Minneapolis Airport To Expand Lottery Sales

As early as next month, travelers and workers at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport may be able to buy lottery tickets using 2,500 electronic tablets already installed in a...

Published January 27, 2014

Vegas Monorail Sees an Upturn

The troubled monorail in Las Vegas has seen its ups (in 2007) and downs (every year since). Could 2014 be the year it sees a turnaround?

Published January 27, 2014

Nebraska Legislator Introduces Gambling Measure

A constitutional amendment allowing voters to decide if they want casino gambling recently was introduced by Nebraska state Senator Russ Karpisek. Proponents said Nebraska is losing revenue to Iowa...

Published January 27, 2014

Vegas Hard Rock Teeters Near Foreclosure

The Hard Rock in Las Vegas could face foreclosure if its owner, a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management, does not make a March interest payment on time.

Published January 27, 2014

Cosmo Las Vegas Opens New Club

Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas may not be raking in the big bucks, but its new social club is making big headlines. Rose.Rabbit.Lie. (l.) opened on January 17.

Published January 27, 2014

Nevada Taxi Authority Posts Cab Fares

New signs with posted cab fares at McCarran Airport are meant to curtail long hauling, in which taxi drivers take the long way to and from Las Vegas to...

Published January 27, 2014

Chips Casino in Washington Closes

Casino owner Michels Development says the casino closed because of “continuing costs and flat revenues.” The company also faulted increased minimum wage laws and healthcare reform.

Published January 27, 2014

New Hampshire May Hamper Charitable Gaming

Lawmakers in New Hampshire are looking at regulations that might force small charitable gambling operations to call it quits rather than deal with onerous paperwork.

Published January 27, 2014

Pequots Drop Tax Suit

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation will not appeal a New York appellate court ruling upholding the state’s right to collect property taxes on slot machines.

Published January 27, 2014

More Gaming Tribes Resort to Dis-enrolling Members

As the big business of tribal gaming and revenues continue to grow across the United States more and more tribes are looking at their member rolls with the goal...

Published January 27, 2014

Kenosha Casino Draws 7,400+ Responses

While outside consultants review the Menominee tribe's plans for a casino in Kenosha, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has been hearing from residents about the issue. He's received more than...

Published January 27, 2014

Opponents Rally Against Seneca Rochester

A Rochester, New York, group called the No More Casinos Coalition says it isn’t against gaming, but wants to protect the interests of local racinos.

Published January 27, 2014

Former Washington Gaming Commissioner Sues Over Ouster

The man who once headed the Snoqualmie tribe’s gaming commission in Washington state, William Papazian is suing three casino executives and two tribal councilors, alleging corruption in their action...

Published January 27, 2014

Bill Could Open Up New Jersey Online Gambling Market to the World

A bill introduced in the New Jersey legislature by Senator Ray Lesniak (l.) would Atlantic City-based online gambling sites to accept bets from other states and countries. Proponents hope...

Published January 27, 2014

ISPs Reject UK Blocking Request

The UK Gambling Commission wants a block on unlicensed overseas gambling sites, but the country’s major broadband providers have refused. Policing the internet is not their job, they say....

Published January 27, 2014

New Jersey Still Bullish on Online Gambling

Despite lower than predicted revenue numbers for the first weeks of online gambling in New Jersey, many officials are expecting to see the fledgling industry grow in 2014 as...

Published January 27, 2014

Macedonia To Block Foreign Sites

Macedonia is banning gambling on websites based outside the country and plans to block access to them. In their place the government is launching a state-run monopoly developed in...

Published January 27, 2014

Fixing Internet Gambling in the U.S.

An editorial column at Online Poker Report points to three areas that online gambling providers must fix if online poker is to thrive in the U.S.—the use of poker...

Published January 27, 2014

William Hill Changes Live Coverage of U.S. Horse Racing

British bookmaker William Hill has made a deal with Turf TV to broadcast the company’s U.S. horse race coverage in its 2,400 betting shops. The bookmaker had been using...

Published January 27, 2014

Poll: Mobile Platforms Preferred in UK Online Gambling

A poll by Mobile Gaming Company Probability finds that 70 percent of online gamblers in the UK use mobile devices and 87 percent would recommend the experience to friends.

Published January 27, 2014