Sports
November 4, 2021
DraftKings Announced Expanded Partnership Deal with the NBA
Digital sports and entertainment company DraftKings announced today its relationship with the NBA deepened to make it a co-official sports betting partner of the professional basketball league. The Partnership Deepens The expanded agreement between DraftKings and the NBA grants the Boston-based brand expansive league rights to integrate official NBA assets into its sports betting, daily […]
Sports
November 4, 2021
Voters Hold the Key to Legalizing Betting, Striking Slots in Missouri
Missouri Senate president Dave Schatz believes that video slot machines over the state are illegal while professional sports teams launch an initiative to push sports betting legislation through a state-wide ballot. Sports Betting and Slots Legislation Welcomed in Missouri Missouri voters could soon have the fate of sports betting in the state in their hands. […]
Industry
November 4, 2021
Ohio Sports Betting Deal Is 90% Agreed; Licenses Will Be Issued in 2022
The Ohio House and Senate have been pursuing the goal of legalizing the new form of gambling in the state for the past two years, but the option of having a compromise is still not guaranteed. House and Senate competing measures would allow people in the state to participate in sports betting activities. Since the […]
Casino
November 4, 2021
Tipico Launches Official Casino Site in New Jersey
After a long-anticipated launch, Tipico finally went ahead with the official roll-out of its proprietary online casino in New Jersey on Thursday. Following the launch of its sports betting platform in both the Garden State and Colorado this year, the company is now bringing its second main vertical to the US market, developed in-house and […]
Business
November 4, 2021
MGM Resorts Initiates Plans to Sell Its Mirage Casino in Vegas
On MGM Resorts International’s latest earnings call this week, CEO Bill Hornbuckle revealed that MGM Resorts International was in the initial stages of selling The Mirage’s operations. The Mirage, which opened on the Las Vegas Strip in 1989, has been an emblematic property of the Vegas action since then. There were no deadlines or potential […]
Legal
November 4, 2021
Former PA Casino Security Guard Lands in Jail Over False Bomb Threat
After he allegedly made a false bomb threat to Pennsylvania’s Presque Isle Downs & Casino, a former security guard is headed to prison for one to six months. Norman Antuzzi, 48, of Erie, PA, pleaded guilty to terrorist threat charges in June, according to the Erie Times-News. The sentence was issued by Daniel Brabender, an […]
Casino
November 4, 2021
Plans for Casino in Richmond, VA, Come to a Grinding Halt
Just before midnight Tuesday, opponents of the One Casino project in South Richmond declared victory. The preliminary results of South Richmond’s casino referendum showed that they had won 2,200 votes. 51.4% of city voters opposed the proposal for a casino, with 71 of 72 precincts reporting. The proposal was opposed by most precincts of Richmond’s […]
Business
November 3, 2021
Caesars Entertainment Shares Its Operating Results from Q3 in 2021
Yesterday, Caesars Entertainment shared its operating results from Q3 in 2021, which ended on September 30. The company’s CEO, Tom Reeg, stated that as the results show, Caesars has an all-time EBITDA record in a single quarter in the Las Vegas segment. The regional segment also has a new EBITDA record in the third quarter. […]
Business
November 3, 2021
Mississippi Sees First Cryptocurrency ATM Installed at Casino
Mississippi has been one of the pioneers of sports betting. Yet, as betting technology progressed, the state slowly started falling behind. That will now change. Mississippi Casino Adds Crypto ATM That isn’t to say there aren’t efforts to make a change. The Scarlet Pearl Casino in D’Iberville has recently installed a cryptocurrency ATM. According to […]
Sports
November 3, 2021
DraftKings Becomes iHeartMedia’s Official Odds Supplier
Leading digital sports and entertainment operator DraftKings entered today into a new partnership deal in the media space that will further boost its presence across sports audiences by becoming the official odds supplier of number one US audio sports programming iHeartMedia. Amplify US Reach The multi-year strategic partnership deal between Boston-based DraftKings and Texas-headquartered iHeartMedia […]