March 2025

Hard Rock gave $10 million in bonuses to its Atlantic City workers Hard Rock trailed only Borgata in AC gaming revenue last year Hard Rock is owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City presented its workers with $10 million in bonuses as the Boardwalk resort has done now…

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The Athletics are selling priority access to season tickets for their 2028 season starting Friday 2028 will (they hope) be their first season playing in a new stadium built on the site of  the imploded Tropicana casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip For the three seasons they will spend in West Sacramento, Calif. until…

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A scandal surrounding the Texas Lottery is partly to blame for the headwinds hampering approval of legalized casinos and online sports betting in the Lone Star State A European syndicate won $95 million last year after using couriers to purchase 25.8 million tickets The Texas Lottery Commission, which would oversee legalized gambling, is accused of…

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Business owners worry about impact of casino in Hudson Yards Related Cos. and Wynn want license for Chelsea-area casino hotel Small business owners in New York City’s Hudson Yards area, which includes the tony Chelsea neighborhood, are fearful that a proposed casino hotel would hurt their bottom lines. Renderings of Hudson Yards West. Some small…

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Proposed bill would require online gambling platforms to display running tally of player losses over time. Real-time counter would be visible on screen at all times. Lawmaker hopes proposal could save lives Australians lose more money gambling per capita than any other nation, so would an on-screen counter that showed their total losses in real…

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Company adds antitrust claims to patent infringement suit Panda claims rivals purposefully limit customer choice SportsCastr Inc., the sports betting data provider that does business as Panda Interactive, today announced that it amended a 2023 patent infringement suit against rivals Genius Sports and Sportradar to include parallel antitrust claims. A Panda Interactive logo. The company…

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DraftKings settles 2023 class-action suit for $10 million Suit claimed non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were securities DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) agreed to settle a 2023 class-action lawsuit brought by buyers of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the gaming company’s now defunct DraftKings Marketplace. A DraftKings logo. The company reached a $10 million settlement in a class-action suit stemming…

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Legislation to authorize casinos in Georgia is dead Sports betting also likely won’t find favor this year Religious conservatives oppose gambling in Georgia It appears Georgia lawmakers will once again fold on efforts to liberalize gaming in the Peach State. Sports betting and casino gambling in Georgia will likely remain banned for at least another…

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Nazi spies once plotted to blow up Hoover Dam, a catastrophe that would have altered the course of WWII Their purpose was to cut off electricity to Southern California’s airplane factories Intel from the US Embassy in Mexico and swift action from the federal government intervened In November 1939, the US was warned about a…

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Homelessness is a major problem in Atlantic City Casinos say homeless people sneak in When they’re evicted, many quickly return Homeless people in Atlantic City have caused much unrest for casinos, as operators say those lacking housing continually sneak into the resorts for shelter. A city worker assists a homeless person on the Atlantic City…

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Whitney Houston Slots have debuted online IGT is behind the branded games Whitney Houston died in 2012  Online slots using the likeness of Whitney Houston have debuted in select markets where internet casinos are allowed. Whitney Houston Slots are now available online in eight European markets where iGaming is legal. IGT launched Whitney Houston Slots…

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Pete Rose’s baseball ban could soon end Rose was permanently banned for betting on baseball President Trump supports Rose being inducted into the Hall of Fame Major League Baseball (MLB) is reportedly considering removing Pete Rose from the league’s permanently ineligible list a little more than five months after the game’s all-time hit leader died…

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A New Jersey Superior Court judge has ordered that the authors of a notorious anonymous report that wiped $3 billion off the market cap of gaming software giant Evolution AB should be named. Evolution claims it was defamed by a shadowy competitor whose identity will be revealed before the end of this week. Watch this…

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“Miss Atomic Bomb” is one of the most iconic photos from 1950s Las Vegas It was never a thing In 1951, after detonating nuclear bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to Japan’s surrender and the end of World War II, the US began test-exploding new nuclear weapons at the Nevada Test Site, then called the…

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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has proposed a significant tax increase on online sports betting and internet gambling, sparking pushback from major industry players. The plan, introduced as part of the state’s 2026 fiscal budget, would raise tax rates on these sectors from 13% and 15% to 25%, respectively. This move is expected to generate…

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