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By Sadonna Price

Penn National Is Fined for Recent Violations By The PGCB

November 12, 2021

Summary Penn National was fined for self-exclusion issues and underage gambling. Chester Downs and Marina LLC, and PID LLC were also fined. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board takes action against operators who break protocols. Every gaming operator offering services in the United States must adhere to regulations set forth by officials in the state in […]

By Sadonna Price

Bally Rebranding Begins at Rhode Island Casinos

November 11, 2021

Summary Former Twin River Worldwide Holdings officially changed to Bally’s after 2020 brand acquisition. The Rhode Island casinos are now known as Bally’s Twin River Lincoln and Bally’s Tiverton. Rebranding will take time including adding new employee uniforms and new signage. Twin River Worldwide Holdings made the change to Bally’s after the acquisition of the […]

By Sadonna Price

Sports Betting Will Harm Chicago Casino Revenues Says Neil Bluhm

November 10, 2021

Betting at Wrigley Field and United Center could harm tax revenues for new Chicago casino. Neil Bluhm’s Rush Street Gaming has two proposals on the table for a gaming venue. Revenues could potentially drop by over 50% if the sports areas offer betting services. A casino is coming to Chicago, but who will operate it […]

By Sadonna Price

Scarlet Pearl to Add Crypto ATMs: Will It Draw A Younger Crowd?

November 9, 2021

The casino should be the first in the state to add an ATM for cryptocurrency The goal of the machine is to attract the younger crowd Players can use the machine to convert crypto coin into cash that can be used for gambling Sports betting began in Mississippi at casinos around the state about three […]

By Sadonna Price

Tipico Continues US Expansion With Launch Of NJ Online Casino

November 5, 2021

New Jersey online gamblers now have another online casino to choose from as Tipico recently launched a new online casino in the Garden State. Tipico currently has sports betting operations in Colorado and New Jersey, and hence online gamblers should be familiar with the Tipico brand. The Tipico online casino is a rather small casino […]

By Mihajlo Ivanovic

Chicago Receives Five Proposals To Build $1bn Casino Resort

November 1, 2021

Top casino operators were initially very interested in developing a casino in America’s third biggest city. However, they changed their minds when they found out that Chicago planned to impose a 70 percent tax rate on their operators and wasn’t very keen on giving them prime real estate in the city to develop the casino. […]

By Malik Freeman

Nevada Casinos In Recovery As GGR Go Past $1bn In Sep 2021

October 28, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic brought casinos operations in Nevada to a close in Sep 2020 and cost gaming operators billions of dollars in losses. Gaming analysts predicted that it would take years for the Vegas casino industry to recover from the damage done by COVID and the extended lockdown. It looks like things are a lot […]

By Jayson Peter

Seminole Tribe Fights Gambling Initiatives With New Campaign In Florida

October 21, 2021

The Seminole Tribe has a big stake in the gambling industry in Florida since they run most of it. So it might be surprising to see them go against gambling initiatives in Florida. But that is exactly what the Seminole Tribe is doing with its latest gambling campaign. The tribe has recently come out with […]

By Malik Freeman

Connecticut Plans Soft Launch Of Online Casino Market From Oct 12

October 11, 2021

Online casino players in Connecticut will be excited to know that the legalized online gambling market in the state will go live from October 12. The State Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) announced on Oct 8 that the Connecticut Lottery Corporation (CLC) and the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes who were denied in April during […]

By Sadonna Price

Seneca Nation & New York Battle It Out In $470m Lawsuit

October 8, 2021

The fight between the state of New York and the Seneca Nation is heating up pretty quickly. Last month, officials of the Seneca tribe showed U.S. District Judge William Skretny a letter that was sent to E. Sequoyah Simermeyer, chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), by Assistant Interior Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan […]