Hooters to Rebrand as Oyo Hotel & Casino In Las Vegas
Oyo Hotels & Homes, the world’s third-largest and fastest-growing hotel chain, last week announced that it has partnered with Highgate to create its first key flagship property in Las Vegas, Oyo’s first property in the city – Oyo Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. Located near the corner of the famed Las Vegas Strip on Tropicana […]
PA Truck Stop Gaming Goes Live
On Friday, August 16, the Rutter’s truck stop and convenience store along Route 30 in York, Pennsylvania opened its gaming room, becoming the first truck stop location in the state to offer five video gaming terminals in a room tailored to the state’s strict specifications. Nearly two years after Pennsylvania lawmakers passed a sweeping gaming […]
Genting Goes All In in New York
Genting is taking Resorts World Catskills private in a bid to turn the struggling casino’s fortunes around. The property couldn’t hope for an owner with deeper pockets, but the realities of New York’s upstate gaming market aren’t going to make it easy. As the largest and most expensive of the state’s four commercial casinos, and […]
MGM Springfield President Calls First Year a Success
It’s been a year since MGM Springfield opened in Massachusetts’ third largest city, and despite the fact that the $960 million casino has underperformed in terms of expectations, its president, Michael Mathis, last week called the first year a success. Mathis told a roomful of reporters during a 45-minute press conference, “I think there were […]
Indiana to Host First Sportsbooks—for Chicagoans
Just in time for the National Football League’s Bears versus Packers September 5 kickoff, Penn National will launch a sportsbook at Ameristar Casino East Chicago on September 1 and Caesars Entertainment will open the Book at Horseshoe Hammond September 4. Both venues expect Chicago bettors to cross state line to Indiana to place their wagers. […]
theScore Sports Betting App to Debut in New Jersey
After getting the green light to unveil a mobile application for sports betting in New Jersey, Canada’s theScore Inc. rallied to its highest share level since July 2015. Shares of the small-cap company climbed as much as 18 percent August 16, taking the month’s rally to 35 percent. The Toronto-based company said that it would […]
FinCEN Watching Cryptocurrency Transactions
In the eyes of financial watchdogs, there’s no difference between cold hard cash, credit card funds, and digital currencies. As far as America’s federal financial crimes agency is concerned, there should be no difference in how casinos monitor gambling transactions, whether they’re made at a mobile sportsbook with bitcoin or at a slot machine with […]
Cambodia, Philippines Call a Halt to Online Licenses
In recent years parts of Cambodia have been virtually invaded by online gaming operations. That influx apparently is about to end. On August 18, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that the Southeast Asian country will no longer issue new online gaming licenses, and moreover will allow all existing licenses to expire without renewal. The […]
First N.H. Town Could Vote on Sports Betting
The town council of Laconia, New Hampshire, set a public meeting for Monday, August 26 regarding a possible November ballot question on sports betting. New Hampshire became the ninth state to legalize sports betting last month, when Governor Chris Sununu signed a bill authorizing the Lottery Commission to regulate up to 10 licenses for sports […]
New Jersey Sports Betting Off to Fast Start
New Jersey was the first state in the U.S. to launch legal sports betting. Borgata, Ocean Resort, and Monmouth Park were first with retail betting onsite in June of last year. Online betting launched in August and September. Next month will provide the first year-over-year results. How long will New Jersey’s advantage last? That remains […]
Game of the Week: DaVinci Diamonds
Few online slot games are as popular as IGT’s DaVinci Diamonds. It’s not a progressive, but DaVinci Diamonds is so much fun, IGT developed a number of spinoffs to increase the action. Instead of spinning wheels, DaVinci Diamonds uses “tumbling reels.” As you play, the game symbols simply drop into place. If you win, those […]
Tournament of the Week: Borgata Poker
All the online poker sites have daily schedules for tournament action, including WSOP.com, PalaPoker.com and PokerstarsNJ.com,. But one site is also known for exciting midweek action. BorgataPoker.com offers ups three great weekday tournaments with modest buy-ins and the potential for sizeable wins. The action starts Tuesday with two special tournaments at BorgataPoker.com: Mega-Tuesday $535 Six-Max […]
