Harrah’s Casino Online Promotions
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Has New App Solved iGaming’s Apple Problem?
Like William Tell, Rush Street Interactive has cored the Apple. Until this week, Pennsylvanians who wanted to gamble online couldn’t do so via iPhones at four new mobile sportsbooks in the state: SugarHouse, Bet Rivers, Parx and Hollywood. Earlier this year, Apple declared that its App Store would not offer any app that “provides access to real […]
WSOP: Grading the Online Games
Well, it’s all over. On Wednesday, Hossein Ensan took top honors at the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas, routing Dario Sammartino in a dramatic final hand and pocketing $10 million in the process. Now’s a good time to look at how well online contests have fared in the world’s most famous […]
Now It’s a Horse Race: Haskell Invitational Pits Maximum Security v. King for a Day
Sports fans remember June 2018, when Monmouth Park became the first New Jersey facility to offer legal sports betting. The William Hill-operated sportsbook at Monmouth has provided sorely-needed revenues for the track, which also got a $10 million subsidy from Jersey taxpayers to support its race cards this year. There are more memorable moments ahead. […]
NY Sports Betting: Gotham’s Loss is Jersey’s Gain
“Start spreading the news…” On July 16, Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady opened its new Rivers Sportsbook lounge, officially kicking off legal sports betting in the Empire State. That’s welcome news, but there’s just one little hitch: though Sen. Joe Addabbo and Assemblyman Gary Pretlow stumped hard to include iGaming in the bill, Governor Andrew […]
NBA to Launch ‘Last 90’ Virtual Sports Betting Game
The NBA has announced it will debut a new virtual sports betting game, NBA Last 90, in time for the 2019-20 hoops season. League partner Highlight Games Ltd. will use highlights from recent seasons to create the simulated games, in which players can wager on several outcomes, including: Which team will win Who will score […]
Churchill Downs Pays Record Purses
Officials at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky said revenue from the nearly 1,000 historical racing machines at its Derby City Gaming venue helped boost purses to a record $32.2 million in prize money during the 38-day 145th Spring Meet, which concluded June 29. That was an increase of $9.9 million, or 45 percent over the $22.2 […]
The Sahara Is Back
The SLS Las Vegas will be the Sahara once more. The long-rumored change regarding the North Strip resort became official last week with a celebration hosted by new owner Alex Meruelo at the property’s Foxtail Pool area. The party featured a drone light show, 3D projection mapping and a pyrotechnics display. The change is expected […]
Judge Rules Harrah’s Owes New Orleans Back Taxes
Judge William Morvant of the 19th Judicial District in Baton Rouge recently sided with the Louisiana Department of Revenue against Harrah’s New Orleans. Morvant has ordered that Harrah’s should pay back taxes on comped or discounted hotel rooms dating back to 2001, when legislators revised the agreement allowing the company to operate Louisiana’s only land-based […]
Third Rosie’s Opens In Virginia
Rosie’s Gaming Emporium recently opened in South Richmond, Virginia. It’s the third Rosie’s in the state; the others are located at the Colonial Downs racetrack in New Kent County and in Vinton, Roanoke County. Owned by Colonial Downs Group, all three offer historical horseracing machines—currently the only form of casino-style gaming allowed in Virginia. With […]
California Initiative Would Legalize Sports Betting
Two California lawmakers are sponsoring an initiative to give the voters the option of legalizing sports book in the Golden State by amending the state constitution. That would make it the ninth state to legalize the industry since the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the federal ban in May 2018. Gaming tribes are promising a big […]
Pennsylvania Governor Signs VGT Opt-Out Bill into Law
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf last week signed a bill into law that gives municipalities in any county in the state to opt out of the video gaming terminal program created by the 2017 gaming expansion law, which allows qualifying truck stops to each add up to five VGTs. The new law benefits one county specifically—rural […]
