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Bally’s enters Illinois via Jumer’s Casino completion

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Bally’s Corporation has added yet more depth to its US land-based gaming footprint, after completing the previously announced acquisition of Jumer’s Casino & Hotel from Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment.

The acquisition provides the group the opportunity to further capitalis…

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SBC and EPIC Risk Management announce ground-breaking Player Protection Symposium

SBC Events has announced the launch of the Player Protection Symposium in partnership with EPIC Risk Management, the first high-level event dedicated to building a robust gambling harm prevention ecosystem as legal sports betting and igaming roll out across the US.

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Illinois Casino Union Bill Signed, Mandates Gaming Venue Labor Agreements from Casino.org

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed legislation this week that requires state casinos to allow their workers to enter into labor agreements.

Senate Bill 1360 passed the Illinois General Assembly last month. The legislation, which received Pritzker’s signature yesterday, requires that casin…

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House of Cards® Gaming Report for the Week of June 14, 2021

This week’s stories include tax exemption for New Jersey casinos, Nevada self-exclusion list for igaming and a jackpot hit on the way out of a casino.

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House of Cards® - Ep. 699

This week Dave talks with gaming attorney and author Jennifer Gaynor, about her book That (Expletive) Broad: Women Who Broke Barriers in the Casino and Gaming Industry (https://amzn.to/37ztwGI).

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All Roads On Gambling Expansion Seem To Stem From New Jersey from NJ Online Gambling's John Brennan

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Prominent gaming industry lobbyist Bill Pascrell III asked Andrew Winchell, director of government affairs for FanDuel Group, to name what he saw as the “three most seminal events that have most impacted online [gambling]” in recent years.

Winchell’s answers for the SBC North America webi…

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WHILE PA NOW HAS ONLINE POKER COMPETITION, IT’S RATHER LOPSIDED IN ITS EARLY DAYS BY PENNBETS' GARY ROTSTEIN

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Nearly six weeks after BetMGM began offering the first competition to PokerStars in Pennsylvania’s online poker market, one thing is clear: The newcomer has a lot of catching up to do.

In reviewing the two sites’ activity on multiple days recently, there were commonly as many as five to eig…

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SBC Digital North America to Examine Future of Sports Betting Marketing

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SBC Digital North America is set to provide a deep dive into the marketing strategies that really work for US sports betting operators, with input from senior executives and specialists from Caesars Entertainment, BetMGM, Foxwoods, Penn Interactive, and Yahoo Sports.

SBC Digital North America Marketing & Affiliation Track

The Marketing & Affil…

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Atlantic City Casino Land-Based Gaming Tax Reduction Bill Sent to New Jersey Governor from Casino.org

COVID-19 caused Atlantic City casinos to see their brick-and-mortar gross gaming revenue (GGR) plunge 44 percent in 2020. New Jersey lawmakers want to help the nine resorts recover by reducing some of their tax obligations.

The New Jersey Legislature has sent a bill to Gov. Phil Murphy’s (D) …

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House of Cards® Gaming Report for the Week of June 7, 2021

This week’s stories include New Jersey casino profits triple, gambling expansion for Connecticut and sports betting history made in DC.

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House of Cards® - Ep. 698

This week Dave interviews Sports Illustrated senior editor and author Albert Chen about his book, Billion Dollar Fantasy: The High-Stakes Game Between FanDuel and DraftKings That Upended Sports in America.

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WORLD POKER TOUR® ANNOUNCES 2021 EVENT SCHEDULE IN NORTH AMERICA

Los Angeles, CA (June 2, 2021) – The World Poker Tour® is proud to share the schedule for its upcoming North America-based events. Following a record-breaking Season XVIII, the new campaign will bring many familiar live WPT® Main Tour stops back into the fold in the United States along with a…

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MGM Resorts CEO Bill Hornbuckle joins iGaming speaker line-up for SBC Digital North America

MGM Resorts International CEO & President Bill Hornbuckle, has joined the senior executive speaker line-up for the Leaders in iGaming track at June’s SBC Digital North America conference and trade show. Set for June 10, day two of the online event, the Leaders in iGaming track will feature an in…

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PENNSYLVANIA SEES NEW RECORD FOR LARGEST LOTTERY PRIZE WON IN STATE WITH $516M MEGA MILLIONS BY PENNBETS' BRIAN PEMPUS

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The multi-state lottery jackpots are soaring to pre-pandemic levels again, and one of those massive pots was just won in Pennsylvania, though not necessarily by a state resident.

The Pennsylvania Lottery announced Monday that a 7-Eleven in Bucks County sold a winning Mega Millions jackpot tic…

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