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New Jersey Lawmakers Expected to Extend iGaming to 2028
New Jersey lawmakers are considering whether to extend the state's 2013 authorization of online casino gambling, which is set to expire at the stroke of midnight on Nov. 27, 2023. Following weeks of negotiations, a consensus has reportedly been found. Former New...
Nevada Gaming Revenue Remains Strong Despite Difficult Comparisons
Nevada gaming revenue held steady in May 2023 as the state's casinos reported gross gaming revenue (GGR) of $1.298 billion, the 27th consecutive month where Silver State casinos combined to win upwards of $1 billion. Before the unprecedented streak, Nevada's longest 10-digit...
Encore Boston Harbor Avoids Strike, Reaches Union Contract
Encore Boston Harbor and the approximately 1,400 union members the casino employs have reached a tentative bargaining agreement. That will likely avert a potential strike at the Wynn Resorts property. Encore Boston Harbor employees represented by the Local 26 chapter of Unite...
Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin Ditches Churchill Downs, Plans Floor Remodel
Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin is making a big bet to reverse the resort casino's dwindling gaming business by dropping its four-year gaming partner, Churchill Downs, Inc., in favor of self-managing the venue. Lady Luck is located at Nemacolin, a luxury resort in...
NCAA Modernizes Penalties for Sports Betting Violations, Eases Suspensions
The NCAA has updated its punishment grading for student-athletes who are found to violate the collegiate athletic association's rules on sports betting. The NCAA has for years mandated that all of its student-athletes refrain from betting on any sport that the NCAA...
Virginia Responsible Gaming Committee to Craft Resources as Industry Rapidly Expands
The newly formed Virginia Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee will begin meeting next month with the goal of developing resources to help people who can't control their gambling. Virginia legalized commercial casino gambling in 2020 in five cities, including Richmond,...
New Jersey iGaming Bill Might Only Extend Online Casinos Through November 2025
New Jersey's authorization of online casino platforms expires in November. Unless state lawmakers pass a measure to extend such iGaming and Gov. Phil Murphy (D) signs the statute or allows it to become law without his signature, online gaming sites will go...
Crown Melbourne Casino Attacker Has Remorse for Unprovoked Fatal Brawl
Crown Melbourne was the site of a vicious attack in March 2022 that resulted in the death of a 29-year-old man. A little after midnight on March 27, 2022, an Australian man named Tyson Armstrong, now 28, unprovokedly attacked Luke Francis inside...
Cedar Rapids Casino Developers Hope to Secure City-Owned Land for Resort
The Cedar Rapids Development Group (CRDG), the backers of the stalled casino resort project called "Cedar Crossing," will make its pitch to the Cedar Rapids City Council next month as to why it should have first dibs on a city-owned plot of...
Royal Caribbean Continues Swapping Jazz Clubs for Smoke-Free Casinos
Royal Caribbean is heeding calls from guests wishing to gamble without lingering cigarette smoke by creating smoke-free casinos on its ships. Casino.org reported in March that the cruise ship operator had replaced the "Jazz on 4" clubs with smoke-free gaming spaces aboard...
