Remember when one of the indelible sounds of a casino was the jingle-jangle of piles of coins pouring out of slot machines? That memory may not date you as much as you might think. The COVID-19 pandemic, and its attendant shortage of cash and coins, are sending casino operators scrambling to come up with enough…
Are video game loot boxes a form of gambling? Do video game companies deliberately induce compulsive behavior? Those are the questions that may, or may not, be answered as a class-action suit against video game giant Electronic Arts (EA). The lawsuit was brought on by video game player Kevin Ramirez and involves 100 other players.…
French gambling regulators were singularly unimpressed with a recent tweet from the French operator Winamax which was perceived by some to be homophobic. Though the regulators ultimately found the company had done nothing wrong in the matter, it stirred up an unwelcome flurry of social media activity that is the stuff of nightmares. Winamax's social…
It's hard to believe that there was a time when the idea of regulated sports betting in the United States seemed about as likely as reality-TV star becoming President, or the whole world shutting down to help mitigate an out-of-control virus, but here we are. Just two years after the Supreme Court put the decision…
The Sahara Las Vegas casino is not making plans for a permanent shutdown. That's the message the company wants the world to know and they're not afraid to back up that assertion in a court of law. It's a message that the Las Vegas blog Vital Vegas is learning the hard way after reporting rumors…
Sports Illustrated, the magazine, is looking to make a move into sports betting, the industry in the very near future. According to a report on LegalSportsBetting.com, the storied magazine has its eyes on getting partnered up with an operator of one kind or another by the end of 2020. It's a move leverages one of…
BetMGM is adding to its rapidly expanding portfolio of name brand partnerships after inking a deal with NASCAR to become their authorized gaming partner. Under the terms of the deal, BetMGM will be emphasizing in-race wagering, and a variety of content. It's a big deal for the sport betting operator and puts it, pretty much,…
California Congressman Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29) is introducing a bill that would ban gambling on greyhound racing and the prohibit the sport, entirely. If passed into law, the Greyhound Protection Act would phase out the industry over the course of time. In order to achieve its goals, House Resolution 7826 would amend the Wire Act to…
PointsBet is expanding its US footprint in a major way after signing a partnership with Kroenke Sports and Entertainment in Denver, Colorado. Under the terms of the deal, PointsBet will be promoting Kroenke's major league teams and have naming rights to some portions of the Pepsi Center. As the owner of the Denver Nuggets, Colorado…
William Hill is shutting the doors on 119 gaming shops in the UK in a move that's meant to mitigate the train-wreck damage of the COVID-19-infected world economy. The company is actually in pretty good shape considering the global pandemic and its impact on any gambling operator with land-based exposure. Part of William Hill's long-term…
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