Gambling News - 'Usa'
Sports
January 28, 2026
FBI Investigating More NBA Games
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is supposedly looking into more games and more NBA players, in the wake of two major investigations that implicated league aces Jontary Porter and Terry Rozier in match-fixing schemes. Porter has since been banned from the NBA game for life, and efforts to play overseas have been somewhat hindered. […]
Casino
January 28, 2026
Skill Games Sector Blames PA Brick-and-Mortar Slump on iGaming
Gambling facilities in Pennsylvania are losing more customers and failing to turn churn into bigger numbers, all of which, argues a skill games industry insider, can be traced back to the iGaming sector. Pace-O-Matic Sees Issue with Physical Casinos’ Decline in iGaming Pennsylvania has long taken a dim view of skill games, with the state […]
Lottery
January 28, 2026
New Jersey Player Scoops $12.3M from Pick 6 Jackpot Game
A lottery player from Ocean County, New Jersey, has beaten some long odds to win the $12.3-milion jackpot from the Pick 6 game last Saturday. The ticket was sold in the nick of time before a major winter storm that descended on the Garden State, with the winner grabbing the ticket at ShopRite #619, 501 […]
Casino
January 28, 2026
Ex-NBA Star Seen in Vegas after Recent DUI, Refuses to Talk About It
Only a week after his DUI arrest, the 46-year-old Lamar Odom, a former NBA star, returned to Vegas. This Saturday, he was promoting and endorsing his new drink, “Odom 7,” at the C3 Lounge. The restaurant is located on South Decatur Boulevard near West Sahara Avenue. Odom told this to the Las Vegas Review-Journal: “I’m […]
Lottery
January 27, 2026
Michigan Lottery Winner Plans Voyage After Winning $2M from Scratch-off Ticket
A lucky Michigan Lottery player has won $2 million from one of the lottery’s scratch-off games. This came just a few months after the lottery announced that a separate player had won $6 million from another game. The Man Plans to Travel a Bit In its official announcement, the Michigan Lottery announced that a player […]
Lottery
January 27, 2026
Powerball Player Wins $209.3M Jackpot, Monday Drawing Goes Without Big Win
A lucky player in North Carolina has won Powerball’s latest jackpot around the same time the mysterious winner of the game’s earlier top prize came forward to claim their money. The jackpot has since been reset and has so far survived two drawings. The Jackpot Landed in NC for the Sixth Time A few days […]
Legal
January 27, 2026
Minnesota Court Rules in Favor of Dealer-Assist Games at Running Aces Racino
A Minnesota Supreme Court has affirmed an earlier ruling, allowing the Running Aces Casino Hotel Racetrack to offer dealer-assist table games, despite earlier complaints by tribal authorities. Local Tribe Was Displeased with Dealer-Assist Games Three years ago, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community filed a lawsuit against Running Aces Casino Hotel Racetrack, asserting that its dealer-assisted […]
Legal
January 27, 2026
Las Vegas May Remove a Living Person from the Black Book
Las Vegas may be on the verge of breaking one of its strictest traditions: people who enter its Black Book will remain there for life. The Nevada Gaming Commission faces a challenge to this assumption as it may grant a hearing that could ultimately remove an 80-year-old man from the state’s List of Excluded Persons. […]
Industry
January 27, 2026
Hawaii Lawmakers Eye Gaming Once Again
Hawaii has long been one of the key outliers when it comes to US gaming, since it’s the only state besides Utah to have no form of legal gambling whatsoever. A newly appointed Tourism and Gaming Working Group, however, is currently assessing whether legalizing gaming will be worth it. In the meantime, the new legislative […]
Sports
January 27, 2026
Circa Sports Becomes the Kansas City Royals’ New Partner
Circa Sports, a Las Vegas-based sports betting company, has penned a new partnership with the Kansas City Royals, a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. The agreement will see the two parties join forces to unleash a plethora of engaging experiences for fans of the MLB team. A Royal Partnership According to the announcement, the partnership […]