UFC 249 Closes Out Betting Avalanche Saturday, May 16
This one’s been a marathon for the ages: the return of UFC 249, the first headline sport to battle back from the Covid-19 shutdown. UFC launched a three-fight package over eight days starting May 9. The program continued Wednesday, and there’s one card left. The finale will take place Saturday, May 16, without spectators, at […]
Colorado Sports Betting Now Live
Colorado just became the 18th U.S. state to legalize sports betting, at one of the weirdest moments in the history of the pastime. All bets were on as of Friday, May 1, though all casinos in the Centennial State are currently closed, and most major U.S. sports are still on the bench. Luckily, Colorado permits […]
What’s A Random Number Generator?
I can’t count the times I’ve explained how the random number generator (RGN) in a slot machine works. It’s one of the most frequent questions, especially among new players: Who or what determines the results in an online game come about? Just to review, the RNG is a software program burned into the game chip […]
BetMGM: A+ Promotions, Plenty of Action
MGM Resorts International introduced its online casino gaming and poker site in 2017, under the PlayMGM brand. Last September, it added a mobile sportsbook and rebranded itself as BetMGM. A product of Roar Digital (“roar” for the MGM lion), BetMGM’s New Jersey site offers the complete package: online casino, iPoker, and mobile sports betting, all […]
New Game Reviews: Cash Machine and 88 Fortunes Megaways
Every week, iGaming Player gives you the lowdown on the great games available on New Jersey’s iGaming sites. This week, slot-makers Everi and Scientific Games step up to the virtual plate with online games. Cash Machine Cash Machine is one of Everi’s big hits, and is loved by casino players for its simplicity. This three-reel […]
UFC 249: Fight Night Coming Saturday, May 9
Think there’s nothing to bet on? Think again. UFC 249 was originally scheduled for April 18, but was cancelled, like everything else, due to Covid-19. Luckily for fight fans, it’ll go off this Saturday, May 9 at 10 p.m. ET, from VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Fight night will take place without spectators, […]
PA Bill Would Divert Sports Betting Funds to Tax Relief
A bill introduced in the Pennsylvania state Senate would divert sports betting revenue to a property tax relief fund designed to aid citizens suffering financially due to the shutdown of businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. The legislation, sponsored by Senator Doug Mastriano, would divert Pennsylvania’s sports betting taxes—at 36 percent of revenues, the highest in […]
California Sports Betting Petitioners Stop Effort
Proponents for a measure that would legalize sports betting in tribal casinos and racetracks in California have stopped collecting signatures, after nearly reaching the threshold for the November ballot. The coalition of 18 tribal casinos and racetracks in the Golden State were forced to stop by Governor Gavin Newsom’s executive order shutting down the state […]
Will Tennessee Tax Turn Off Sportsbooks?
For Tennessee, getting sports betting signed, sealed and delivered was a long time coming. But the arrival of the first mobile-only system faces a hurdle in competition with neighboring states: a 10 percent hold on all wagers. When the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. board of directors unanimously approved the final betting rules in a telephone […]
Tribes Line Up to Sue Over Covid-19 Relief
Several tribes have sued the U.S. Treasury Department to prevent any of the $8 billion Covid-19 relief under the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act legislation earmarked for federally-recognized tribes from being disbursed to Alaska’s Native corporations. Tribes that filed in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. last week included the Tulalip Tribes […]
WSOP Postponed Until Fall
After weeks of will-they-or-won’t-they, organizers finally postponed the annual World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. The 51st annual tournament—the country’s single largest live poker event—was scheduled to run from May 26 to July 15. The tourney will take place sometime in the fall instead, another victim of the coronavirus pandemic. Besides its size, the […]
PA’s Wolf Announces Reopening Plan
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced a plan to reopen the commonwealth, including the 12 casinos that have been shut down since mid-March due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In an address to citizens on April 17, Wolf called on the state legislature to pass several relief measures for businesses and individuals as the state gradually reopens […]
