Construction workers broke ground this week on the Las Vegas Strip's newest big thing, a stadium for the incoming Las Vegas A's baseball team. The stadium, which will at some point almost certainly add a corporate sponsor to its name, is set for completion by the start of the 2028 baseball season and will hold…
The status of professional women’s sports in the United States took a major step forward recently when BetMGM announced a new partnership with the Las Vegas Aces Women’s NBA team. This marks the first partnership between BetMGM and any professional women’s sports team and will likely pave the way for more partnerships in the future. …
"A house divided against itself cannot stand." That bit of common wisdom is something that the executives at PENN Entertainment and the activist investor group HG Vora should take to heart. The two groups are at war over the future of one of the most successful gaming operators in the United States. On the one…
One of the fundamental rules that all gaming operators live by is a steady support of responsible gaming initiatives and research. That's why, last week, the Caesars Foundation donated $200,000 to the International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) to support research and education programs aimed at reducing gambling-related harm and enhancing responsible play initiatives across…
A panel discussion at the recent SBC Summit Americas turned into a in-depth discussion on whether or not prediction markets are actually legal. The panel, moderated by Christopher Gerlacher of PredictionNews plummed the depths of what meets the definition of a legal wagering site, but ultimately came to no firm conclusions except that it’s good…
Are predictions markets an existential threat to tribal gaming? That's the conclusion three prominent tribal gaming lawyers came to during a recent session of the Indian Gaming Association's (IGA) New Normal webinar series late last week. Panelists on the webinar included prominent attorneys Joseph Webster, Bryan Newland and Scott Crowell, all of whom were deeply…
Is there an upside to black market gambling? While most high-level gaming industry executives would answer that question in the negative, Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) president and CEO Paul Burns has a slightly different take. During a recent interview with GGB Magazine, pointed out that the presence of black market gaming sites actually prevented the…
One of the best ways for a company, in any business, to stay competitive and relevant is by expanding into new markets. That's exactly the dynamic at play with White Hat Studios' new deal with technology supplier Gaming Arts. It's a deal that will see the long-time internet casino move its products into the land-based…
Sweepstakes casino operators who want to dip into Play'n GO's portfolio of online casino games had better start looking elsewhere for products to fill their unlicensed sites. That's because last week, Play’n GO CEO and Co-Founder Johan Törnqvist joined a rising chorus of voices coming out against sweepstakes sites. In a press release posted on…
Is Bet365 heading out of the hands of the Coates family and onto the auction block? According to a recent report in the Guardian newspaper, the Coates family is currently exploring several options for what to do with their multi-billion dollar gaming empire as the company's 58-year-old leader, Denise Coates, inches closer towards retirement age.…
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