Hackers caused major chaos in the US gaming world this week with successful attacks on both MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment. Caesars mitigated the damage by paying the hackers a $15 million ransom to leave their systems alone and go away, while MGM's systems have been down most of the week. Word of the Caesars…
Americans are embracing regulated sports betting in a big way as the 2023 National Football League (NFL) season gets under way. According to a recently released report from Geo Comply, a US-based geofencing firm, From the Sidelines to the Mainstream, 1.1 million Americans opened new sportsbook accounts during the first week of NFL football. It's…
The casino floors at MGM Resorts across the country went silent yesterday after the company was hit with a massive cyber attack, possibly originating from North Korea. Impact from the attack was particularly noticeable on MGM Resorts guests, who suddenly couldn't access the electronic locks on their room doors or access cash from ATMs, which…
When ESPN announced that it was going to launch its own sportsbook, ESPN BET, it was almost a certainty that there would be a ripple effect on the organization. That ripple effect has, indeed, started with the recent announcement that ESPN's flagship sports betting show is moving from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, back to…
The race to win over market share in the regulated US sports betting space is heating up this fall as FanDuel teams up with YouTube and YouTube TV to deliver a discount on the NFL Sunday Ticket. It's a deal that both makes strange bedfellows from a sportsbooks and streaming platform and offers some new…
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is offering a record $40 million guaranteed prize pool for this year's championship at the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. This year's guaranteed prize pool eclipses the previous record of $15 million, which was set at last year's WPT World Championship. With so much in potential prize money…
As the regulated US sports betting market matures, various sports leagues are embracing new betting products such as micro-betting and live betting. NASCAR is the latest big name to enter the micro-betting market after inking a deal with nVenue, a micro-betting technology provider, that names the firm as racing organization's official micro-betting data and technology…
Americans are absolutely fed up with unregulated and semi-regulated "games of skill" that masquerade as legitimate casinos, according to a new survey from the American Gaming Association (AGA). The AGA found that Americans who actually know what skill games are think the machines are accessible by children and promote criminal activity. Skill Machines, as they…
The US gaming industry is experiencing a three-year run of "unprecedented" growth that does not seem to be in danger of slowing down anytime soon. That's the good news from the American Gaming Association's (AGA) Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker. According to the AGA, the US commercial gaming industry pulled in $16.07 billion over the course…
Hard Rock International is launching its Hard Rock Bet platform in the New Jersey market. It's a move that brings the company's New Jersey-facing digital properties in line with its other digital properties while giving NJ players a number of new betting products and options. One of Hard Rock Bet's biggest assets, for players and…
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