The Venetian Las Vegas is gearing up to reopen its Strip hotel and casino on June 1 with enhanced safety protocols for guests and staff, according to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. It's an ambitious goal that sets a new standard for Vegas casinos and it will be interesting to see whether or…
Is it safe to head back into a casino? That's a question that Mississippi casino operators are set to answer this week when they reopen their businesses for the first time since the COVID-19 lockdown began. Operators in the southern state got the OK from the Mississippi Gaming Commission (MGC) to resume operations on Friday,…
DraftKings is feeling the love from Wall Street investors since its stock went public and, despite posting losses of nearly $69 million in Q1, its stock just keeps rising. The little daily fantasy sports company (that was never interested in sports betting, remember?) is now poised to become a permanent and dominant force in the…
The life of a Las Vegas casino worker has never been easy. It's a job that involves tough hours, drunken customers who think they're in a no-rules adult Disneyland, and the pay is so-so. But casino work always offered a relatively steady paycheck, until now. Casino workers across the planet have been getting furloughed and…
In normal times, a surge in online gambling revenue of 118 percent over the previous year's figure would be something to celebrate. But these are not normal times and the aforementioned good news, which actually did take place in New Jersey during the month of April, is something of a mixed blessing. Last month marked…
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is, once again, throwing down a new set of rules and regulations designed to help problem gamblers from getting in over their heads during the country's months-old COVID-19 lockdown. The new rules include some pretty onerous requirements surrounding reverse withdrawals, bonus offers, and player monitoring. These new guidelines were introduced…
The Carousel Group is entering the freshly minted Colorado sports betting market and they're bringing the weight of their high-powered domain www.sportsbetting.com with them. It's a move that gives them a pretty sweet toehold in the US market, but they'll have to wait out a pretty uncertain future that currently doesn't include any live sports.…
When land-based casinos began shutting down as part of the worldwide effort to mitigate the deadly COVID-19 virus a ripple effect on casino-related businesses was all but inevitable. Last week, two major casino technology and service providers illustrated that impact in a pair of grim earnings calls to investors. Both PlayAGS and TransAct Technologies hosted…
How long will it be before land-based casinos can re-open and what will their business models look like when they do? That's the billion dollar question that's being asked all across the world and it's one that Detroit mayor, Mike Duggan has an unpleasant answer for. In a press conference earlier this week, Dugan suggested…
As the only state that offered regulated sports betting for several decades, Nevada has long been the heart of sports betting innovation in the United States. That point is being driven home this week as the South Point Casino in Las Vegas begins offering a drive-thru option for sports betting. It's the kind of outside-the-box…
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