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US Sports Betting Industry Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary of SCOTUS Decision
Five years ago today, the US gaming industry was forever changed when the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in a 7-2 decision that the federal law that had limited single-game sports betting to Nevada was unconstitutional. Today, 33 states and...
Missouri Sports Betting Obstructionist Again Blocks Senate Vote, as Legislature Adjourns
Missouri sports betting legislation in 2023 has been dealt a similar fate as in recent years. After gaining bipartisan support in the state House of Representatives, a bill to allow Missourians to bet on sports legally stalled in the state Senate, with...
Melco Resorts Announces City of Dreams Mediterranean Opening in Cyprus
Melco Resorts has announced that its next casino will open this July in the island country of Cyprus. Located in the Mediterranean Sea, Cyprus is geographically in Western Asia but its culture and political values are more closely aligned with Southeastern Europe....
Treasure Chest Casino Near New Orleans Announces Opening Date for $100M Resort
Treasure Chest Casino officials on Friday held a ceremonial topping off of the Louisiana resort's $100 million renovation and expansion project. The Treasure Chest riverboat has called Lake Pontchartrain home since its opening in 1994. Co-developed and opened by Boyd Gaming, the...
Culinary Union Strikes Deal with MLB A’s in Anticipation of Las Vegas Move
The Culinary Union's Local 226 chapter in Las Vegas says it has reached an agreement with Major League Baseball's (MLB) Oakland A's that would potentially allow stadium workers to organize. A's ownership seems intent on relocating from San Francisco's Bay Area to...
Kansas Casino Employees Unite to Ban Indoor Smoking at Four Properties
Kansas casino employees working at the state's four brick-and-mortar commercial gaming properties have formed a coalition to urge lawmakers in Topeka to close the indoor smoking loophole. Kansas' Indoor Clean Air Act prohibits smoking in most public indoor places. The state law,...
Donald Trump’s 2024 Odds Shorten Following Contentious CNN Town Hall
Former President Donald Trump is seeking the nation's highest office for a third consecutive presidential election cycle. The 76-year-old Trump is seeing his 2024 odds slightly improve following his town hall appearance on CNN this past Wednesday with host Kaitlan Collins that...
Shreveport Casinos Could Soon Reintroduce Smoking as City Council Mulls Flip-Flop
The Shreveport City Council is considering a resolution that would repeal an indoor smoking ordinance that the local government agency passed only in 2020. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Shreveport local officials in June 2020 passed Ordinance No. 51, the Smoke-Free Air Act,...
Vernon Downs Threatens Closure, Says State Tax Cuts Could Improve its Odds
Vernon Downs Casino Hotel in Upstate New York is warning state officials that its potential closure could result in the layoffs of all 249 of its employees. The racino this week submitted a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing with the...
Lake Charles Casino Guests Shocked to Find Alligator in Resort Pool
Lake Charles casinos love to welcome whales, an informal term for VIPs and high rollers. But one of the Louisiana town's three casinos recently welcomed a different kind of creature that typically resides in marshland. Guests and resort officials at L'Auberge Casino...
