Bites Appoints Hospitality Expert David Jacques Farahi as President to Pioneer Resort Training Innovations for Frontline Employees

Bites, February 29

Published March 4, 2024

Aristocrat Gaming Releases NFL Winning Drive for Class 2 Markets

Aristocrat, February 29

Published March 4, 2024

China Busts $100 Billion iGaming Ring

China’s Ministry of Public Security has uncovered a “mega cross-border online gambling case” valued at $100 billion. Law enforcers arrested 93 people on the mainland in association with the...

Published March 4, 2024

Interblock CEO Named ‘Exemplary Executive’

Last month, Global CEO of Interblock Gaming John Connelly (l.) was named one of the year’s exemplary leaders in Vegas Inc.’s 2024 C-Suite Honors. The award celebrates leading executives...

Published March 4, 2024

Yuri Padilla new leader of Peru’s Directorate of Gambling

Yuri Padilla, a highly respected figure in the gambling industry, has been chosen to lead the reorganized Directorate of Gambling in Peru.

Published March 4, 2024

Former NIGC Chairman Joins FanDuel as VP for Strategic Partnerships

E. Sequoyah Simermeyer's (l.) appointment as the vice president for strategic partnerships at FanDuel continues the company’s commitment to building sustainable relationships with tribal partners and promoting economic development.

Published March 4, 2024

Aristocrat Names Matthew Primmer CPO

Aristocrat Leisure Limited has named Matthew Primmer (l.) chief product officer and a member of the company’s Executive Steering Committee.

Published March 4, 2024

Michael Daly Out as CEO of Catena Media

Michael Daly (l.) has resigned as CEO from Catena Media following disappointing fourth-quarter results and a stock price that has fallen as much as 80 percent.

Published March 4, 2024

Hackers Attack Arizona Casino Systems

Casino del Sol in Tucson was attacked by unknown hackers on February 21, causing ATMs, credit card systems, Wi-Fi, TV, phones and electronic door keys to go down. Table...

Published March 4, 2024

Arizona AG: HHR Machines would Violate Compact

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office has issued an opinion that the addition of historical horse racing machines to the state’s racetracks would violate its gaming compact with Native American...

Published March 4, 2024

CA Tribes Say Cardrooms Cost Them $100 Million Annually

California tribes at the Western Indian Gaming Conference unveiled information they say shows card clubs hurt their profits by $100 million a year. The data comes from the pandemic...

Published March 4, 2024

Mohegan Tribe, Resorts Casino Atlantic City Part Ways

The decision by the Mohegan tribe to end its management of Atlantic City's Resorts Casino (l.) marks the end of a partnership that has spanned more than a decade....

Published March 4, 2024

Casino Opponents Sue Shasta County Over Agreement With Tribe

A mysterious group that formed in February has sued the Board of Supervisors of Shasta County, California. The lawsuit seeks to overturn a financial agreement with Redding Rancheria over...

Published March 4, 2024

Chicken Ranch Tribe Unveils CA Online Sports Betting Product

Indian Country in California has gone through conniptions over sports betting including a high-stakes ballot battle in 2022. Then along comes the Chicken Ranch Tribe with a real sports...

Published March 4, 2024

Iowa State Athletes File Motions to Dismiss Charges

Not all the athletes in Iowa took a plea bargain over sports betting last year. Three former players and one suspended player hired lawyers and charged misconduct on the...

Published March 4, 2024

Strapped by Shortfalls, Illinois to Raise Sports Betting Tax

Go with the so-called sin tax. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (l.) has an ambitious plan for the upcoming budget and doesn’t have the money. Pritzker will go for the...

Published March 4, 2024

Seminole Sports Betting Could Bring Florida $4.4 billion

A five-year spurt sounds so much more powerful from sports betting taxes than just reporting a single year. And with that in mind, the state now expects the taxes...

Published March 4, 2024

Betr, WynnBET Depart Massachusetts Sports Betting Market

The exit of Betr and WynnBET from the Massachusetts sports betting market leaves only six online sportsbooks for bettors.

Published March 4, 2024

Georgia Sports Betting Bill Ready to Repeat History

Georgia really wants to approve sports betting. Heck, they have so many sports teams, as well as the Masters. But unrelated yet critical issues seem to drag it down....

Published March 4, 2024

Ohio Gaming Commission Prohibits Collegiate Prop Bets

At the request of the NCAA, the Ohio Casino Control Commission put an end to proposition bets on collegiate games in-state. The primary reason is to avert harassment or...

Published March 4, 2024