a pot of money that provides tax breaks to lower-income and senior citizen residents. […]
PA Casino May Offer Gambling by Appointment
Pennsylvania’s Wind Creek Bethlehem casino hotel, which has been closed since March 15 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, has revealed details of a phased plan to reopen the facility, although the exact reopening date has not been determined. The plan includes distancing precautions such as limiting the number of guests, limiting players and times on […]
N.J. Approves Luxor to Run Ocean Casino
Luxor Capital Group has succeeded where others failed: generating a profit at Ocean Casino Resort, the beleaguered Atlantic City property formerly known as Revel. Luxor also lowered Ocean’s debt and improved its finances. These successes went a long way in persuading the New Jersey Casino Control Commission to grant final authorization for the New York […]
OK Governor: No More ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Compacts
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s new gaming compacts with the Otoe-Missouria and Comanche nations illustrate how he’d like to proceed with future compacts: by expanding gambling through new casinos and new types of gambling like sports betting, and basing fees paid to the state on geography, not a flat rate statewide. “No longer are we going […]
Las Vegas Visitation in a Swoon
Visitation to Las Vegas took a dramatic dive in March, falling more than 58 percent to 1.5 million people. All non-essential businesses in Nevada, including casinos, were ordered closed on March 17 to stem the spread of the coronavirus, and the impacts showed on the state’s core industries of tourism and gambling-related tourism. This was […]
Feds Begin Distributing Relief Funds to Tribes
The U.S. Treasury Department has begun distributing $8 billion as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act money to tribes after several tribes won a temporary court victory April 27 that prevents any of the money from going to Alaska Native corporations—for now. The relief funding is part of a $2.2 […]
West Virginia Eyes Summer Start for iGaming
Online gambling in West Virginia could launch as early as July, instead of late 2020 or early 2021 as originally anticipated. Public demand is at a peak with the state’s casinos closed due to Covid-19, said Lottery Director John Myers. According to Myers, the commission recently approved a 39-page emergency rule regulating iGaming in the […]
iGaming Reaps Rewards of Shutdown
In March, New Jersey’s online poker revenues were up more than 100 percent from the previous month; iGaming revenue overall rose 25 percent from February, and the numbers soared 65 percent year over year. All told, in that month, the state set a new internet gaming revenue record: $64.8 million. And April’s iGaming revenue finished […]
Online Slot Reviews: Fu Nan Fu Nu and Rawhide
If the current industry shutdown due to Covid-19 has done anything, it’s put new emphasis on the value of real-money online gaming sites. Thousands of games are available online, including many of the same games you’ve enjoyed at land-based casinos. This iGaming Player feature will give you specifics on the top games available on New […]
How the Shutdown Affected U.S. Sports Betting—And What to Expect When ‘Real’ Sports Return
Sports are slooowly coming back (finally), though no one knows when and how they’ll return full-force to the U.S. The Twitterverse is rife with speculation about which leagues will return when. Meanwhile, all fans can do is wait and hope. For some insider perspective on the shutdown and how it’s changed sports betting, iGamingPlayer checked […]
Pimlico Now Offers Brazil Horse Racing
Pimlico Race Course was to have hosted the Preakness Stakes this Saturday, May 16. But racing’s Triple Crown was sidelined due to the coronavirus, and the Baltimore oval is closed until further notice. The good news is, race fans can still watch and bet. On May 3, the Maryland Jockey Club (MJC) began simulcasting full-card […]
