Events & Reports

Georgia Landowners Woo Las Vegas Casino Giants as Lawmakers Gear Up for New Gambling Legalization Push

Georgia Landowners Woo Las Vegas Casino Giants as Lawmakers Gear Up for New Gambling Legalization Push

by October 20, 2018

Landowners move to lure Las Vegas developers ahead of expected revival of the casino legalization debate in Georgia’s LegislatureSeveral Georgia landowners have hired a veteran commercial real estate specialist to woo Las Vegas casino operators to potentially expand the ...

Albanian Parliament Considers State-Run Sports Betting Monopoly, Online Gambling Ban

Albanian Parliament Considers State-Run Sports Betting Monopoly, Online Gambling Ban

by October 19, 2018

State monopoly could assume control over sports betting operations and online gambling could be banned under new measures discussed by Albanian lawmakersThe government of Albania is considering the establishment of a state-run monopoly on the provision of sports betting servi ...

Virginia Lawmaker Plans to Introduce Sports Betting Bill

Virginia Lawmaker Plans to Introduce Sports Betting Bill

by October 19, 2018

Virginia may soon become the latest state to embrace sports bettingVirginia may soon find itself in the sports betting mix as a local legislator revealed on Thursday he was working on a bill that would look to legalize wagering on professional and college sports.Delegate ...

Sports Betting Takes Center Stage at Illinois House Committee Hearing

Sports Betting Takes Center Stage at Illinois House Committee Hearing

by October 18, 2018

Illinois legislators bullish on benefits from the legalization of sports bettingLegal sports betting is coming to Illinois and the question is not “if” anymore, but when and what the state’s wagering regulatory framework will look like, it has become clear from a four-hour he ...

Casino Boss Tilman Fertitta Reportedly Approaches Caesars with Merger Offer

Casino Boss Tilman Fertitta Reportedly Approaches Caesars with Merger Offer

by October 18, 2018

Another massive merger and acquisition deal within the US casino industry could be around the cornerA fresh round of industry buzz from Wednesday suggested that billionaire casino boss Tilman Fertitta has approached Caesars Entertainment Corp. about merging the Las Vegas casi ...

Israeli Court Blocks Naughty 1xBet, Two Other Gambling Websites

Israeli Court Blocks Naughty 1xBet, Two Other Gambling Websites

by October 17, 2018

Russian online gambling operator 1xBet among those to face block by Israeli authoritiesA Tel Aviv District Court judge ruled earlier this week that three gambling websites targeting Israeli customers should be blocked. The ruling arrived after the cybersecurity unit of Israel ...

Tropicana and Hard Rock Casinos Seek Approval to Commence Sports Betting Operations

Tropicana and Hard Rock Casinos Seek Approval to Commence Sports Betting Operations

by October 17, 2018

Tropicana and Hard Rock to soon hop into the New Jersey sports betting mixNew Jersey’s sports betting market is set to soon expand as two Atlantic City casinos have submitted petitions with the state Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE) to commence wagering operations....

Sports Betting Debate Gains Momentum in Illinois

Sports Betting Debate Gains Momentum in Illinois

by October 16, 2018

Adding sports betting to the mix of gambling expansion opportunities makes sense, says Illinois legislatorGambling expansion is once again on the discussion table in Illinois as the second of two hearings on the matter is set to take place later this week. This time, state la ...

Sega Sammy Shows Interest in Joining Japan Casino License Race

Sega Sammy Shows Interest in Joining Japan Casino License Race

by October 16, 2018

The company is accumulating know-how to potentially build successful casino resort business in JapanJapanese gaming machine manufacturer Sega Sammy Holdings is gearing up for participation in the bidding process for the development of three integrated resorts in Japan as a pr ...

Gambling Ad Spending in Australia Grows Nearly 26%

Gambling Ad Spending in Australia Grows Nearly 26%

by October 15, 2018

Television advertising spending records growth despite recently introduced restrictions; all advertising channels grow in the year to July, figures showGambling ad spending in Australia has jumped nearly 26% to A$140 million in the year to July, local news outlet AdNews repor ...

Mount Airy Submits Official Application for Beaver County Mini-Casino

Mount Airy Submits Official Application for Beaver County Mini-Casino

by October 14, 2018

Mount Airy targets late 2019 opening of Big Beaver mini-casino; facility to feature 750 slot machines and 30 table gamesOwners of Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County submitted on Friday an application to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to build and operate a mini- ...

New Jersey’s Sportsbooks Handle $184 Million in Wagers in September

New Jersey’s Sportsbooks Handle $184 Million in Wagers in September

by October 13, 2018

“Explosive growth in sports wagering” helps New Jersey’s gambling market to “superb revenue increases” in SeptemberThe nascent New Jersey sports betting market indeed reported “stunning” September results, just as promised by the state gambling regulator’s Directo ...

New Jersey Gambling Regulator Teases “Stunning” September Betting Results

New Jersey Gambling Regulator Teases “Stunning” September Betting Results

by October 12, 2018

New Jersey to report stellar September sports betting results, local regulator’s Director revealsThe New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement is set to release “stunning” sports betting results later today, the regulator’s Director said earlier this week during the G2E Globa ...

Real Estate Market Surrounding Massachusetts’ First Casino Improves, Study Finds

Real Estate Market Surrounding Massachusetts’ First Casino Improves, Study Finds

by October 12, 2018

Specially assembled group releases report on the economic impact of Massachusetts’ first commercial gambling propertyThe real estate market surrounding Massachusetts’ first casino-style gaming venue has improved since its opening in the summer of 2015, a researcher said durin ...

Japan’s Government Denies Reports about Trump Instructing Abe to Consider Las Vegas Sands as Winning Casino Bidder

Japan’s Government Denies Reports about Trump Instructing Abe to Consider Las Vegas Sands as Winning Casino Bidder

by October 12, 2018

Diet spokesperson denies reports about Trump’s alleged attempts to meddle in Japan’s casino license bidding processA top spokesman for the Japanese government denied on Thursday reports alleging that US President Donald Trump has asked Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during ...