Earlier this week, the NFL's Green Bay Packers announced that the Oneida Casino would henceforth be the official casino of the Green Bay Packers. It's a move that would have seemed unthinkable a few years back, but it illustrates the rapidly changing relationship between America's most popular sports league and gambling industry. The announcement, which…
Rhode Island lottery officials are ordering the removal of more than 350 slot machines at the state's Twin Rivers Casino. The machines, which are operated by International Gaming Technology (IGT) haven't been meeting the profit standards set by the state, but that's only part of the story. Rhode Island's gambling market is currently gripped by…
Lawmakers in Alaska are considering a bill (HB 103) that would legalize some forms of commercial gambling in the state, including California-style card rooms. But opponents of the bill say that Alaska is a petri dish for addiction and that allowing any new forms of gambling there would be a really bad idea. The bill…
The Nevada Gaming Commission is rolling back a decades-old ruling that banned wagering on baseball games that are played within the borders of their state. It's yet another example of the diminishing influence of the professional sports leagues on sports betting in the United States. The ban, which had been in place since 1985, was…
In most parts of the world, a partnership between a sports betting operator and a professional sports league isn't exactly front page news. But in the United States, where the wall between professional sports and sports betting is rapidly falling, it's still big news. That's why the recent news that William Hill has been announced…
Three years ago, the thought of a US sports arena that included plans for a sportsbook that fans could access during games would have been unthinkable. But that's exactly what Ted Leonsis, owner of the the Washington Wizards and the Washington Capitals, has planned for the Capitol One Arena in Washington D.C. According to a…
A former casino executive for Boyd Gaming is suing the company for alleged acts of racial and sexual discrimination. Among the claims made by former sales director Kim Carpenter is that the company avoids booking musical acts that would attract large African American or Hispanic audiences to its casinos. Carpenter, whose duties included booking acts…
When lawmakers consider whether they should bring regulated sports betting into their marketplaces, the prospect of buckets of tax revenue is usually the driving force. After all, when it comes to gambling the house always wins, right? In West Virginia, where sports betting has been legal for nearly three months, that hasn't proven to be…
Life for New Jersey's land-based and online casino operators just got a little bit more competitive with the opening of the Hard Rock International’s new Atlantic City casino. This land-based casino, that was once the Trump Taj Mahal, will be followed in short order by the launching of a new Hard Rock International online casino…
Mississippi is the latest US state to give its blessing to regulated sports betting in its casinos. Late last week the The Mississippi Gaming Commission approved a measure that allows the state's casinos, and only its casinos, to offer a full suite of sports betting options to its customers. It's a move that aimed at…
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