Pennsylvania Licenses First Truck Stops for Gaming
Regulators in Pennsylvania have given conditional approval for 43 truck-stop locations to add up to five video gaming terminals each under the state’s 2017 gaming expansion law.
Gaming News
Atlantic City Casino Revenue Up 25 Percent in March
Atlantic City’s casino revenue was up 225 percent in March over 2018 marking the tenth straight month total revenue has increased. Total revenue was at $273.7 million. Sports betting...
Rosie’s Gaming Emporium Opens At Colonial Downs
Rosie's Gaming Emporium opened at Colonial Downs in New Kent County, Virginia, offering 600 historical horseracing machines and simulcast racing. Additional Rosie's will open later, creating 800 jobs statewide...
First N.Y. Racino Closes Its Door
The gaming floor at Monticello Raceway didn’t last much more than a year after owner Empire Resorts opened its $1 billion Resorts World Catskills just six miles away. Empire...
Encore Boston Harbor Changes Skyline
The 27-story Encore Boston Harbor has changed the skyline of Everett, which can be seen from Boston. But is it for the better? Some people like it, others don’t,...
Iowa Sports Betting Bill Awaits Governor’s Signature
The Iowa legislature approved a sports betting bill and forwarded it to Governor Kim Reynolds (l.), who hasn't publicly expressed whether she'll sign it. The Iowa Racing and Gaming...
Sports Betting off the Table in Massachusetts House—For Now
The Massachusetts House has begun deliberations on a $42.7 billion budget. However Speaker Robert DeLeo (l.) won’t allow debate on a sports betting bill until later in the session....
Indiana Governor Expected To Sign Gambling Bill
The Indiana legislature passed a comprehensive gambling bill and forwarded it to Governor Eric Holcomb, who is expected to sign it. The bill allows mobile and on-site sports betting....
Wynn Resorts Mulls Banning Founder
It’s not often you can choose your own punishment. However, that’s what Wynn Resorts International wants to do. It sent a brief to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission last week...
Sands Bethlehem Fined for Underage Gambling, Free Play
Sands Bethlehem was fined a total of $230,000 for allowing underage gambling and for issuing excessive free play awards to customers.
Rodio Appointed Caesars CEO
Tony Rodio, a 30-year gaming industry veteran, was Carl Icahn’s pick to replace Mark Frissora. He also assumes Frissora’s seat on the board of directors, further solidifying Icahn’s control...
Wynn Fights Back in Massachusetts
Many dramatic turns marked the three days of testimony at the Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s hearing on the suitability of Wynn Resorts Ltd. to keep its license to operate a...
Stars Aligning for Resorts World Las Vegas
Resort World has secured $2.6 billion in financing to complete its north Strip megaresort and has hired industry veteran Scott Sibella (l.), recently departed from MGM Grand, to run...
William Hill, NHL Announce Partnership
William Hill US and the National Hockey League have announced a strategic partnership agreement that will make the bookmaker the official betting partner of the league. William Hill will...
Card Rooms Proposed in Alaska
Republican lawmaker Colleen Sullivan-Leonard (l.) has introduced a bill to legalize tables-only casinos featuring both poker and house-banked games. The GOP controls both houses of the Legislature, but with...
Massachusetts May Pioneer Non-Casino Sports Book
The Massachusetts legislature is considering a bill that would allow sports betting at kiosks outside of casinos. If it does it would become the first state to do so....
MGM Northfield Park Supports Ohio Sports Book
A sports betting bill introduced in Ohio would legalize wagering on professional and college sports. An expanded Ohio Lottery Commission, a new Sports Gaming Advisory Board and the Casino...
Mohegan Sun Pocono, Mount Airy Apply for Sports Betting
Mohegan Sun Pocono and Mount Airy Casino Resort (l.) are the two latest Pennsylvania casinos to officially submit petitions to gaming regulators to offer sports betting.
Religious Communities Slam PA Gaming Law
Pennsylvania operators implementing mini-casinos and truck-stop gambling under Pennsylvania’s new gaming expansion laws are facing resistance among the state’s religious leaders.
New York County Probes Gifts of Sporting Tickets
Officials of the Niagara County Legislature want the Western Region Off Track Betting Corp. (OTB) to release the names of people who were given promotional tickets by the company....
