In March of 2019, Las Vegas Sands Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon Adelson announced he was receiving treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Mr. Adelson recently resumed his cancer treatment and will be taking a leave of absence as of today from his role as chairman and chief executive officer of both Las Vegas Sands and
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Don’t look now, but the Philippines online gambling industry is looking to add horse racing and cock fighting to their offerings. This after a recent decision allows land based casinos their take both online and mobile bets from locals. That decisions comes as the Philippines seek to expand their online betting industry by both allowing
Earnings from the regulated US sports betting market could be over $3 billion for 2021. This according to a report from VIXIO Gambling Compliance. The same report estimates that up to 14 additional states regulating the activity this year, and that the market could generate over $10 billion by 2026. Their report comes as New
E uro Games Technology (EGT) announced on Thursday that Stanislav Stanev has decided to step down as Marketing and Sales Director to embark on a new career path. Stanev has been part of the company almost 17 years, occupying different positions and becoming Sales and Marketing Director in 2013. According to company officials, ever since
We kick off the New Year with gambling news from Las Vegas, as well as California, Michigan and New York State! Also, there is a new World Series of Poker champion! [embedded content] Happy freaking New Year everyone! Jay Todd back after my two weeks off for the holidays. I could have used three weeks
M GM Resorts International on Wednesday announced that Jonathan Halkyard will become Chief Financial Officer for the company. He is a senior corporate executive who spent 13 years in leadership roles at Caesars Entertainment and was more recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality, its paired-share REIT.
The start of 2020 had a huge impact of sporting events and sports betting as a whole as the cancellation and postponement of many events led to fans seeking out alternatives – with the start of 2021 also seeming to have some more cancellations already prepared as the start of the year has begun with
A ristocrat Technologies announced on Monday the launch of the Aristocrat Future Leaders (AFL), a program that features a comprehensive educational track that creates a unique opportunity for recent graduate students in the United States to learn the land-based gaming industry from the leading slot manufacturer. The AFL rotational program offers full-time job opportunities for
Over the last few years, increasing numbers of doping violations have sparked a widespread call for change within horse racing. In December 2020, demands to improve the sport were met by newly-introduced regulations. The enforcement of the forward-thinking changes seeks to secure the long-term future of horse racing by retaining a sense of integrity. So,
D uring the lockdown period imposed in the country, casinos and other gambling venues must remain closed, the Ministry of Health announced. In accordance with an official release, the government will impose a full lockdown from January 4 to 14 in the provinces of Panama and Panamá Oeste, in an attempt to curb the accelerated
Another Las Vegas resort has joined the ranks of midweek closures. The Mirage Las Vegas shut it’s doors today, ceasing all operations at their casino and restaurants Mondays through Thursdays. Their hotel had already been closed for midweek operations in November. In an announcement, MGM Resorts stated that these closures come as midweek demand has
W hat has been the biggest surprise as it relates to US betting in 2020? Firstly, the fact that table tennis became the biggest betting sport was a huge surprise that nobody would have predicted this time last year. Not only that, but interest in table tennis has maintained, despite the fact that most sports
T he Cove, a beautifully designed 7,450-square-foot high limit slot area located adjacent to Wahlburgers, will offer over 140 slot machines from Aristocrat, IGT, Konami, Scientific Games, Everi and Ainsworth, with a combination of classic and new games, including Lightning Cash, Dragon Cash, Dollar Storm, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy and many more high limit favorites.
A s of January 1st 2021, Better Collective has exercised its option to acquire a further 70% of the shares in Mindway AI for a total price of 17 million DKK. The acquisition follows a preliminary investment made in 2019 where Better Collective acquired 19.99% of the company for 4 million DKK. With the new
In the face of the Coronavirus, Pennsylvania online gambling and betting on sports set new records! Despite that bit of good news, however, overall income from gaming was down for the state year-on-year due to the pandemic. Total gambling revenue in November amounted to $283.3 million, a drop of nearly 3% from the same time
The numbers are in… and they are staggering, as US Tribal Gaming operators netted $34.6 billion in 2019. Those numbers were reported by the National Indian Gaming Commission and mark a 2.5% jump in revenue. That total was derived from over 500 independent financial statements submitted to the Commission by 245 federally recognized tribes across
The Gaming Control Board has announced that they expect online gambling in Michigan will be live by the middle of this month. The Governor signed legislation which legalized sports gambling in the state late in 2019. Online gaming, however, had to establish it’s own regulations and licensing. The legislature’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules approved
A new champion was crowned at the Rio recently. The 2020 World Series of Poker for America was won by Joseph Hebert, a Louisiana native, who took home well over $1.5 million. After the event the 38 year old told PokerNews.com that he was “…really confident. I was excited to play and it was just
T he column was written by Daniel Bilotta —who describes the power dispute that is taking placewithin the Partido Justicialista (PJ) at the national level— and ends with reference to the fact that “the Institute of Lotteries and Casinos of the Province of Buenos Aires will grant seven on-line gambling licenses next January in spite
C Advertising aesars Entertainment announced that it has received clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) to acquire UK-based gambling group William Hill. Caesars said that the deal has also “received approvals from the Mississippi Gaming Commission on November 19, 2020, and the West Virginia Lottery on December 16, 2020.” Additionally,