Tagged kentucky

Danny Gladstone to step down at Ainsworth Game Technology Limited

September 25, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Australia, Game manufacturers, Employment & Careers

Australian gaming machine developer, Ainsworth Game Technology Limited, has announced that Danny Gladstone (pictured) will be stepping down as its Chief Executive Officer from next summer after over twelve year...

Scientific Games Corporation inks New Mexico instant games deal

Adam Morgan

June 21, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Lottery, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, New Mexico

After recently inking instant games supply deals with state-run lottery providers in Kentucky and Ontario, gaming machine and systems innovator, Scientific Games Corporation (SG), has now announced the signing ...

Horseshoe Southern Indiana’s casino is moving onto dry land

Adam Morgan

April 26, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino News, Indiana

American casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corporation has unveiled a plan that will see it spend around $85 million in order to expand its Horseshoe Southern Indiana and bring the facility’s existing river...

Horseshow Southern Indiana re-opens following flood threat

Adam Morgan

March 5, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Indiana

The Horseshoe Southern Indiana has reportedly fully re-opened for business after being forced to close late last month due to fears that the rising waters of the nearby Ohio River may flood the 503-room propert...

Churchill Downs Incorporated inks deal to buy two casino properties

Adam Morgan

March 1, 2018

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Mississippi, Pennsylvania

American casino operator Churchill Downs Incorporated has announced the signing of an agreement that will see it spend $229.5 million in order to acquire the Presque Isle Downs and Casino in Pennsylvania as wel...

Casino bill pre-filed in Kentucky for 2018

Sadonna Price

December 25, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Kentucky

Efforts to see casino gaming brought to the state of Kentucky will be revived next year as one Senator has already pre-filed a new casino bill. Lawmaker Dennis Keene feels that the atmosphere is more receptive ...

Online gambling legislation endorsed by Pennsylvania State Senate

Adam Morgan

May 25, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Online Gambling News, Pennsylvania

Attempts to legalize online gambling in Pennsylvania took a giant step forward yesterday after the Pennsylvania State Senate passed proposed legislation that would allow the state’s twelve casinos along with it...

Casino magnate Carl Icahn mentioned in high-profile insider trading trial

Adam Morgan

April 6, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, New York

In the United States, billionaire casino magnate Carl Icahn could reportedly be about to be pulled into the high-profile insider trading trial taking place in a Manhattan federal court against Las Vegas-based s...

Churchill Downs Incorporated completes acquisition of Maryland casino

Adam Morgan

January 5, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Horse Racing, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Maryland

Churchill Downs Incorporated has announced that it has completed a deal in partnership with fellow American casino and racetrack operator Saratoga Casino Holdings to purchase the firms behind Maryland’s Casino ...

Casinos help Maryland horseracing renaissance

Adam Morgan

November 26, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Horse Racing, Maryland

In Maryland, a new report has found that casinos in the eastern state have helped the local horseracing industry to increase its economic impact over the past five years by in excess of 20%. According to a r...

Legislation being prepared to take the Massachusetts Lottery online

Adam Morgan

October 6, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Lottery, Massachusetts

In Massachusetts, a senior government official has announced that she intends to file and champion legislation that would allow the eastern state’s lottery to offer its products online and via smartphone apps. ...

Record-breaking annual results for Sky Racing World

Adam Morgan

July 15, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Horse Racing

Sky Racing World, a distributor of southern hemisphere thoroughbred and harness horseracing content to North and South America, has released its financial results for the twelve months to the end of June showin...

Committee approves Massachusetts online lottery legislation

Adam Morgan

June 17, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Lottery, Massachusetts

Massachusetts could soon become the fifth American state to offer lottery products online or via mobile apps after an influential government committee approved proposed legislation from Democratic State Senator...

Kentucky Horse Racing Commission gets the details on EquiLottery

Adam Morgan

May 20, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Technology, Lottery

At its first meeting since being reorganized last month, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission was treated to a detailed explanation of the new EquiLottery daily lottery draw game and told that the innovation wo...

Kentucky Senators propose casino gambling legislation

Sadonna Price

February 7, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Kentucky

Since 2007, the state of Kentucky has been one that was supposed to be a major player in the gambling industry. The former Governor, Steve Beshear, promised to bring casinos to Kentucky to help with revenue iss...