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Tunica Wants to Remove Casino ‘Riverboat’ Requirement to Salvage Regional Tourism
Tunica casinos continue to struggle along the Mississippi River in the northwestern part of the state. The former Bally's Hotel was recently demolished, and Harrah's has sat vacant since 2014. Today, nine riverboat casinos remain, and they're unanimously struggling for business. Mississippi...
American Gaming Association Joins Tax Reform Talks, Pushes for Full Interest Deduction Preservation
The American Gaming Association (AGA), the lobbying arm of the gambling industry, has jumped on the tax reform bandwagon. One of the major goals of Republicans in Congress is to pass tax-reform legislation by the end of 2017, a move that has...
Mississippi Choctaw Considering Fourth Casino, Red Water, with Thursday Vote
A contentious battle between two factions of the Mississippi Choctaw Nation will come to a head on Thursday, when a referendum vote on a fourth casino, which would be known as Red Water, will be decided by the tribe's members. Though nearly...
Macau to Increase Oversight of Casinos and Junkets Prior to Operator License Renewals
Macau is about to embark on a critical two-year renewal period for the gaming market's six licensed casino operators. But before China's special administrative region agrees to new terms with those companies, officials say the industry's laws and regulations will be reviewed,...
Bloomberry Resorts’ Valuation Could Rise with Solaire Casino Land Bid, Say Morgan Stanley Analysts
Enrique Razon's Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels, Inc.?may find itself in a bidding war for the land on which its own Solaire Resort and Casino in Manila stands. Now analysts at Morgan Stanley (MS) say that if Bloomberry ultimately wins that bid, it...
Las Vegas Raiders Break Ground on NFL Stadium in America’s Sportsbetting Epicenter
Dirt has officially been moved at the future home of the Las Vegas Raiders. Team owner Mark Davis, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (R), and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell were just a few of the notable dignitaries who attended the showy groundbreaking ceremony...
Bet365 Founder Denise Coates Was Highest Paid CEO in UK Last Year, Earning ￡217 Million
Denise Coates founded Bet365 in a portable office building at a Stoke City car park in January 2000. Now, seventeen years later, she’s pulling in the largest CEO salary in Great Britain, paying herself ￡217 million ($284.5 million) for fiscal year 2016-17....
Pennsylvania Gambling Bill Provides Unusual Protections for One Very Special Casino
The Pennsylvania gambling package that was passed by the state's General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Tom Wolf (D) late last month is a massive 939-page document. And slipped into the complex legal jargon are 28 words that are presumably...
Casino Negotiations Could Threaten Ontario Horse Racing Industry
A series of negotiations over the location and nature of casinos in Southwestern Ontario could have the unintended side effect of harming or even killing the horse racing industry in the province. According to a report in the London Free Press, many...
New York Lawmakers Look for Clever Way to Legalize Sports Betting
New York lawmakers are exploring potential options to form regulations that would allow the state's horse racetracks, off-track parimutuel betting venues, and non-tribal casinos to operate sportsbooks should there be a change to the current federal ban. The US Supreme Court will...