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The Pennsylvania gaming industry debuted in 2006, but no month over the past 17 years has been richer than March 2023 in terms of gross gaming revenue (GGR). Pennsylvania gaming industry casino revenue The table games area at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course. The Pennsylvania...

Some Star Entertainment employees are paying the price for the casino operator’s deceit and regulatory violations in Australia. As the company continues to reel from multimillion-dollar fines and increased scrutiny, it has announced that it will let go of more than 6% of its workforce. Vehicles...

Brazil is correcting flaws in its online sports betting regulations. The 2018 law allowed online sports betting but didn’t produce any regulatory framework which prevented the government from collecting taxes on the activity. The country’s Ministry of Finance recently presented the new tax...

Haley and Hanna Cavinder, twin sisters and social media influencers who recently left college basketball, are now partners in Betr, the US-based sportsbook focused on microbetting and original online content. Cavinder twins Hanna Cavinder (left) and her twin sister Haley Cavinder celebrate the...

The World Putting League (WPL) will host its second championship event on Thursday, April 20, from the Hawaiian Rumble minigolf putt-putt course in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and two sportsbooks are offering odds on the 72 holes of competition in multiple US states. DraftKings and Betfred are taking...

A Virginia gambling bill seeking to establish a problem gaming center with an array of treatment programs and resources has been signed into law by the state’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Senate Bill 836, legislation to create the state’s Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory...

PlayUp has agreed to not seek a gaming license in Ohio for the next four years and to pay about $120K in penalties after the Australian-based operator reached an agreement with the state’s Casino Control Commission (OCCC). The OCCC formally signed off on the deal at Wednesday’s meeting in...

The son of a reputed New York Mafia gambling kingpin will spend the rest of his life in prison for arranging the murder of his father. Anthony Zottola was convicted last fall of hiring a hitman to kill Sylvester “Sally Daz” Zottola, 71, who was gunned down in a Bronx McDonald’s drive-thru in...

A 21-year-old man arrested on sexual assault charges stemming from an incident at a casino in Sydney, Australia, will stay in jail for a little longer. Joel Fitzpatrick Burtt was to face a judge Thursday for allegedly assaulting a woman at Star Entertainment’s The Star Grand Hotel. But the case...

Police across Brazil are wrapping up a massive investigation that includes organized crime, illegal gambling, and money laundering. They’ve already arrested two dozen people, including the wife and father-in-law of a prominent soccer player. Brazilian soccer player Pedro Guilherme and wife...

A study into Finland’s gaming industry has been in the works for months in an effort to determine if its monopoly, Veikkaus, is working. Even the state-run organization believes it’s not 100% effective, and the chances are increasing that it will lose some of its control. A Veikkaus customer...

A Nevada lottery bill made progress this week in Carson City but the chances of lottery players being able to purchase Mega Millions and Powerball tickets inside the Silver State anytime soon remain slim. Nevada lottery casino gaming Las Vegas Lottery players wait in line to purchase their...

Mohegan, the gaming and hospitality firm controlled by the Mohegan Tribe in Connecticut, hopes to build a multibillion-dollar integrated casino resort on Manhattan’s East Side, near the United Nations headquarters in midtown. The company is trying to improve its odds of securing one of New...

PrizePicks on Thursday announced a multiyear sponsorship agreement with NASCAR. It marks the first such deal the Atlanta-based fantasy sports operator has signed with a major professional US sports league. Talladega Cars race toward the starting line at Talladega Superspeedway for the Geico...

The East Coast Gaming Congress wraps up Thursday in Atlantic City, and while a slew of issues have been discussed during the two-day event at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, a nearby billboard has caused a bit of a stir. Atlantic City casino smoking billboard A billboard outside of Atlantic City...

The first tickets sold for the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas won’t be for the kickoff of U2’s residency. Those dates remain to be announced. They will, instead, be for “Postcard from Earth,” a “multi-sensory storytelling” production set to play several times per day, and which will go on sale...

The Oakland Athletics are on their way to Las Vegas, and that move will likely benefit local casino operators more than Strip counterparts. That’s the thesis of CBRE analyst John DeCree who, in a new report to clients, highlights Red Rock Resorts (NASDAQ: RRR) as the big winner in the A’s...

An online gaming company is considering establishing its US base in Colorado. The skyline of Downtown Denver, with the Rocky Mountains in the background. On Thursday, the Colorado Economic Development Commission (EDC) approved up to $14 million in job-based incentives to an unnamed company it...

Proceeds from Las Vegas mass shooter Stephen Paddock’s $1.3M estate reportedly will be distributed among 61 victims’ families. Each family will receive about $20,000. Concertgoers run during the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas A court document released this week reveals these include Nevada...

K-Pop sensation Blackpink will bring its “Born Pink” world tour to Allegiant Stadium on August 18. The announcement came fresh off the female foursome’s hotly received performance at Coachella, where they became the first Korean act ever to headline the festival. Last year, K-pop band BTS...