MLB, NCAA Clarify Positions on ‘Integrity Fees’

Rob Manfred (l.), the commissioner of Major League Baseball, clarified the league’s position on so-called “integrity fees” on sports wagers while a top NCAA official said the collegiate organization...

Guitar-Shaped Hard Rock Topped Off in Florida

Adorned with flags and a small tree, the final beam was installed at the guitar-shaped Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Part of a $1.5 billion...

Delaware Releases Early Sports Betting Numbers

The first about 20 days of full sports betting in Delaware saw the state’s three racinos—sports book at Dover Downs (l.)—take in about $7 million in total bets, retaining...

Connecticut Legislature Considers Pot, Sports Betting

Lawmakers in Connecticut are being urged to legalize recreational pot smoking and sports betting. The biggest obstacle isn’t the state’s Puritan heritage, but Indian gaming compacts.

Colorado Factions Align Over Sports Wagering

The Colorado attorney general is expected to announce soon whether a voter referendum would be required to allow sports wagering. Casinos in the three approved gaming towns want to...

West Virginia Lawmakers Hear Sports Betting Update

West Virginia lawmakers recently were updated on sports betting from West Virginia Lottery Managing General Counsel Danielle Boyd. She said the state's casinos, like Mountaineer Park Racetrack and Casino...

West Flagler Receives Summer Jai-Alai Permit

West Flagler Associates, owners of Miami's Magic City Casino (l.) and Naples-Fort Myers Racing, received a summer jai-alai permit for jai-alai and a card room in Edgewater, north of...

MGM Springfield Will Offer Free Garage Parking

The $960 million MGM Springfield, due to open next month, will offer free parking in its seven-story parking structure (l.). The first of Massachusetts’ casino resorts is scheduled to...

Valley Forge Fined $52K for Free Play Overuse

Pennsylvania regulators slapped the Valley Forge Casino with a $52,000 fine for issuing excessive free-play loyalty rewards in 2016 and 2017.

Sinatra Out at Wynn

Kim Sinatra, the general counsel for Wynn Resorts, has left her position. The departure is a continuation of the company shedding board members and executives who have had anything...

New Jai Alai, Casino Coming To Miami

West Flagler Associates, owned by the Havenick family, was granted a summer jai alai permit for a jai alai fronton, card room, dining and entertainment facility in north Miami....

Delaware Casinos Win Tax Relief

Delaware Governor John Carney (l.) signed a bill into law that will give $16.8 million in long-sought relief on revenue taxes and fees to the state’s three racinos.

PODCAST: Matt Harkness, President, Hard Rock Atlantic City

The GGB Podcast sits down with Matt Harkness, the president of Hard Rock Atlantic City, less than a week after the opening of his property to talk about the...

New Jersey Sees $3.5 million in Sports Betting Revenue in June

State figures released for the first days of sports betting in New Jersey show the state’s three active sports books took in about $3.5 million in revenue on an...

Atlantic City is Back with Two New Casinos

Atlantic City’s two refurbished casinos—the Hard Rock Atlantic City and the Ocean Resort—opened ahead of schedule, and followed up with grand opening ceremonies on June 28 (Hard Rock AC’s...

New Jersey’s Meadowlands Racetrack to Begin Sports Betting July 15

The Meadowlands Racetrack announced it plans to open a sports book at the track on July 15. The track would be the fourth facility to open a sports book...

Atlantic City Casinos Would Stay Open in Budget Showdown

New Jersey is facing another possible shutdown as its legislature and new governor try to hammer out a budget compromise. The state has until June 30 to adopt a...

New York Could Be No. 1 in U.S. Sports Betting

Industry researchers GamblingCompliance forecast that New York will lead all state sports betting markets by 2023 with more than $700 million in annual revenue. Pennsylvania and New Jersey will...

Media to Join in Sports-Betting Bonanza

The sports media is about to explode with new programming based on sports betting, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s lifting the federal ban on sports wagering....

New Jersey Governor Addresses East Coast Gaming Congress

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (l.) was the first governor is eight years to address the East Coast Gaming Congress and he took the opportunity to show his support...