Pennsylvania Online Gambling Legislation Postponed Until Next Year

Pennsylvania Online Gambling Legislation Postponed Until Next Year

by December 15, 2015

Despite the expectations that Pennsylvania would legalize online gambling before the end of 2015, it was announced that the final decision is to be made no earlier than the spring of 2016. The statement Rep. John Payne made put an end to the speculations that HB 649 is likely to ...

Third Connecticut Casino Location Remains Unspecified

Third Connecticut Casino Location Remains Unspecified

by December 15, 2015

It was announced that the final decision concerning the location of the third Connecticut casino has been postponed. Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods, the tribes that are currently running the existing casino venues on the territory of the Constitution State, have settled around the idea ...

Detroit Casinos Ratify New 5-Year Labor Contract

Detroit Casinos Ratify New 5-Year Labor Contract

by December 14, 2015

It was announced that the contract talks that started back in August have led to a positive outcome and the five-year contract ratification with the three Detroit-based casinos is now a reality. The workers approved the contract on Sunday and put an end to the long, complicated d ...

Georgia Gambling Legislative Matters Remain in Limbo Until January 11

Georgia Gambling Legislative Matters Remain in Limbo Until January 11

by December 14, 2015

Although there is roughly one month until the start of the legislative session, opponents and proponents of gambling expansion throughout the state of Georgia have already taken actions towards defending their point of view.A couple of weeks ago, a specially appointed study ...

Museum of Old and New Art Owner Reveals Expansion Plans

by December 13, 2015

The owner of the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart, Tasmania revealed more details about the proposed expansion of the property. According to David Walsh, the plan is likely to cost more than the A$75 million he spent on MONA’s construction.Among other things, ...

New Jersey Residents to Vote on Gambling Expansion Outside Atlantic City in 2016

by December 12, 2015

New Jersey legislators introduced on Friday a bill that if approved, would result in the construction of two casinos in the northern part of the state. Currently, Atlantic City is the only place within New Jersey’s borders where casino gambling is legal.State Senate Pre ...

Woodbine Entertainment Reveals Plans for Casino at Mohawk Racetrack

by December 11, 2015

Woodbine Entertainment Group, the gaming company behind Mohawk Racetrack in Milton, Ontario, said that executives have been lobbying for the venue’s expansion into a full-scale casino. Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson has previously told media that Milton residents had ...

Suffolk County Residents Oppose Addition of Slots at Suffolk Downs

by December 11, 2015

Opponents of the addition of a casino at the existing Suffolk Downs racetrack notified local media that they are planning to challenge in court a ballot question that may eventually result in the establishment of a slots parlor at the Boston-located track.Earlier this week, R ...

Philadelphia City Council Approves Zoning for Stadium District Casino

by December 11, 2015

The Philadelphia City Council announced that its members approved unanimously the zoning for the Live! Hotel & Casino project proposed by Stadium Casino, LLC. The venue is to be located in an immediate proximity to the city’s Stadium District. The proposed plan was form ...

Legislators Support In-State Online Gambling at RAWA Hearing

by December 10, 2015

Members of the US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform heard on Wednesday both opponents and supporters of the proposed Restoration of America’s Wire Act, a bill that would prohibit the provision of online gambling services across the United States, if approve ...

Tabcorp and News UK to Start Joint Gambling Business

by December 10, 2015

Australian betting and gaming operator Tabcorp Holdings announced that it had signed a partnership agreement with News UK, known to be the publisher of The Sun tabloid, for the launch of an online gaming and wagering business for UK-based customers.The announcement about the ...

D’Iberville Cuts Ribbon on First-Ever Casino

by December 10, 2015

The highly anticipated opening of Scarlet Pearl Casino in D’Iberville took place on Wednesday, December 9. The $290-million hotel and casino venue is the first property of this kind in the city and the twelfth in South Mississippi.Scarlet Pearl features a 68,000-square- ...

UK Gambling Operators Launch Player Awareness Systems Initiative

by December 9, 2015

UK betting and gambling operators announced that they are to install special software on the gambling machines featured at their shops in order to encourage problem players to stop betting. The move comes as part of the Player Awareness Systems initiative introduced today by the ...

Mohegan Tribe to Finance Construction of Cowlitz Tribe Casino

by December 9, 2015

Cowlitz Indian Tribe officials announced that they had reached an agreement with the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, under the terms of which the latter is to fund the former’s project for the establishment of a $550-million casino resort on reservation land not far from L ...

Boston Mayor and Casino Mogul Discuss Everett Casino at “Productive” Meeting

by December 9, 2015

A few days after a judge ruled against Boston’s legal effort to prevent gambling operator Wynn Resorts from building a $1.7-billion casino resort on the Everett waterfront, City Mayor Martin Walsh and casino mogul Steve Wynn discussed the matter behind closed doors, with Mr ...