Are Nevada's glittering gambling palaces ready for the cashless gaming technology? That's the question that officials from Boyd Gaming are presenting Nevada gambling regulators as they move forward with a test of their BoydPay Digital Wallet technology. If successfully implemented, BoydPay has the potential to be a glittering success story in the post-pandemic gambling business.…
There's no question that 2020 was a lousy year for American gambling operators but a recent report from the American Gaming Association (AGA) bears out the misery in excruciating detail. All told, the US gambling business pulled in around $20 billion in 2020; which is down 30 percent over 2019. The report utilized data drawn…
Lawmakers from the Irish Labour Party are putting forth a bill that would ban nearly every form of gambling advertising on the Emerald Isle. It's a radical idea that would hobble licensed operators, open the door for black market gaming, and - fortunately - may not have enough support to pass into law. The effort…
Running a casino isn't easy, even if you fancy yourself to be one of the greatest businessmen in history. If you don't believe that, just ask former US President and failed casino boss, Donald Trump. His reign in Atlantic City came to a crashing conclusion this week when the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino was…
Intelitics is being tapped by Bet Seven Online to provide its data-driven marketing platform to the operator's SuperSeven brand. Under the terms of the deal, SuperSeven will be deployting the Intelitics product suite for a variety of tasks ranging from real-time player tracking to affiliate activity of all types. Though SuperSeven's affiliate program has not-yet-launched,…
The UK Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) is asking football clubs to refrain from discussing and promoting gambling on their social media sites in as part of an effort to avoid triggering problem gamblers. It's move that may seem extreme to the layman, but will likely help keep UK gambling operators a step ahead of…
There's no question that regulated sports betting has been a massive hit in the United States. Every month there's at least one state that shatters its previous record handle and January 2020 was no exception. With a $384.2 million handle, Indiana broke its previous wagering record of $313.1 million that was set way back in…
MGM Resorts reported an astonishing 53 percent revenue drop in Q4 2020 over Q4 2019 in a recent earnings report. It's another mind-bending number from a year that didn't ease up on the pain even for a moment. But company officials are betting on their sports betting division, BetMGM to save the day and bring…
For a very long time, 5Dimes.com was the classic internet outlaw story. The storied sportsbook defined the offshore sportsbook business and was the go-to site for punters who either couldn't, or wouldn't, access regulated sports betting sites. But all that changed this week when 5Dimes was granted a gaming license by the Isle of Man…
A group of Texas-based professional sports teams are lobbying state lawmakers to move forward with a bill that would legalize Lone Star sports betting. It's a far cry from the days when professional sport team owners and their cronies cried endlessly about how legal sports wagering would be the end of legitimate sports as we…
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