In the midst of a pandemic, American casinos are still bringing in revenue… and in record numbers! Commercial casinos won nearly $14 billion in the third quarter of 2021, marking the industry’s best quarter ever, and pushing revenue past what it was for all of 2020. The figures from the American Gaming Association show more
Month: January 2022
On January 26, poker pros Phil Hellmuth and Tom Dwan are set to go head-to-head again during the upcoming High Stakes Duel III on PokerGO. Fans can watch all the action on PokerGO and this will be the third round of this series but only the second matchup between Dwan and Hellmuth this time around.
In the United States and the casino-operating Seneca Nation of Indians has reportedly agreed to conclude an over four-year legal battle with the state of New York concerning its revenue-sharing commitments. According to a Wednesday report from The Buffalo News newspaper, the federally-recognized tribe is responsible via its Seneca Gaming Corporation enterprise for the eastern
American private equity management firm The Blackstone Group Incorporated has reportedly increased its bid to take over Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Limited by another $300 million. According to a report from the Bloomberg news service, the New York-headquartered investor had its earlier offer of approximately $6.2 billion rebuffed last month but has now returned
In the midst of its continued LatAm push and multi-product content provider Pragmatic Play has spruced up its live casino offering, adding new Baccarat and Speed Baccarat tables to the fast-growing vertical. Originally introduced in March 2020, the provider’s Speed Baccarat offering now has two new tables while the classic version of baccarat has also
On Wednesday January 12th, 2022 the super – electric and fast – growing sports betting service named kwiff has applied and executed a major advertising campaign utilizing Sportradar’s proprietary properly – planned advertising power solution in order to jump – start their next huge stage of growth in the sports betting industry. Sportradar’s commanding as
The Seneca Nation of Indians has signed an agreement with New York to discontinue ongoing litigation over the tribe’s compact with the state. Seneca Nation President Matthew Pagels revealed on Wednesday that he had decided to drop the litigation in order to begin discussions “on a gaming compact” and to settle “the longstanding dispute.” Gov.
Bally’s Kansas City in Missouri introduced Wednesday an exclusive VIP gaming and lounge space at the property. Celebrity & Casino Lounge, located on the second floor of the casino, offers over 30 slot machines ranging from pennies to $5 machines including video and reel, one blackjack table and one baccarat table. In addition to gaming,
Arizona Coyotes are teaming up with IGT PlaySports technology to power SaharaBets sports betting in Arizona. International Game Technology (IGT) announced today that the company recently signed a strategic sports betting agreement with Meruelo Gaming LLC, an affiliate of the SAHARA Las Vegas and Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada, and the Arizona Coyotes, a National
New York Assembly Standing Committee on Racing and Wagering Chair J. Gary Pretlow introduced a bill on Monday, two days after the state’s debut in the mobile sports betting market, to prohibit licensees from requesting a change to the 51% tax rate on gross mobile sports gaming revenue, the highest in the US. Bill A8658,
January 13, 2022 Chad HollowayNicholas Baltz PokerNews is known throughout the world for our industry-leading live updates for both live and online events. In fact, right now we’re offering various updates right here. Over the years, we’ve captured memorable hands, many of which have become a part of poker history. In this column, we will
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Pragmatic Play has expanded and enhanced its live dealer table games offering by adding tables and adding enhancements to baccarat and speed baccarat. Classic Live Baccarat has gained two new tables. While the deal and game timing remains the same, players can toggle between traditional and no-commission versions of the game before betting starts. Activating
On Thursday the board of Crown Resorts Ltd (CWN.AX) said that it is “likely” to get behind a buyout offer by U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Inc (BX.N) for a takeover with the caveat that a higher offer could change that attitude. The A$8.87 billion ($6.46 billion) proposal to buy out shareholders including James Packer
The Casino @ Dania Beach in Florida announced Wednesday the introduction of Coin Cloud’s Digital Currency Machine (DCM) at the property, which allows to buy and sell Bitcoin, Ethereum and over 40 other digital assets with cash. Located on the ground floor, the DCM allows guests to sell their digital currency for cash to play
US investment group Blackstone has raised its bid to buy Australian casino group Crown to nearly A$8.9 billion ($6.5 billion). In response, Crown Resorts has now agreed to enter takeover talks after the firm sweetened its prior offer, raising the total by about A$1 billion ($729 million). The newly-proposed deal follows multiple prior attempts from
Circa Sports announced Wednesday it will award $11 million total to the winners of the 2021-2022 professional football contests Circa Million III and Circa Survivor. With Circa Survivor being the world’s largest legal survivor football contest, the payouts will include $7 million in winnings and $4 million for Circa Million III, respectively. During the event