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Casino City’s Friday Five: World Series of Poker kickoff edition

The 50th edition of the World Series of Poker is underway, and we have our first bracelet winner. Also this week, we have a new sportsbook opening in Las Vegas, a jackpot winner, a new gaming experience in California, and online sports betting taking off in Pennsylvania...read more

Top 10 facts and figures for 2019 WSOP

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the annual World Series of Poker. Running from 28 May through 16 July, the WSOP heads back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for the biggest poker tournament of the year. Since its modest start back in 1970, the WSOP has awarded almost $3 billion in prize money...read more

The Royal Flushes on bad manners

CINDY: We were going to write about slot selection this issue, but we decided there was a more important category for our pens. That category is bad manners by casino players that can help take away the luster of casino playing.ABBY: If you take even a superficial look at social media, you can see how adamant and obnoxious some people can be...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Slots and more edition

There was a major step in the right direction this week regarding a state-of-the-art people mover for the city of Las Vegas. Also this week, we saw a jackpot win at a land-based casino, a massive payday at an online casino, a sports and entertainment venue opening at an Atlantic City resort and a casino celebrating its grand opening.Let’s start it off with a couple of big wins:5...read more

Top 10 observations from ICE North America

Last week, the inaugural ICE North America took place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, with an emphasis on sports betting in the U.S. and esports.For those of us based in the Boston headquarters of Casino City and the GPWA, it was exciting to finally see the industry come to our hometown...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: Sports betting takeover edition

This week we reached a major milestone in the sports betting world. Legal sports betting in the U.S. celebrated its one-year anniversary on Tuesday. Along with this great achievement, we saw a massive jackpot win, the launch of a sports betting platform, ESPN announcing a sports partnership and a land-based slot tournament.Let’s begin with some slot play:5...read more

Legal sports betting in US reaches one-year mark

Tomorrow marks a major milestone for the world of sports gambling. It's the one-year anniversary of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) being declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Department of Justice. A lot has happened in the last year, with eight states introducing legalized sports betting (Nevada, Delaware, New Jersey, Mississippi, West Virginia, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island) and five more that have approved legislation (New York, Arkansas, Montana, Iowa and Indiana).Before last May, Nevada was the sole source of legal sports wagering in the U.S.At last week’s Southern Gaming Summit at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi, there was a major focus on tomorrow’s important date...read more

Top 10 tips for preparing for WSOP in 2019

In a few weeks, the Las Vegas resort will be swamped with people coming from all around the globe looking for big wins and the glory that comes with winning coveted WSOP bracelets. (photo by Flickr)The World Series of Poker, the biggest and the most prestigious series of live poker tournaments, is just around the corner...read more

Casino City’s Friday Five: More jackpots and sports betting edition

We are approaching the one year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that PASPA – the federal ban on sports betting – was unconstitutional. Tuesday, 14 May marks one year, and after seeing 10 states regulate and introduce sports betting, more adjustments are being made to regulations and laws from coast to coast.Also this week, we have several massive jackpot winners, a slots tournament at Intertops Poker and FOX Sports' entrance into the sports betting world.Let’s kick it off with some paydays:5...read more

Indiana governor signs sports betting bill

Sports betting is coming to Indiana. On Wednesday, Governor Eric Holcomb signed the the sports wagering bill that was approved by the state's legislature less than three weeks ago. It was the final day that Gov. Holcomb could sign; if he did not do so, the bill would have passed without his signature.Gov...read more