NEWS & NOTES

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has suspended jockey Luis Saez 15 days for failure to control his mount and make the proper effort to maintain a straight course in his ride aboard Maximum Security in the May 4 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Maximum Security was disqualified from victory and placed 17th by the stewards after it was determined he had veered out and caused direct interference with War of Will and chain-reaction interference with Long Range Toddy and Bodexpress. • Mohegan Sun Pocono in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, is downsizing part of its operation while it grows another. Mohegan received approval to remove under-performing slots and tables while it won approval to add a sports book. Removed will be 405 slots and 13 table games, leaving 1,920 slots, 56 table games and eight poker tables. Mohegan will also demolish the original casino building replacing it with non-gaming attractions. The poker room, now in the old casino, will relocate to the current casino building. The sports book will seat 75 patrons and offer seven betting terminals and three booths. Kindred will be the betting partner while Pala Interactive will supply player account management and technical integrations to third parties.   • Vegas Stats & Information Network (VSiN) has struck a deal with Toronto’s Anthem Sports & Entertainment to broadcast a live betting show on Anthem’s Game+ channel in Canada. The daily show will originate at VSiN’s studio at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas. Game+ features wagering-related programming, fantasy and e-sports news and information, poker, live sports and other action-adventure content. • Macau gaming operator Macau Legend Development said last week that a fraudulent website had sent a release to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange using elements of the company’s name, logo and other corporate information in an apparent attempt to entice the public to take part in a lottery. Macau Legend said the release, which also made use of the logo and name of the Macau government’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, came from an entity with a Chinese name. Macau Legend trades on the HKSE. • The Clark County Commission has approved a request by Las Vegas’ Pinball Hall of Fame to relocate from its current home on East Tropicana Avenue to a 28,000-square-foot building owner Tim Arnold plans to construct at the south end of the Strip near Russell Road. The new location will be three times larger than the existing building and will allow the venue to expand from 250 machines currently to as many as 700, Arnold said. • GambleAware will invest an additional £3.9 million (US$5 million) to help expand the UK’s National Gambling Treatment Service. Most of the money will be used to expand face-to-face treatment services in England, Scotland and Wales. • The Northern Arapahoe tribal government of Wyoming, which operates the Wind River Casino, has adopted a 32-hour work week for non-casino employees to deal with a projected $5 million deficit. Council Chairman Lee Spoonhunter says the measure will save about $72,000 a week. The tribe has also instituted a hiring freeze. The dropping price of oil and natural gas reduced the tribe’s income, he said. • Norway’s state lottery operator Norsk Tipping has launched IGT’s new digital PlayBingo platform. The solution was awarded to IGT after a competitive bidding process. The new platform replaces the previous digital bingo platform that IGT had provided since 2014. The new platform offers mini-games that can be played between or during rounds to encourage socialization, and bingo variants such as Picture Bingo and Roulette Bingo. • California’s Coyote Valley Tribe, operators of Coyote Valley Casino is celebrating 25 years in gaming by raising the minimum for all tribal employees to $15 an hour. “It our tribe’s moral responsibility to continue to ensure that all of our employees earn a living wage,” declared Chairman Michael Hunter. “We will not wait until 2022 when the state mandated minimum of $15 per hour goes into effect.”