Nevada Tentatively OKs IGT/GTECH

The Nevada Gaming Control Board approved the takeover of slot-maker IGT by lottery giant GTECH, with the new corporate name to remain IGT. Former Harrah’s CEO Phil Satre (l.)...

Published March 3, 2015

More Movement to Legalize Online Poker in California

Factors appear more favorable towards the passage of a bill legalizing online poker in California sometime during this legislative session. Two more bills have been filed, one in the...

Published March 3, 2015

Little River Band Presents Application

The Little River Band is a step closer to a $180 million off-reservation casino (rendering l.) in Muskegon County, Michigan. Tribal officials recently presented a land-to-trust application to the...

Published March 3, 2015

New York Casino Licensing Under Fire

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (l.) has opened an investigation into the 2014 bidding process for casino licenses in New York. It was recently revealed the Gaming Facility Location Board...

Published March 3, 2015

Brockton Enters Enter Bay State Casino Bid Process

Sometime this year, possibly in May, the residents of Brockton, Massachusetts, will vote on a casino host community agreement with Mass Gaming & Entertainment and its partner George Carney...

Published March 3, 2015

New Hampshire Legislature to Reconsider Casinos

Senator Lou D’Allesandro (l.) of New Hampshire has filed a casino bill in the Senate for the 11th time in as many years. This year he is more optimistic...

Published March 3, 2015

Indiana House Approves Gaming Bill

Indiana state Rep. Tom Dermody's casino bill passed the House with controversial casino tax provisions removed. The measure allows riverboat casinos to move ashore and live dealers at racinos—an...

Published March 3, 2015

West Virginia Smoking Ban Exempts Casinos, Veterans

If casinos and racetracks designate at least 10 percent of their indoor space as non-smoking, they'll be exempt from a smoking ban recently passed by the West Virginia senate....

Published March 3, 2015

Judges Named for New Jersey’s Sports Betting Appeal

Three judges have been named to hear New Jersey’s appeal of its sports betting case including Donald Trump’s sister Maryanne (together at left) and the wife of former Pennsylvania...

Published March 3, 2015

Macau May Limit Tourism

Putting even more pressure on Macau’s casino industry, the government may limit the number of Mainland Chinese who visit the destination. At the height of the Lunar New Year...

Published March 3, 2015

Hutchinson Will Sign Arkansas Lottery Measure

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (l.) said he will sign legislation to abolish the nine-member independent lottery commission and transfer administration to the Department of Finance. Hutchinson will appoint a...

Published March 3, 2015

Crown’s Ups and Downs

Crown Resorts of Australia saw net profits decline by almost 50 percent in the last half of 2014. The slump was attributed in part to the Macau crackdown and...

Published March 3, 2015

ESPN Poll Shows Athletes Support Sports Betting

A poll taken by ESPN shows that 63 percent of professional athletes support legalized sports betting in the country. The poll of 73 pro athletes also showed that about...

Published March 3, 2015

Taking a Bite Out of PAGCOR

A bill recently submitted to the Philippine House of Representatives by Rep. Giorgidi Aggabao (l.) would reduce the authority of PAGCOR, the country’s gaming regulator. Among other adjustments, the...

Published March 3, 2015

New Jersey Town Wants Casino

Oceanport New Jersey, home of Monmouth Park Racetrack (l.), says it wants to be considered for a possible casino if the state moves ahead with plans to expand casino...

Published March 3, 2015

SJM’s So: Don’t License More Casinos in Macau

Ambrose So (l.), CEO of leading Macau casino operator SJM Holdings, says more casino licenses in Macau would be superfluous and counterproductive. The industry has lost a reported $75...

Published March 3, 2015

Virtual Betting Rises in India

Indians love to gamble. And though online sports gambling is technically illegal in the country, that hasn’t stopped virtual sports betting sites from proliferating in the digital space. It’s...

Published March 3, 2015

AGA Study Reviews Michigan Casinos

Oxford Economics recently released the results of its study of the economic impact of casinos in Michigan. The report, sponsored by the American Gaming Association, found that in 2013...

Published March 3, 2015

Cripple Creek Wants Black Hawk Audited

Cripple Creek, Colorado wants a state audit committee to look into how Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple Creek actually spend their annual allotment of historic preservation funds. Reports...

Published March 3, 2015

Caesars Battles with Developer Over Atlantic City Mall

A battle between Caesars Entertainment and Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein has broken out over control of Atlantic City’s Pier Shops mall (l.). Caesars is challenging Blatstein’s assertion that he...

Published March 3, 2015