The Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course has been slapped with a $20 000 fine by the state for holding several unauthorized poker tournaments. In addition, these tournaments also featured a higher entry fee than normal. The fine was approved and announced by the Pennslyvania Gaming Control Board on Wednesday as a consent of […]
Penn National is allegedly in Talks to acquire Barstool Sports. In the biggest race to capture the most significant piece of the US sports gambling market, most betting firms joined forces with sports content producers with the belief that the partnerships of this kind may help with audience growth and preservation. Penn National Gaming might […]
Shreveport Casino, a division of Eldorado Resorts Inc. is being sold by ERI to Maverick Gaming LLC for a sum of USD$230 million. The sale of the Shreveport Casino comes as Eldorado Resorts prepares to finalize its $17.3 billion takeover of Caesars Entertainment Corp which is expected to be completed in the first half of […]
Leading casino games developer, Microgaming, is set to drop four new slot games at the beginning of the year. All in an attempt to maintain their dominance as the best casino software provider, they will introduce new games that they developed with independent studios. If you know anything about Microgaming slots, you know to expect […]
Owner of Encore Casino in Everett, Boston, Wynn Resorts, is looking at replacing waitstaff with automatic drink machines. This is part of the company’s “rightsizing” process, which is an attempt at helping the struggling $2.6 billion casino. Since it opened six months ago, Encore Boston Harbor has so far fallen short of revenue projections, the […]
A web casino scam aimed at Asian investors has been exposed after using the Wynn Macau brand to lure in investments. Allegedly, the Wynn Resorts arm in the Chinese Special Administrative Region has been used as a trap for stakeholders into an illegal web casino venture. China is firmly against online wagering, including casinos. In […]
Connecticut’s two tribal casinos are failing to keep up with the competition. The two casinos in the state of Connecticut have reported a decrease in revenue over the past year. On the 31st of December 2019, a financial report was released for the Foxwoods resort casino and the Mohegan Sun casino. The growth reported over […]
Eldorado Resorts plans to sell one-off its Lake Tahoe casino buildings when it gets its $17.3 billion acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Corp. As soon as the deal is finished, Eldorado Resorts will have three Lake Tahoe sites; the MontBlue, Harrah’s Tahoe and Harvey’s Resort. The three sites are situated in the South Lake region. This […]
Red Rake Gaming has officially launched its new slot game titled Mother of Horus. As you could tell just by the name of the slot game, Mother of Horus makes reference to the Egyptian goddess, Isis. The game is a 5×3 slot game with an upper prize bar. Red Rake Gaming has a stellar reputation […]
The sale of MGM’s Circus Circus casino to billionaire Phil Ruffin has been cleared by the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC). The deal between Ruffin and MGM Resorts International is worth $825 million. The sale was approved by the commission on Thursday, December 19 at an NGC meeting in which the sale of Circus Circus was […]
Atlantic City Casinos have altogether recorded a consecutive third year of growth in revenue. The nine casinos in Atlantic City combined have generated almost $225 million from slot machines and table games. These figures span from November 2018 to November this year. Not only has the year on year growth of these US casinos in […]
The California cardrooms patrons will soon have to get used to new rules if the California Bureau of Gambling Control (BGC) get their way. There are suggested changes that will alter the player-banker role if enacted. The current rulers for the table card game allow players to void their turn if they do not want […]
A Maryland dealer has been sentenced by a federal court for his million-dollar baccarat cheating scheme. The dealer, Ming Zhang from Virginia, will also have supervised release for three years when he’s served the 18-month sentence. Maryland U.S. District Court Judge Paul W. Grimm has similarly ordered Zhang to return the money to the casino […]
Casino development proposals have now been requested from potential casino developers. The lawmakers and voters in the city have not yet approved gaming. Businesses and casino developers that are interested in developing gambling facilities in Danville have until 13 January 2020 to submit their casino development proposals. If the state of Virginia approves gaming, then […]
Casino operator Spectacle Entertainment has revealed details about the new US$125 million casino that it hopes to run in Terre Haute, Indiana. Construction of the US casino will commence once the chosen operator receives an official state gaming license to operate. The 100,000 square feet casino will be named Rocksino by Hard Rock and will […]
The chief gaming regulator from New Jersey is saying that the media must stop advertising or referencing unlicensed sports betting sites. The ban on sports betting by the federal government was revoked because of NJ taking a stand. In May 2018, the Supreme Court sided with the Garden State and granted states the right to […]
The Gaming Control Board (GCB) remains confident that their motion to charge Steve Wynn for his alleged sexual harassment offences has good legal standing. This follows Wynn’s counter-motion to dismiss the complaints levelled against him, using the fact that he’s no longer involved in gambling as his defence. The Control Board submitted five-count complaints in […]
Top-rated bookmaker, William Hill is set to launch a racebook at Casino Miami in Florida. The land-based betting venue will be the first to operate in the market and is scheduled to open in December 2019, pending regulatory approvals. Residents in the state will be able to wager pari-mutuel simulcast in a state-of-the-art viewing facility […]
Bristol Casino has partnered with Hard Rock International to form what will tentatively be called Hard Rock Casino Bristol. This past Friday project partner, Jim McGlothlin, confirmed that Hard Rock International will operate the Bristol Resort and Casino. The development has been planned for the Bristol mall and has been in discussions for months. Bristol […]
An Oklahoma Tribe has submitted an application for a new casino in Pope County. The application is for the fourth and last gaming license permit for a commercial casino that the state of Arkansas will give out. The application was handed in before its deadline, which was the Arkansas Racing Commission’s close of business on […]