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Casino City’s Friday Five: Gaming world temperature is rising edition

2 June 2023
While the calendar might not say it’s summer yet, the gaming industry’s largest, richest, and most prestigious event in the world says differently as the 54th annual World Series of Poker is officially underway on the Las Vegas Strip. Before we get to that news, Fairspin Casino launched its summer equilibrium tournament. ... (read more)
 

Fanatics acquires PointsBet US business for $150 million

15 May 2023
Fanatics is currently live in 14 U.S. states. Fanatics might be known as an apparel company, but it might not be solely associated with jerseys for much longer. Today, the world’s largest sports apparel company, announced that it’s purchasing the U.S. Business of Australian-based PointsBet for $150 million. ... (read more)
 

Top 10 things to do in Las Vegas in the second half of 2023

1 May 2023
The year might seem like it’s flying by as the calendar turns to May today, but there’s still plenty of time and more importantly plenty of big events taking place in Las Vegas over the rest of 2023. Here’s a look at some of the major events happening starting this month. 10. National Finals Rodeo Hold ... (read more)
 

Top 10 2023 NFL Draft prop bets

24 April 2023
The best thing about the NFL season is that it never ends. As soon as the confetti is cleaned up from the Super Bowl stadium, it’s on to the scouting combine, college pro days, free agency, and then before you know it, we arrive at this moment. Thursday night, the 88th NFL Draft will be televised live from the plaza outside of the Union Station in Kansas City at 8 p.m. ... (read more)
 

Top 10 blackjack tips for beginners

17 April 2023
As many of you know from my Casino City bio, I’m a runner who lives in Massachusetts, so it’s only fitting that I tie the sport into this week’s column. After all, it’s Marathon Monday in Boston, and while I won’t be toeing the line in Hopkinton, I’ve learned there are many similarities between running and ... (read more)
 

Puerto Rico takes a big step in the sports betting world

5 April 2023
The Puerto Rico Gaming Commission approved nine sports wagering licenses last week. Puerto took nine steps forward in catching up with the mainland states in the U.S. in the world of legalized sports betting last week. The Puerto Rico Gaming Commission approved sports wagering licenses for nine entities, some of which are new, while others are currently in the game. ... (read more)
 

Casino City’s Friday Five: A historic week edition

31 March 2023
Do you want the good news or the bad news, first? The answer is always the bad, and that’s where we start this week as the U.K. Gambling Commission informed the William Hill Group that it will be dolling out a record fine for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures. Headlines turned around ... (read more)
 

Casino City’s Friday Five: Casino construction, cruises, and ebbs and flows of US gambling

17 March 2023
Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow used the words “one if by land, and two if by sea” to describe how Paul Revere arranged to signal if the British were coming into Massachusetts. The top news this week’s is a spin on that as we have two land-based casinos undergoing major renovations, while another casino company is pairing with a cruise line to offer rewards. ... (read more)
 

Massachusetts online sports betting off to a hot start

14 March 2023
FanDuel, DraftKings, Caesars Sportsbook, BetMGM, WynnBET, and Barstool Sportsbook launched online sports betting in Massachusetts. (Photo courtesy of FanDuel.) While there’s still a little over a month until the Boston Marathon, residents of the Bay State are off and running with regulated online sports betting. ... (read more)
 

Real Luck clearly doesn’t need any as it continues to put up record numbers

8 March 2023
Luckbox brought in CAD $2.8 million in global betting handle for February 2023. When the name of your company is called ‘Real Luck’ there’s really no where to go but up, and that’s exactly what it’s doing in 2023 after finishing strong last year. Yesterday, the Real Luck Group Ltd., and its subsidiary ... (read more)

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Jarrod LeBlanc
Jarrod serves as Casino City's associate editor and helps produce and edit all of our weekly newsletters, as well as the GPWA Times Magazine. He has more than six years of experience as a writer and editor and enjoys playing fantasy sports, but spends most of his time with his family, running and coaching youth sports. Contact Jarrod at jarrod@casinocity.com and follow him on Twitter at @CasinoCityJL.
Jarrod LeBlanc
Jarrod serves as Casino City's associate editor and helps produce and edit all of our weekly newsletters, as well as the GPWA Times Magazine. He has more than six years of experience as a writer and editor and enjoys playing fantasy sports, but spends most of his time with his family, running and coaching youth sports. Contact Jarrod at jarrod@casinocity.com and follow him on Twitter at @CasinoCityJL.