A U.S. District judge last week ruled in favor of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts in its dispute with the U.S. Department of the Interior. And late last week,

Delaware’s racinos were back in business as of June 1, at 30 percent floor capacity. The early news was good, with brisk business despite the fact that active slot machines,

Pat Fasano has a vision for Atlantic City. Part of the vision includes people strolling from his night spot, Bourré, on New York Avenue to the Irish Pub on St.

Longtime SJM Holdings executive Frank McFadden has been named the company’s chief operating officer in a move that restores the highly regarded gaming veteran to day-to-day oversight of the company’s

Construction of the Hard Rock Casino in Gary, Indiana is on schedule, despite Covid-19, but officials said it's not likely to be open by December 31, as originally planned. John Keeler,

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. addressed reporters June 11 on plans to tear down the former Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino, which has been vacant for nearly six years. Small

Billionaire casino owner Phil Ruffin, who tried for years to reopen his Woodlands racetrack in Kansas City, Kansas as a racino, has announced he will sell the 100-acre property. The potential

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) wants the world to know Las Vegas is open for business. It ran a new television ad last week to get the

Stanley Ho Hung Sun, the Hong Kong billionaire who was instrumental in building Macau’s gaming industry into the largest in the world, died May 26 at Hong Kong Sanatorium &

The shutdown has finally ended for some U.S. casinos. For now, all of them will operate under extraordinary restrictions, with capacity limits, social distancing requirements, and other safety measures. Here

When Illinois adopted rules for sports betting, the state included one that requires mobile-only sportsbooks to wait until the first brick and mortar location obtained a license before applying for

The NHL has yet to resume play after a shutdown in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman unveiled the league’s plan on May 26. Just talking about

State Senator Ronnie Johns represents the 27th District in Louisiana, an area that includes Lake Charles and its suburbs in the Southwest corner of the state. L'Auberge Casino Resort Lake

The coronavirus pandemic took a toll on casinos and sports betting. But it also hammered states like Michigan, which expects a shortfall of $3.2 billion in 2020. The gap could be

During the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. board meeting via teleconference on May 13, the agency expressed hope it could launch sports betting in the fall. The hope is that something

When Virginia lawmakers drafted sports betting legislation, they included an aggressive deadline: wagering by the end of the year. The timeline calls for a public-comment period on proposed regulations in July

Unlike most sports leagues where clubs are based in individual cities, the Premiere Lacrosse League has seven teams with no municipal affiliation. Instead they all gather in specified locales to

In what seemed like an offhand remark during MGM Resorts first-quarter earnings call April 30, CEO Bill Hornbuckle acknowledged that the casino behemoth has considered offering its facilities to host

Churchill Downs on April 29 announced a Newport horse racing and gaming center just as demolition of the grandstand at Turfway Park in Florence in Northern Kentucky moves ahead, CEO

Wind Creek Bethlehem has applied for approval to operate both a casino sportsbook, along with mobile and internet betting. The application, filed April 29, follows a deal in January between