Nevada To Become eSports Capital?
Nevada regulators plan to dramatically expand the scope of betting on eSports contests. New rules are in the offing to allow wagering on multiple events, elevating the industry to...
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Fantasy Plans Unveiled for Las Vegas
Developers are pitching a couple of expansive theme parks near the Las Vegas Strip. The first, on Sunset Road, is an extreme sports complex (l.) and includes a casino...
NHL OKs Betting on Golden Knights
With the new Las Vegas franchise nearing its October season opener, the National Hockey League has let a deadline expire for requesting a betting moratorium from Nevada’s sports books....
Two New Poker Games Introduced at Tropicana Atlantic City
Try your hand at Asia Poker and Three Card Draw Poker at Tropicana Atlantic City
Deal for Revel?
As reported in Casino Connection in August, a deal was reportedly made for the beleaguered and shuttered Revel casino in Atlantic City. Keating & Associates, a private investment firm...
Hard Rock Moving HQ, Renovating Taj Mahal
Hard Rock International will move staff headquarters next year from Orlando to Hollywood, Florida, joining owners, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and the Seminole Gaming group "to create an...
Atlantic City Casino Revenue Down Slightly in August
August revenue for Atlantic City casinos was down less than 1 percent, but up by over five percent if figures for the now-closed Trump Taj Mahal are excluded. Online...
AGA, 20 States Support New Jersey’s SCOTUS Appeal on Sports Betting
The American Gaming Association has joined 20 states in filing briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting New Jersey’s appeal to offer sports betting
Podcast with Kevin Ortzman
A converstaion with Kevin Ortzman, the regional president of the Atlantic City properties for Caesars Entertainment, which includes Caesars Atlantic City, Harrah’s Resort and Bally’s Atlantic City.
Atlantic City Hard Rock Café Closing for Now
The Hard Rock Cafe (l.) on the Atlantic City Boardwalk will shut down at the end of the month and will re-open as part of the Hard Rock casino...
Atlantic City Tries Again to Develop Bader Field
Atlantic City has sought proposals once again to develop Bader Field (l.), its closed municipal airport—a 143-acre bayside tract—into an entertainment attraction. The city has received four proposals for...
Bally’s to Throw Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert
Bally’s Wild Wild West Casino teams up with American Red Cross Disaster Fund on September 13 for free Hurricane Relief Concert
Tilman Fertitta Buys Houston Rockets
Casino owner, restaurateur and reality TV star Tilman Fertitta (l.) is adding his hometown basketball team to his growing portfolio. The price, $2.2 billion, is the most ever paid...
For the New Caesars, Only Two States to Go
Caesars Entertainment executives will be in Missouri and Louisiana this month to sell regulators on the complexities of the restructuring of its main casino subsidiary out of bankruptcy. If...
IGT, SciGames Conclude Historic Cross-Licensing Deal
The two largest manufacturers of slot machines and related technologies have agreed to share some of the game features from each other’s massive patent portfolios. The deal is sure...
Dave And Buster’s CEO To Speak At Global Gaming Expo
Dave and Buster’s success with the millennial generation will give the casino industry insight into the games millennials like to play, how they like to play them and in...
Virtual Becomes Real at MGM Grand
The Las Vegas resort is set to debut the Strip’s first multiplayer VR games this month at its new Level Up entertainment area (l.). The platform will allow players...
Free Play Declines in Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Free play in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, after peaking a few years ago, has declined. Free play still amounts to more than a quarter of the total of wagers...
Mayweather-McGregor a KO for Bookies
Sports book directors up and down the Las Vegas Strip were blowing kisses at Floyd Mayweather last week after his expected victory over the UFC’s Colin McGregor. The fight...
Mean and Green in Boston
As Wynn Boston Harbor rises above the former Monsanto Chemical site (l.), attention turns to making the site clean and green. Contaminated with chemicals deep into the earth, remediation...
