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NCAA Launches Responsible Gaming Campaign During March Madness Basketball
It's the NCAA's busiest time of the year, as its men's and women's college basketball tournaments -- aka March Madness -- are in full swing. In conjunction with the heavily bet hoops games, the governing body of collegiate sports deployed a new...
‘Lottery Fever’ Swells Mega Millions Jackpot to $1.1B, Powerball to $750M
No Mega Millions ticket on Friday night matched the six drawn numbers. It marked the 30th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. For only the sixth time in Mega Millions' 22-year history, the estimated annuitized jackpot for the game's next drawing on...
Odds Good Bloomberg NCAA Charity Tournament Will Have Multiple Winners
Bloomberg for a ninth consecutive year is running its "March Madness Brackets for a Cause" charity pool to raise money for a host of nonprofits and initiatives. The business media and financial services conglomerate invited Wall Street titans and leaders from across...
Rockingham Casino Lawsuit Dismissed by North Carolina Judge
A lawsuit in North Carolina challenging the Rockingham Board of County Commissioners' August 2023 decision to rezone nearly 193 acres of land for a possible casino has been dismissed. Last fall, the owners of Camp Carefree, a free summer camp offered to...
Ohio Gaming Study Commission Told iLottery Won’t Hurt Brick-and-Mortar Retailers
A legislative commission in Ohio formed to determine if further expansion of the Buckeye State's gaming industry is warranted and whether regulatory changes are needed to current operations heard testimony this week from lottery officials who urged the panel to recommend allowing...
Star CEO Robbie Cooke Resigns Amid Casino Company’s Latest Suitability Probe
Star Entertainment Group Chief Executive Officer Robbie Cooke is departing the Australian casino company. Cooke's resignation comes less than two years after being appointed to the organization's top managerial position. Star is embattled in yet another state inquiry in New South Wales...
US Supreme Court to Determine Seminole Online Sports Betting Outcome
The United States Supreme Court will presumably determine the ultimate fate of the Seminole Tribe's Class III gaming compact that it struck with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in 2021. The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a petition brought by West...
Arkansas Attorney General Approves Casino Referendum Language
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) has signed off on proposed language for a ballot referendum that seeks to amend the state constitution and rescind a commercial casino license allocated for Pope County. A group called Local Voters in Charge is behind...
Atlantic City Casino Property Tax Break Appeal Heard in New Jersey
New Jersey's Superior Court Appellate Division this week heard the state's appeal of a ruling on how Atlantic City casino property taxes are calculated. The state is contending the 2021 change violated a consent order. Tim Sheehan of the New Jersey Attorney...
Another iGaming Study Concludes Online Gaming Complements Brick-and-Mortar
An iGaming study commissioned by the Sports Betting Alliance (SBA) has reached similar conclusions as another recent study that online casinos complement -- not hurt -- brick-and-mortar casinos. The SBA is an industry trade group that lobbies federal and state lawmakers to...
