Wind Creek Overcomes Hurdle to Buy Miami’s Magic City Casino

Wind Creek Overcomes Hurdle to Buy Miami’s Magic City Casino

by February 13, 2023

Wind Creek Hospitality has overcome one of its biggest hurdles and has initial clearance to add Miami’s Magic City Casino to its expanding roster of gaming venues. The PCI (Poarch Creek Indian) Gaming subsidiary will operate the license through Gretna Racing, LLC.Magic City i ...

Boyd Elixir – Las Vegas Locals and Raiders Sponsorship

Boyd Elixir – Las Vegas Locals and Raiders Sponsorship

by February 7, 2023

Boyd Gaming has used digital to enhance its land-based operations in recent years. The Las Vegas (Paradise) Nevada-based company is still owned by family members of founder Sam Boyd who opened his first casino in 1975.The last week has revealed success in the company’s focus ...

Promising Outlook for Lone Star Casinos on the Ballot

Promising Outlook for Lone Star Casinos on the Ballot

by February 7, 2023

Texas legislators are on the move to bring casino gambling to the Lone Star state. Before this year’s legislative session even started, state Sen. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, filed a bill on casino legislation that was supported by Las Vegas Sands in 2021.The tide has tu ...

Rebranded Lucky Club in North Las Vegas is Now Ojos Locos Sports Cantina y Casino

Rebranded Lucky Club in North Las Vegas is Now Ojos Locos Sports Cantina y Casino

by February 7, 2023

The former Lucky Club in North Las Vegas opens Monday, February 6th as the rebranded Ojos Locos Sports Cantina y Casino at Hotel Jefe – the first Hispanic-oriented casino in the country, according to the operator.The 90-room hotel is also getting a new name, rebranding ...

Mohegan Shoots for Lower Manhattan Casino License

Mohegan Shoots for Lower Manhattan Casino License

by February 2, 2023

Mohegan Gaming is joining up with Soloviev Group to throw its hat in the ring for one of three downstate New York casino licenses. While the partnership wasn’t widely known until a late January announcement, the Soloviev Group’s digital literature on the proposed project is dated ...

Liechtenstein has Rejected a Referendum to Ban Casinos

Liechtenstein has Rejected a Referendum to Ban Casinos

by February 2, 2023

Voters in Liechtenstein have overwhelmingly rejected a referendum on the ballot to ban all land casinos in the microstate. Over 70 percent of voters rejected the proposal in weekend balloting.The principality has 40,000 denizens and six casinos. Casinos were legalized and beg ...

Spanish Gambling King R. Franco Sign With Betsson Group

Spanish Gambling King R. Franco Sign With Betsson Group

by January 30, 2023

Global operator, Betsson Group has inked a deal with R. Franco Digital to take on the Madrid-based company’s entire Malta Gaming Authority-certified portfolio of online casino games.R. Franco Digital is the interactive arm of Recreativos Franco Group, a pioneer in AWP machine ...

One of Last Three Iowa Riverboat Casinos Moving to Land

One of Last Three Iowa Riverboat Casinos Moving to Land

by January 30, 2023

From a peak of over a dozen riverboat casinos in Iowa, one of the last three floating gambling houses will be moving to land soon, leaving only two riverboat casinos in the state.Iowa Racing and Gaming Administrator Brian Ohorilko told local media outlets that plans were appr ...

Stake Inks US$100M F1 Sponsorship Deal with Alfa Romeo

Stake Inks US$100M F1 Sponsorship Deal with Alfa Romeo

by January 30, 2023

Online crypto-casino group, Stake.com may pony up as much as US$100 million to be the lead sponsor of Formula 1 team, Alfa Romeo as the team prepares to compete in November’s Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023.Alfa Romero’s contract with Sauber is expec ...

Bally’s to Open Casino with 750 Slots, 30 Tables in State College Mall

Bally’s to Open Casino with 750 Slots, 30 Tables in State College Mall

by January 27, 2023

Local media is reporting that Bally’s Corp has secured a mini-casino license in Pennsylvania making it number 17 of 18 casinos with 15 operating properties so far.The Category 4 license will allow the Rhode Island operator to place 750 slot machines and an initial tranche of ...

F1 in Las Vegas Even a Bigger Deal than Earlier Imagined

F1 in Las Vegas Even a Bigger Deal than Earlier Imagined

by January 27, 2023

When the Super Bowl comes to town it’s always a big deal – but it’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing for most towns. The F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, on the other hand, is expected to take place in Las Vegas every year from now on. In 2023 it is expected to make twice the economic im ...

Saskatchewanians Warm up Quickly to SIGA-Licensed Online Casino

Saskatchewanians Warm up Quickly to SIGA-Licensed Online Casino

by January 25, 2023

The Canadian province of Saskatchewan recently launched its first government-sanctioned online gaming platform on PlayNow.com. In two months of operations, the website turned over $31.8 million in wagers with the vast majority of action happening in the online casino and only abo ...

Liechtenstein Casinos Facing Ban Referendum January 29

Liechtenstein Casinos Facing Ban Referendum January 29

by January 25, 2023

The tiny but fabulously wealthy alpine country of Liechtenstein recently approved several land casino licenses with the first of six now-operating venues opening in 2017.Liechtenstein is sometimes referred to as a “microstate” as the city of London is ten times larger by land ...

The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas has a champion in the Texas Senate

The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas has a champion in the Texas Senate

by January 24, 2023

The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas has a champion in the state Senate.Senate Joint Resolution 30, sponsored by Sen. Roland Gutierrez, is a bill that seeks a state gaming compact with the tribal organization in order to secure its position within the state.The move co ...

Entain On Track to Exit Unregulated Markets by 2024

Entain On Track to Exit Unregulated Markets by 2024

by January 23, 2023

Entain PLC announced last week that it has hastened its planned exit from most unregulated markets unless those jurisdictions have a clear path to regulation. This is a slight deviation from a statement the company made in late 2020.The FTSE 100 company, formerly known as GVC ...