Spin Games Poised to Grow
Kent Young is in the right place at the right time. Young first made his name as a supplier of slot machines to the brick-and-mortar world. But where the former vice president of marketing and R&D for Aristocrat Technologies has taken his current company can be traced to vision, as Young was one of the […]
Best Poker Sites: Count Pala In
New Jersey’s online poker scene is packed with some pretty big names (WSOP.com, PartyPoker, PokerStars). They do a great job with big tournament events and keeping the online poker scene alive as we wait for more states (Pennsylvania anyone?) to start player-sharing. But for poker fans who like a more intimate setting—and yes, online play […]
Game of the Week: Bonanza by Big Time Gaming
A few months ago, some pretty big news was announced in New Jersey’s online slot universe. Australian game maker Big Time Games—a network partner for Scientific Games—signed a deal with Golden Nugget’s online New Jersey site to provide game content. In other words, Golden Nugget’s online casino will be able to access games on the […]
Playing the Lottery: Can You Really Beat the Odds?
Here’s one for the books: professional gambler Bernard Marantelli recently traveled from the UK to Stamford, Connecticut hoping to bag a multimillion-dollar lottery jackpot—and willing to spend big to do it. According to the Hartford Courant, Marantelli scooped up hundreds of thousands of Quick Pick Lotto tickets at a local mini-mart. The $25.8 million jackpot, […]
Golf to Roll Out Sports Betting Next Year
You don’t always think golf when you think sports bets. Basketball and football, yes. Boxing, too. Maybe even tennis where one player goes up against another. But golf? Next year, however, golf will roll out on-site gambling options, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan told Golfweek magazine. “When done right, it gives fans the opportunity to […]
Missouri Committee Considers Sports Betting Bill
In Missouri, the legislature’s Special Interim Committee on Gaming held a hearing on sports betting with testimony from lawyers and research company representatives and officials from FanDuel, DraftKings, Boyd Gaming, Penn National Gaming and William Hill. State Rep. Dan Shaul, the committee chairman, said everyone in attendance supported mobile wagering, online registration, no limits on […]
Ohio Sports Betting Considers Regulators
In Ohio, competing sports betting bills offer different state agencies as possible regulators. House Bill 194 would make the Ohio Lottery Commission the primary regulator with the Ohio Casino Commission in charge of investigations. The bill also would tax sports betting revenue at 10 percent and direct funds to education and gambling addiction programs. Senate […]
Valley Forge Leads Pennsylvania Sportsbook Revenues
Valley Forge Casino, one of Pennsylvania’s small resort-class casinos, topped all state casinos in sports betting handle in September, registering $88 million in wagers for the first month of football season—a rise of $50 million over August. Because of Pennsylvania’s sports betting rules, the fact that Valley Forge is one of the state’s smallest gaming […]
Michigan Sports Betting Bill Sent To Full House
For the second consecutive year, the Michigan House Ways and Means Committee has advanced state Rep. Brandt Iden’s sports betting and internet gaming package, which would allow and regulate online casino games, online fantasy sports contests and advance-deposit wagering in horseracing. The latest version adds a requirement that licensed operators use official league data and […]
N.H. Sportsbook Could be Active by Super Bowl
Earlier this year, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu said he hoped to be able to place a sports bet on Tom Brady before the end of the season. He might be able to make that bet. The New Hampshire Lottery last week selected Draft Kings to operate its sports betting. In August, the lottery posted […]
Twin River, Rhode Island Settle Licensing Dispute
Twin River Worldwide Holdings (TRWH) which operates Rhode Island’s two casinos, has agreed to pay $180,000 and another $36 million in casino upgrades over three years without admitting fault in a licensing dispute—but without admitting wrongdoing. The state had claimed that Twin River, with which it is involved in a dispute over whether a 20-year […]
SugarHouse Is Now Rivers Philadelphia
Philadelphia’s first gaming property, opened in 2010 as SugarHouse Casino, is now Rivers Casino Philadelphia. The casino originally was branded to reflect its historic origins, on the 22-acre former site of the Jack Frost Sugar Refinery. The casino’s owner, Rush Street Gaming, was the majority owner of another Pennsylvania casino, its principal Neil Bluhm having […]
