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 […]
Prime Strip Site Fetches $172 Million
Owners of the Showcase Mall on the Las Vegas Strip have bought 9.5 acres between the MGM Grand and Planet Hollywood for $172 million with plans to develop the parcel as a retail, dining and entertainment attraction. New York-based Gindi Capital said it concluded the $18 million-an-acre deal with FX Luxury Las Vegas, an affiliate […]
Report: DraftKings to Acquire SBTech
DraftKings is reportedly about to acquire online gaming and sports-betting company SBTech. The deal would give the company its own in-house sports betting platform, according to Legal Sports Report. DraftKings did not confirm the acquisition to the website, but issued a statement saying, “It is our general policy not to discuss the specifics of any […]
Mohawks Partner for NY Sportsbook
The Saint Regis Mohawk Nation has become the second New York gaming tribe to enter the state’s sports betting fray. The Mohawks are partnering with Toronto-based The Stars Group to develop a 5,200-square-foot venue called Stick’s Sports Bar & Sports Book at the tribe’s Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort in Hogansburg on the U.S. side of […]
Maine Governor Puts Sports Betting Bill in Limbo
Maine Governor Janet Mills has put about 40 bills in limbo until the next legislative session, saying they need more review. Among them is a bill that would legalize sports betting. Under Maine’s system, if a governor does not sign a bill or veto a bill during the legislature’s recess—it becomes law within three days […]
Oregon Lottery to Launch Sports Betting in Two Months
The Oregon Lottery plans to launch sports betting in two months, just in time for the NFL season; becoming the first state in the Pacific Northwest to do so. It plans a three-phase rollout. Because Oregon was one of the four states that was grandfathered in when the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act […]
MLB To Launch Chinese ESports Tournament
Major League baseball’s first foray into eSports will take place in Chine, not the U.S. with a scheduled eight team tournament dubbed MLB: The Show. “By appealing to a younger demographic with games that they enjoy, this will help increase the penetration of baseball into their lives,” said Shao Yinxin, director of marketing and media […]
Puerto Rico OKs Sports Betting
Legislation that would launch a legal sports betting industry in Puerto Rico has passed a joint committee of House and Senate members and now will go to Governor Ricardo Rosselló Nevares for his approval. Rosselló has previously stated the legislation could turn Puerto Rico into a “state-of-the-art jurisdiction” for sports betting. He is expected to […]
