NEWS & NOTES

Indianapolis-area racinos Hoosier Park and Indiana Grand are about to become full casinos. Indiana regulators have approved table games at the Caesars-owned properties. Hoosier Park will offer 28 tables and Indiana Grand 43, but will add more two months after the initial launch in January. • Spectacle Entertainment has been approved to move its Majestic Star casino license in Gary, Indiana to an on-land location, where it plans the $300 million Hard Rock Northern Indiana. • The World Series of Poker has announced 2020 dates. The WSOP series begins May 26 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas Strip and runs 51 days through July 15. The $10,000 Main Event begins Wednesday, July 1. The remaining events are still awaiting regulatory approval. The full schedule is expected in the first quarter of 2020. • Macau’s new Light Rapid Transit system, which opened December 10, carried almost 69,000 passengers in its first three days of operation. The rail line is seen as a vital link to Cotai’s IR operators, stopping at Wynn Palace, City of Dreams, MGM Cotai, Studio City, the Parisian, Sands Cotai Central, the Venetian and Galaxy Macau. • A record-breaking 15.8 million tourists had visited Singapore as of November 30, a fivefold jump over 2018, according to Colliers International Group Inc. Govinda Singh, the firm’s executive director of valuation and consultancy services, said Singapore “no doubt” benefited from ongoing political protests in Hong Kong. • India’s Supreme Court has dismissed charges that fantasy sports operator Dream 11 had evaded paying a 28 percent goods-and-services tax to the government. But the high court allowed further review of the allegations. • Fox 5 New York is launching a regional sports betting TV show on its Fox Sports 1 channel. “Lock It In: Fox Bet Special” will air at 12 p.m. Saturdays in New York, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Fox Bet is a joint venture between Fox Sports and betting operator The Stars Group. • Sports betting at the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino launched Friday December 13—of all days. This is the first sports lounge opening for Seneca Gaming Corp.; Seneca Gaming CEO Holly Gagnon said in-play betting will also be available.