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 […]
Seminole Hard Rock Announces Openings
Seminole Hard Rock has announced the grand opening dates for its two massive expansion projects totaling $2.2 billion. Officials said Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa will open on October 3 and Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood—location of the world’s first guitar-shaped hotel—will make its debut on October 24. Economic studies indicate […]
Pennsylvania to Try Again to Unload Category IV Licenses
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has approved a motion to restart auctions for the remaining five licenses to build Category IV satellite casinos, or mini-casinos. The new effort was approved under a provision slipped into a budget bill signed into law last month by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf. Category IV casinos, created by the state’s […]
Saracen Casino Annex Opens in Two Months
In Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, the Quapaw Nation’s $100 million Saracen Casino and Resort is under construction, and the Southern Edge truck stop is being transformed into a casino annex. Quapaw Chief John Berrey said, “We are moving forward, and it is awesome to be able to do so. There is work being done on […]
Oklahoma Governor Looks to Renegotiate Tribal Compacts
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, concerned that tribal compacts in the state will end after 15 years on January 1, 2020, says it’s “imperative” that lawmakers and tribes “come to terms on new compacts prior to the end of the year. “The easiest thing to do is simply renew the existing compacts ‘as is,’ rather than […]
Warren, Daines Propose Updated Addiction Legislation
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and David Daines of Montana recently filed a bill that would require the Department of Defense to develop programs to treat active-duty service members with gambling addiction. Under the measure, called the Gambling Addiction Prevention Act of 2019, the department would update its mental health regulations to include gambling […]
