A special committee has recommended a regulatory amendment for sportsbooks to take bets on esports, but it could take time before many people bet on competitions.
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Despite there being one fewer weekend date in August, state gaming win posted its 18th straight month of win in excess of $1 billion at its 435 licensed casinos.
Gaming & Leisure Properties Inc., a real estate investment trust affiliated with Penn National Gaming, operators of the Tropicana, reported higher revenue and net income.
The new 265,240-square-foot facility in Henderson will manufacture EGMs — electronic gaming machines — for shipment to the United States, Canada, Latin America and Europe.
“I think it’s safe for me to say that they have a very, very strong interest in our site if the transaction can work to their advantage,” Gaming & Leisure Properties top executive Peter Carlino said during a Friday earnings call.
Through a partnership with New York-based YellowHeart, MGM Resorts International is jumping into the world of non-fungible-token ticketing, a first for Las Vegas.
Customers of Henderson’s Emerald Island casino can now draw funds easier to their club cards from their bank accounts with Emerald Express Cash technology.
Boyd Interactive Gaming is buying Pala Interactive LLC for $170 million to bolster Boyd’s iGaming platform with business-to-business and business-to-consumer components.
With COVID-19 infections on the rise as a result of the omicron variant and thousands of people expected for New Year’s Eve celebrations, agents will step up inspections.
Clark County — particularly the Strip — contributed the most toward the state’s $1.322 billion November, the ninth straight month of win exceeding $1 billion.
Four companies submit bids on five proposals for Chicago’s first integrated resort with Bally’s Corp., Rush Street and Hard Rock International all in the mix.
Sportico is reporting that New York Mets majority owner Steven Cohen is in preliminary talks with Las Vegas Sands Corp. to build a casino next to the Mets’ stadium, Citi Field.
A New York private equity firm specializing in acquisitions is buying Scientific Games lottery division for $6.05 billion in a deal that would close in the second quarter of 2022.
Toronto-based Clairvest Neem Ventures K.K. already has been vetted by Japanese authorities in July for a project at Wakayama Marina City near Tokyo.
A tribal initiative on sports betting has already qualified for the 2022 ballot. Another backed by the card-room industry is on its way for California voters to consider.
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