Limited to casino games The US National Football League (NFL) has chosen Caesars Entertainment as its first-ever official Casino Sponsor. The multi-year sponsorship begins with the upcoming 2019 NFL playoffs and focuses on Caesars providing unique experiences for NFL fans through the use of its casino properties, celebrity chefs, premier music artists and a wide range of entertainment elements. Caesars...
Delaware North Launch Betlucky Online Brand And two West Virginia sports books Hospitality and entertainment firm Delaware North has opened two West Virginia casino sportsbooks and launched its BetLucky.com online and mobile app for statewide sports wagering. The retail sportsbooks at Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center in Wheeling and Mardi Gras Casino & Resort near Charleston opened this week...
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has vetoed House Bill 4926, a legislative piece which would have allowed a number of casino games to be made available through the internet to those aged 21 and above, and who were physically present in the state at the time of gambling. On his second-to-last day in office, Snyder declined to issue his signature to...
Case dates back to 2010 The Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled a complete reversal, in its entirety, of an $870 million judgment issued against it by a trial court judge in December 2015. The litigation that is subject to the appeal was initially filed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 2010, approximately four years prior to The Stars Group’s...
Licensing granted to Valley Forge Casino and others at last meeting of 2018 At its final 2018 meeting this week the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board issued a new stack of licenses to aspirant operators, starting with the sportsbook application of Valley Forge Casino in partnership with FanDuel Sportsbook in the Paddy Power Betfair group. The licence does not carry a...
Lack of information leads to wide speculation in US media Hot on the heels of Friday's introduction to the US Congress of Senator Chuck Schumer and Senator Orrin Hatch's bill attempting to get the federal government involved in the regulation of US sports betting (see previous InfoPowa report) the message boards and online media lit up with unconfirmed reports that...
42 regulators from 18 states signed up for January's National Council of Legislators from Gaming States Winter Meeting Host Harrah's New Orleans will see record turnouts for next year's National Council of Legislators from Gaming States Winter Meeting which runs from January 4 to 6 next year. The organisers report that a record 42 senior legislators from 18 US states...
Kentucky A.G. Suggests Sports Betting Solution To The State's Massive Pension Fund Deficit State will need between $39 billion and $70 billion over the next 30 years to pay pensions...and it dos not presently have that kind of money Faced with a massive state pension fund deficit, Kentucky Attorney General Andrew Beshear has recommended to state lawmakers that they carefully...
Follows comprehensive search Bill Miller has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Gaming Association (AGA) effective January 14, 2019. The appointment follows a comprehensive search and selection process, the Board said, undertaken by a seven-member committee which was formed in June and led by Tim Wilmott, CEO of Penn National Gaming and Chairman of the AGA...
To lead innovation in digital offerings William Hill has announced the appointment of Kenneth Fuchs to the role of president of Digital of William Hill US. Most recently, Fuchs served as chief executive officer of STATS, prior to which he was vice president of Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Entertainment and Music. He is attributed with leading the development...
