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Scarlet Pearl Casino CEO’s big gamble is paying off

LuAnn Pappas In gambling terms, the risky wager LuAnn Pappas made on herself back in 2014 was a longshot.Even Pappas herself admits she was probably a heavy underdog after she made the bold move to pack her bags and leave Atlantic City and a 30-year career with Caesars Entertainment (formerly Harrah’s Entertainment) to run a new casino resort in little-known D'Iberville, Mississippi...read more

PointsBet pulls out of Massachusetts sports betting

PointsBet is already live in 14 other US states. In 14 days, Massachusetts mobile sports betting is expected to officially launch, but yesterday when the Massachusetts Gaming Commission released its list of approved operators, one was conspicuously absent from the list...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Sports betting licenses and Super Bowl app crash edition

Two weeks from today, Massachusetts is scheduled to launch mobile sports betting, and yesterday it inched closer to the finish line as nine operators received approval for licenses. While Bay State operators are gearing up for the big day, betr isn’t as fortunate as its dealing with sanctions in Australia.On top of that, William Hill’s app crashed during the Super Bowl, and the company is still dealing with the Nevada Gaming Control Board cracking down on an embezzlement scheme by the operator’s employees...read more

With recent fines, betr’s license could now be at risk

After the Racing Commission imposed another fine to betr, which Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has partial ownership of, the Australian sports betting operator should have some concerns about keeping its license.The latest fine was given after a discovery that betr was reaching out to people who are considered “non-gamblers.” Also, the operator was caught sending repeated spam messages to recipients that did not provide permission to do so...read more

DraftKings and Barstool Sports agree to pay $750,000 in fines

DraftKings The time to pay the piper came last week for DraftKings and Barstool Sportsbook as they each settled their respective violations of The State of Ohio’s gambling promotion rules.While sports betting in The Buckeye State only launched on the first of the year, it didn’t take long before both DraftKings and Barstool broke Ohio’s gambling promotion rules...read more

Top 10 new online slots for February 2023

How could it be past the middle of February already? The answer is simple. It’s because online developers and providers are pumping out new slot machine games at a rapid pace.Let’s take a look at 10 games that have been released since Casino City’s last edition.10...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Jackpots, illegal bets and iGaming edition

We have talked a lot about Massachusetts sports betting since the retail launch on 31 January. However, this week is a little different after the three Bay State casinos confessed to accepting illegal wagers.Before we get into those details we have more top stories to look at...read more

Moneymaker forced to close Kentucky poker room

The 2003 WSOP Main Event champion. If you know poker, you know the influence that Chris Moneymaker has on the game especially with his incredible run to win the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event.To this day, his name is still in headlines in the poker world, but unfortunately this week’s news surrounding Moneymaker is not positive.After opening his Moneymaker Social Club in Kentucky six months ago, local authorities are shutting down the poker room with charges of illegal gambling being attached to his name, according to a PokerNews.com report on Wednesday...read more

New York proposes online casino business

NYC Times Square Yesterday, New York Senator Joe Addabbo proposed to take a big bite out of The Big Apple online sports book operators’ tax woes when he introduced iGaming Bill S4865 during a joint hearing. If passed, this bill would only tax the Empire City’s nine sports wagering operators at a 30.5% tax rate as opposed to the 51% state tax they’re being hit with for mobile sports betting.In addition to the lesser tax rate, the bill would also offer one license per operator for each of the state’s nine sports wagering operators of 10 years to conduct slots, table games, and live-dealer games provided the live-dealer studios are in state...read more

Maine starts application process for sports wagering licenses

This morning the Maine Gambling Control Unit announced that The Pine Tree State is joining four of the New England states in the sports betting world. Maine has a long way to go, but with the provisional sports wagering application process underway, it’s closer than it was yesterday.Provisional Sports Wagering applications are now available for completion and submission...read more