NCAA President Charlie Baker has made it clear that the association wants to see college prop bets outlawed entirely. Numerous players have voiced their frustration about harassment from bettors. The question is, just how much of an impact could a blanket ban have?

An organized group of Atlantic City casino dealers and the union representing them, the United Auto Workers, are suing the state of New Jersey to end the loophole allowing smoking in casinos.

The Culinary Union had itself a great 2023, and 2024 has already proved fruitful. According to Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge (l.), however, more is still to come for the state’s most powerful labor group.

On March 27, members of Thailand’s House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to legalize casino resorts in the kingdom. If the measure passes, analysts say the first integrated resorts could open in 2029.

Playtech, a supplier of online gaming software is suing its largest client, Caliplay for refusing to pay for services. The Mexico-based company has outstanding fees of €122 million ($132,213,840) from 2023 and 2024.

Italy’s Ministry of the Economy and Finance (MEF) is clashing with some autonomous regions’ executives over implementing the new Gambling Reorganization Decree. The regions want local requirements respected.

The tribes and now the charities seem to have come onboard in support of the sports betting legislation in Minnesota. So has the Star Tribune, and maybe the racetracks. Could the state finally get its ducks all in a row?

Massachusetts sportsbooks might be limiting maximum bets on winners, but not losers. The practice is not illegal—not yet at least. But it’s frowned upon, and the gaming commission has some questions.

This week we sit down with Scott Kreeger, the president of Red Rock Resorts, the parent company of Station Casinos, to talk about the new Durango Casino Resort that opened in late 2023 to rave reviews.

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Officials in Macau want more gaming operators to install radiofrequency identification-enabled tables and chips to track player data. RFID can provide information on every bet for enhanced industry monitoring.

Westside City, an integrated resort now under development in Manila, Philippines, will not open this year as planned. According to Suntrust Resort Holdings, the complex will debut early in 2025.

After several delays, the sale of Macau Legend’s Savan Vegas casino (l.) in Laos could be complete by April 15. The buyer is Japanese businessman Shundo Yoshinari.

An investigation has uncovered that Twitch is allowing its Swedish influencers to carry advertising of black market casinos that target Swedes. It disclosed that most influencers promote unlicensed casinos.

Beginning July 1, the U.K. Gambling Commission (UKGC) will require license holders to submit regulatory returns quarterly. It hopes to achieve “harmonization of reporting periods” and “unified submission dates.”

Bulgaria’s gaming sector has joined forces with two key agencies to fight money laundering and terrorism financing. The NRA, one of the agencies, oversees gambling licensing and taxation.

The thing about the sports betting poll from the neighbors to the north is how clear cut it was. The majority of those polled want nothing to do with ads for sports betting even if Wayne Gretzky is involved.

New Jersey regulators have revealed a plan to report individual revenues publicly for each online gaming operator, or skin, instead of adding them to the reports for brick-and-mortar partners.

Mississippi may get to see the other side of the sports betting world: online wagering. Six years after approving sportsbooks in its casinos, lawmakers in the Senate will vote on the proposed bill.

DraftKings has succeeded in getting a change from Superior Court to Business Litigation Court as it fights a class-action lawsuit. The company is accused of deceptive practices.

Lawmakers approved requests from the Maine Gaming Control Unit to reduce license terms for sportsbooks from four to one year. The change may reduce workloads and get the two operators a permanent license.

In Alabama, a conference committee will try to reach a compromise on a gambling package that would create a state lottery, require a compact with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and establish a regulatory commission.

An insurance dispute between Treasure Island (l.) and its insurer AFM will in fact head to trial after a federal judge ruled that the language of the casino’s policy was ambiguous enough to warrant further consideration.

Queens Councilman Francisco Moya (l.) has endorsed the $8 billion proposal of New York Mets owner Steve Cohen in the competition for a New York City casino license.

Prominent venture capitalists said Bally’s Chairman Soo Kim’s takeover bid is “woefully undervalued” and “jeopardizes the completion of the Chicago project,” for which Bally’s has a “funding gap” of about $800 million.

A proposal from an Illinois lawmaker would end the city of Chicago’s ban on slot machines and video poker machines legal elsewhere under the state’s 2009 VGT law, after iGaming legislation was tabled.

The international sportsbook company 888 Holdings has begun a phased exit from its U.S. operations. The company’s exit will be Hard Rock Digital’s gain. It may also enable its entering Michigan’s market.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear (l.) is expected to sign a bill establishing the new Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Commission to replace the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and Department of Charitable Gaming.

Full House Resort’s American Place Casino Resort in Waukegan, Illinois is on hold pending the state Supreme Court’s ruling on a lawsuit brought against Waukegan and the Illinois Gaming Board by the Forest County Potawatomi Community.

The site of the former New Frontier casino on the Las Vegas Strip has sat vacant for nearly 20 years now, and that streak will likely continue for the foreseeable future as current owners Wynn Resorts recently said it has no update for the plot.

National Council of Legislators from Gaming States President Shawn Fluharty (l.), West Virginia Minority Whip, told Casino Reports online gambling advertising that targets problem gamblers is a serious problem.

A recent poll indicates that Nevada Voters would overwhelmingly support the legalization of a lottery, an effort that has been thwarted numerous times by the state’s casino industry.

Brian Chang has been appointed as the permanent CFO of GAN Limited. Chang will lead the company’s financial division through its planned merger with Sega Sammy Creation.

Bragg Gaming has become the latest publicly traded gaming company potentially for sale, after the company announced formation of a special committee to consider its future.