6738 stories by Devin O'Connor
Club Pro Guy ‘Lynx’ Up With betPARX Sportsbook and Online Casino Platform
Club Pro Guy (CPG) and online sportsbook and iGaming platform betPARX are partnering up. The satirical character, who depicts a fictional version of a local professional club pro online, has amassed a large following on social media. betPARX, the digital sportsbook unit...
Macau Easing Testing Again for Zhuhai Entries as Labor Day Approaches
Macau is extending the validity of negative COVID-19 test results for travelers arriving from nearby Zhuhai. Yesterday, Macau's Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center announced that people from Zhuhai seeking entry to the casino hub can now present a negative test completed...
Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy Glad Elon Musk Buying Twitter
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy -- the "El Presidente" of the sports betting and pop culture social media empire -- is ecstatic that billionaire Elon Musk is taking Twitter private. Portnoy, 45, appeared on Fox News last night to express his support...
Steve Wynn Finally Finds Buyer for Las Vegas Mansion on ‘Billionaire’s Row’
Steve Wynn disassociated from the Las Vegas gaming industry in early 2018. That was following a career-ending report published in The Wall Street Journal that detailed numerous allegations of sexual misconduct committed by the casino magnate. But only recently is the 80-year-old...
Bally’s Tiverton Casino Seeks Property Tax Reduction, Cites COVID-19 Pandemic
Bally's Tiverton Casino and Hotel says the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the property valuation of its resort, and tax assessors got it wrong with their latest calculation. Northeast Revaluation Group, one of the two main property tax assessors used by numerous municipalities...
Massachusetts Sports Betting Bill Finally Set for State Senate Debate
After much delay, a Massachusetts sports betting bill is finally scheduled for debate in the state's upper chamber. The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed House Bill 3933 in July of 2021. The act seeks to allow the state's three commercial casinos and...
Greektown Casino Renamed, as Penn National Continues Hollywood Expansion
Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit will be known as Hollywood Casino at Greektown effective Sunday, May 1. Penn National Gaming (PNG) and Caesars Entertainment's real estate investment trust VICI Properties jointly purchased the downtown casino in May of 2019 for $1 billion. VICI...
National Indian Gaming Assn. Drops ‘National’ Amid Acronym Confusion
The National Indian Gaming Association -- long stylized NIGA -- is dropping "National" from its name for seemingly obvious reasons. Known simply as the Indian Gaming Association (IGA) moving forward, the group's mission is to protect and preserve the general welfare of...
Maryland Sports Betting Effort for Mobile Books Moving at Turtle’s Pace
Maryland sports betting began at the state's land-based casinos in December. Five of the state's six commercial gaming properties are now operating brick-and-mortar sportsbooks. However, the gaming expansion will blossom once Maryland allows online wagering to commence. But the state is dragging...
Resorts World Las Vegas Subject of Regulatory Probe Over Restaurant Dispute
Resorts World Las Vegas is the subject of an investigation being conducted by the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB). The probe is in relation to a San Diego man's allegations that an eatery inside the Strip property is at least partially owned...
