Sports
July 15, 2025
BetMGM to Roll Out $2.50 Minimum Wager in Illinois on Wednesday
Sports bettors in Illinois are in for a rude awakening, with planned changes to the betting landscape occasioned by the passage of a new law that will raise the financial pressure on sportsbooks. BetMGM Bucks the Trend, Tries to Capitalize on Change While FanDuel and DraftKings said that they would charge $0.50 on their customers’ […]
Casino
July 15, 2025
Uno Is Coming for Casinos in the United States
The Cincinnati-invented title has been one of the most successful card games of all time, over the past several decades. Created in Reading in 1971 by a barber, Merle Robbins, Uno became a cultural phenomenon from its early days, and it’s now going to reach even more crowds. Uno Social Club Coming to the Palms […]
Casino
July 14, 2025
Illinois to Legalize Online Casinos for Real Money Eventually, AG Says
The Attorney General of Illinois, Kwame Raoul, said on Thursday last week that the state will be seeing the arrival of online casinos before long. The type you can play for real money, he clarified. This is not the first time an AG has weighed in on gambling matters, with California’s own Attorney General, Rob […]
Sports
July 14, 2025
Dana White Promises Bad Ass Fight Card for UFC White House
After previously teasing the idea at a UFC event in New Jersey last month, President Donald Trump and one of his best friends, Dana White, the founder and CEO of the UFC – have fleshed out more details about their day to host a “bad ass” UFC event at the White House on America’s 250th […]
Casino
July 14, 2025
Number of Canadian Travelers to the US Slumps Again
The number of people traveling to the United States from Canada has dropped another month, with a 22.1% drop year-over-year, according to Statistics Canada. As President Donald Trump continues to threaten neighbors with stiff tariffs, anti-American sentiment has been mounting in Canucks, many of whom have chosen not to take the summer trip down south. […]
Lottery
July 14, 2025
Ohio Lottery Players Win It Big with Multiple Jackpots
Lottery players in the Buckeye State have much to be happy about, and so does the Giant Eagle grocery store, which ended up minting several winners over the past weeks. A player first reported that they visited the Giant Eagle grocery store last week and bought a $50 VIP Millions scratcher. One Store Mints Three […]
Industry
July 14, 2025
NY Casino Revenue Dips in June as Online Betting Shines
According to figures from the body that regulates all legal gaming activity in the Empire State, the New York State Gaming Commission, casinos were responsible for generating $55.1 million in gross gaming revenue (GGR) in June. The figure marks a slight 2.2% drop from the same month last year, turning June 2025 into the third-weakest […]
Sports
July 14, 2025
Blanche Lincoln Warns States Risk CFTC Authority on Markets
Former U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln, the former Senate Agriculture Committee chair who helped craft the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act regulating swaps, is now warning that the regulatory framework she helped design is “under threat”, this time, from states trying to block prediction markets. “We Should Not Open Up Our Regulatory Structure […]
Casino
July 14, 2025
YouTuber Faces Charges in Double Killing on Las Vegas Strip
A Clark County grand jury has charged 41-year-old Manuel Ruiz, a web personality known as “Sin City Manny,” with the deadly shooting of two other streamers on the Las Vegas Strip. The event, which happened during a live stream on June 8, killed Rodney “Finny Da Legend” Finley, 44, and his wife, Tanisha, 43, near […]
Casino
July 14, 2025
VGW Starts Charging Sales Tax as Legal Pressure Grows in Sweepstakes Market
Virtual Gaming Worlds (VGW), which runs sweepstakes casino sites Chumba Casino, Global Poker, and Luckyland Slots, has started to add sales taxes to what users buy on its platforms. This change happens as the company deals with more regulatory oversight in the United States, where lawmakers are paying closer attention to the sweepstakes gaming industry. […]
