After a one-year hiatus, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) has returned to The Rio, and thus far, despite lingering COVID concerns and restrictions, the series has gone off without a hitch. Part of the festivities every year is the Poker Hall of Fame nominations and induction ceremony.
The US gambling landscape has changed significantly in the last five years. If we rewind the clock ten years, the landscape is even more unrecognizable. And understand, the industry’s evolution is in its early stages and far from over.
Gambling advertising is a hot topic of late, as industry insiders have started raising alarms that the current glut of advertisements will inevitably lead to a European-style crackdown. These warnings could already be too late, as Massachusetts regulators are already considering restricting gambling advertisements.
Yesterday, the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut announced that the venue is suspending bets on WNBA games. The decision was made due to a potential conflict of interest involving the casino’s ownership connection with the Connecticut Sun WNBA team. The Mohegan Tribe owns the team as well as the casino venue.
G2E week provides a constant barrage of news. From the panels to the showroom floor to the timed press releases. One bit of information that caught my attention was a collaboration between Conscious Gaming, IXUP, and GeoComply that, as the press release states, creates “a next-generation technology solution to help facilitate safe and responsible gambling…
New Jersey has earned its reputation as a trailblazer for legal online gambling, and it is certainly reaping the benefits of its far-sightedness in challenging PASPA. Now the state is once again setting the pace with another form of betting. This time it is fixed-odds horse wagering, but this new adventure doesn’t come without its…
Cardplayer Lifestyle will be running its first-ever branded live event festival October 4-7 at the Westgate Las Vegas Hotel and Casino. PokerStars is sponsoring the event, which features three days’ worth of low-stakes Dealer’s Choice cash games, culminating in a $200 HORSE Main Event, which will also award a Platinum Pass to the PokerStars Players…
Now that the NFL has fully embraced US sports betting, players see ad after ad online or while watching games. Major operators like DraftKings and BetMGM have spent millions to push their products in the hopes that players choose their services over competitors. Just this past weekend, operators spent over $21 million on 90 advertising…
The US online gambling is an increasingly crowded space, and standing out isn’t easy. One company that is hoping to make a splash is Fifth Street Gaming, which recently announced the launch of its digital division and the appointment of Seth Young as Chief Strategy Officer.
As the saying goes, you can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube. Or maybe it’s, be careful what you wish for, that is the more appropriate axiom? Either way, the speed with which sports leagues, franchises, and even colleges and universities have embraced legal sports betting is exciting from the industry’s perspective and alarming…
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