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Las Vegas Sands pushing for Texas casinos via new multi-million dollar ad effort

April 15, 2021

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

The Las Vegas Sands is not playing around when it comes to bringing casinos to Texas. The company recently launched a multi-million-dollar advertising campaign to support the effort. Television and radio ads wi...

Houston’s Champion Poker Club to host Lonestar Poker Spring Series featuring over $1.5 m in prize money

Sadonna Price

April 12, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Poker Tournaments, Brick-n-Mortar Poker Rooms, Poker, Texas

From April 15 to May 2, the Champion Poker Club in Houston, Texas will feature the Lonestar Poker Spring Series. The new poker club is going all-in with $1.5 million in total prize money and many top pros are s...

Las Vegas Sands Corporation eyeing future Asian investments

Adam Morgan

March 12, 2021

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Casino expansion projects, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Licenses, Online Gambling News, Macau, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Singapore

A little over a week after inking deals to exit the American casino market and Las Vegas Sands Corporation has now reportedly announced that it will be turning its attention fully to Asia and possibly invest mo...

Texas Lieutenant Governor sheds doubt on the possibility of legalized sports betting

Sadonna Price

February 11, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Texas

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has basically shut down any hope of sports betting legislation being approved this session. Patrick spoke with a local radio show this week, stating that the option was not...

Bally’s Corporation to purchase daily fantasy sports firm Monkey Knife Fight

Adam Morgan

January 25, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fantasy Sports

American casino operator Bally’s Corporation has announced the signing of a definitive agreement that is to see it acquire prominent digital gaming and daily fantasy sports provider Monkey Knife Fight. Previ...

Coronavirus crisis prompts Landry’s Incorporated layoffs

Adam Morgan

March 25, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Casino News, Casino closures, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Labor Relations

The billionaire boss for American casino and entertainments firm Landry’s Incorporated has reportedly revealed that his firm has been forced to temporarily lay off about 40,000 people as a result of the ongoing...

MGM Resorts International close to selling Circus Circus Las Vegas

Adam Morgan

September 24, 2019

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

American casino operator, MGM Resorts International, is reportedly in advanced talks to offload its family-friendly Circus Circus Las Vegas property to an entity controlled by the man behind the nearby Treasure...

NIGC figures herald a good year for the American tribal gaming industry

Adam Morgan

September 20, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, U.S.A., Economy/Finance

The 501 tribal gaming operations in the United States reportedly had a great 2018 after seeing their aggregated gross gaming revenues for the twelve-month period increase by a little over 4% year-on-year to top...

Texas House provides initial approval of daily fantasy sports legislation

Sadonna Price

May 6, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Fantasy Sports, Texas

Initial approval was given last week regarding legislation to legalize daily fantasy sports in the state of Texas. The House voted in favor of the measure 116-27, agreeing that daily fantasy sports is a game of...

Study recommends relocating two Shreveport-area casinos

Adam Morgan

April 12, 2019

Casino Sales, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Economy/Finance, Louisiana

In Louisiana, a new study from Spectrum Gaming Group has reportedly determined that a pair of under-performing riverboat casinos located near the city of Shreveport would benefit by being moved to other areas o...

Texas lawmaker wants casinos to assist underfunded programs

Sadonna Price

December 19, 2018

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

Texas Representative, Joe Deshotel, filed a bill earlier in the month to see the state build casinos along the cost to help provide much-needed funds for windstorm insurance as well as flooding assistance for r...

Topgolf International Incorporated partnering for eSports entry

Adam Morgan

December 10, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Technology, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fantasy eSports

Global sports entertainment firm Topgolf International Incorporated has announced the signing of a deal that is to see it partner with Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL Corporation in order to add eSports lo...

SCiQ pilots for Scientific Games Corporation

Adam Morgan

September 18, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Technology, Lottery, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

After recently launching a new gaming system for the Kansas Lottery, American gaming machine and systems innovator Scientific Games Corporation (SG) has now announced that its SCiQ instant game advance is being...

Osage Casino Tulsa expansion opens in Oklahoma

Adam Morgan

August 29, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Casino expansion projects, Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, the federally-recognized Osage Nation reportedly opened the $150 million expansion of its Osage Casino Tulsa venue earlier today complete with an enlarged around-the-clock gaming floor that now enc...

Destination casino resort proposal for eastern New Mexico

Adam Morgan

August 22, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Horse Racing, Casino News, New Hotels, New Mexico

American casino operator, Full House Resorts Incorporated, has unveiled plans that would see it construct a new five-story destination resort in eastern New Mexico featuring a 35,000 sq ft casino alongside a mi...