5349 stories by Casino.org Staff Writer
Upstate New York Casinos Failing to Meet Gaming Revenue Expectations
Three non-tribal New York casinos located upstate are struggling to meet gaming revenue projections just several months into operation. Tioga Downs in Nichols, Rivers Casino near Albany, and del Lago in the Finger Lakes are all reporting disappointing earnings. In 2013, New...
Pay Per View Gets Knocked Out of Mayweather-McGregor Fight
Pay-per-view buyers around the country were incensed after missing some or all of Floyd Mayweather’s 10th round technical knockout of Conor McGregor Saturday night. Showtime, who produced and marketed the event, blamed the outages on servers in California and Florida crashing with...
Former Indian Model Arrested for Running Illegal Gambling Racket in New Delhi
A 45-year-old former Indian model is one of 25 persons who was detained over the weekend by Delhi Police for allegedly operating an underground illegal gambling house in a posh Greater Kailash neighborhood. Police were tipped off about the suspected gambling early Saturday...
Pennsylvania Casinos Are Handing Out Less Free Slot Play
Pennsylvania casinos were a tad more conservative during the most recent fiscal year when it came to divvying out free slot credit to patrons, and that might hint that gambling demographics are changing. Pennsylvania's 12 land-based floors aren't alone in giving out...
Floyd Mayweather Beats Conor McGregor, Wins Las Vegas Millions of Dollars
Floyd Mayweather is riding off into retirement for a third time with a career resume that boasts a perfect 50 wins to zero losses. His technical knockout (TKO) on Saturday night over UFC mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor leaves Las Vegas...
UK Gambling Commission Publishes Gambling Behaviour Report, Media Goes Into Meltdown
The revelation in the UK Gambling Commission’s latest Gambling Behaviour in Great Britain survey, published this week, that problem gambling may have risen in the country by 0.2 percent was a predictable cause for alarm in the British media this week. “More...
Cromwell Las Vegas Trying to Entice Downtown Crowd With Lower Table Minimums, New Sportsbook
The Cromwell Las Vegas is located in the middle of the Strip, snugged between Paris and the Flamingo across from the Bellagio and Caesars Palace. Opened by Caesars Entertainment in 2014 as a luxury boutique hotel, the property's casino floor is changing...
Pennsylvania House GOP Must ‘Get Act Together’ on Budget or State Will Run Out of Money, Says Governor
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has warned that the state’s main bank account will run out of cash in three weeks and its bruised credit-rating is in danger of taking a further pummelling if House Republicans don’t “get their act together” on the...
Macau Junket Operator Neptune Group Announces Name Change to Rich Goldman
The Neptune Group, once a prominent Macau junket operator, plans to reinvent the company under the new name of Rich Goldman Holdings, Ltd. The publicly traded entity revealed the news in a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It's unclear where...
Paddy Power Denies Racism over Floyd Mayweather Tweet
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has been forced to defend a tweet on Sunday the forthcoming McGregor-Mayweather fight from accusations of racism. The bookie, which is known for its notoriously risqué approach to advertising and social media marketing, announced this week it would...
