WEEKLY FEATURE: Massachusetts Gaming Commission Begins Applicant Hearings

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission began its hearings into applicants seeking a license to operate a sportsbook in the state. Beginning with Plainridge Park Casino, owned by Penn Entertainment, they...

Published December 12, 2022

VICI Buys Remaining Pieces of Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand

VICI, the real estate investment trust that dominates the Las Vegas Strip, last week bought the remaining equity in Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand (l.) that it didn’t own...

Published December 5, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Pressure Mounting from All Sides as Star Continues Uphill Climb

There isn’t a lot going right for Star Entertainment at this point—the company is facing suitability proceedings in multiple states across Australia, and was just notified by AUSTRAC that...

Published December 5, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Ireland Creates Gambling Authority, Centralizes Regulations

While the U.K. struggles to get a grasp on gambling reform and regulation, its neighbors to the west are going full speed ahead. The Irish government recently formed a...

Published November 21, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Arbitrator Says Fox Has 10 Years to Buy Stake in FanDuel

In a decision that has both sides claiming victory, an arbitrator in the dispute over purchase by Fox of a major stake in FanDuel held that Fox can buy...

Published November 14, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Brazil’s New President May Allow Gaming

Brazil’s outgoing president, Jair Bolsonaro, had promised to veto any attempt by the legislature to legalize gaming. However, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (l.), nicknamed “Lula '' narrowly defeated...

Published November 7, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Gaming Industry Urges “Sensible” Reforms From New U.K. PM

The U.K.’s gaming industry has urged the new prime minister, Rishi Sunak (l.), to end the delays hindering the Gambling Act white paper. It notes that the new premier...

Published October 31, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Ontario’s Gray Market Grace Period Ends, as Pinnacle Transitions

Pinnacle, known in Ontario for its many years of operating in the “gray market,” is set to go live October 26 in the regulated market. Additionally, the Alcohol and...

Published October 24, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: G2E Back in Full Swing for 2022

For the first time since 2019, the gaming industry came out in full force for the annual Global Gaming Expo. Attendance and exhibitor numbers were just about back to...

Published October 17, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: New York City Casino, iGaming Prospects Advancing

New York City’s process for deciding on the sites for its downstate casino licenses is moving forward, as the state’s gaming commissioners named officials who will decide on casino...

Published October 10, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Study Says Indiana Ready for iGaming

A study released by the Indiana Gaming Commission (l.) predicts that the introduction of internet gaming would be a smooth process, and would bring in millions in incremental revenue...

Published October 3, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Twitch Bans Streams of Offshore Gambling Sites, Sportsbooks OK

Viewers everywhere tune into Twitch to watch people play video games, react to news or sporting events, and, more recently, gamble on offshore iGaming sites. However, the proliferation of...

Published September 26, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: NFL Season To Set Records in Sports Betting, AGA Says

The NFL is king when it comes to sports betting, and the season which just kicked off will bear that out with the Buffalo Bills and Josh Allen dominating...

Published September 12, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Legends Bay Casino Breathes New Life into Reno-Sparks Market

Legends Bay Casino held a grand opening ceremony (l.) August 30, which was 15 years in the making for parent company Olympia Gaming. The property represents the first new-construction...

Published September 5, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Odds Look Longer For Sports Betting in California

Could the impossible happen in the California sports betting race? Could both propositions fail? With hundreds of millions of dollars at work to convince state voters that sports betting...

Published August 29, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Entain Fined £17 Million by UKGC, Could Lose License

Entain has been fined £17 million by the U.K. Gambling Commission. The commission said the company hasn’t done nearly enough to protect consumers from gambling addiction, or properly adhere...

Published August 22, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Indian Gaming Revenue Breaks Record, Jumps 40 Percent

The National Indian Gaming Commission last week reported that tribal casino in the U.S. produced gross gaming revenues of $39 billion in 2021, a 13 percent increase over 2019,...

Published August 15, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: New Jersey Must Pay Millions Over PILOT Payments

So far, Atlantic County has won big in their battle with the state of New Jersey over what the latter owes to the former as part of the PILOT...

Published August 8, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: DOI Rejects 2 CA Gaming Compacts

The federal government has rejected two tribal state gaming compacts forwarded to it for California and the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians in Lake County and Santa Rosa Rancheria...

Published August 1, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Macau Reopens, But for How Long?

Last week, the Macau government announced that casinos in the market could reopen for a two-week “consolidation period” starting July 23. It marked the end of the city’s most...

Published July 25, 2022