Sports
April 18, 2022
Drake Bets $200,000 on the Golden State Warriors to Win Conference
Drake is back at it and the staunch Golden State Warrior supporter is not giving up on his team after he committed another $200,000 wager on the team to win the NBA Western Conference. As of the time of writing, the Warriors are third in the overall standing with 646 points behind the Phoenix Suns […]
Casino
April 18, 2022
Massachusetts Study Sees Minority Casino Workers Impacted the Worst
Trying to gauge the long-term impact of the pandemic on the casino industry has been going on for a while now. Some have said that burdening casinos with additional regulation would impinge on their competitiveness and make the recovery harder. Others have objected that casinos can certainly dispense with some “givens,” including allowing customers to […]
Legal
April 18, 2022
Legalized Betting in Kentucky Has to Wait Until Next Year
No white smoke came from the building of the local legislative authority on the clear Thursday evening. House Bill 606 would have legitimized sports betting and online poker had it not failed in getting the third reading in Senate. In fact, it never left the boundaries of the Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor Committee. The […]
Casino
April 18, 2022
No Better Time Than Now to Land a Job in the Casino Industry
Amid a serious shortage of casino employees in the US, operators have started a massive hiring wave across the country. Competition for fresh staff is fierce, especially in the context of casinos still trying to recover from the door-shutting restrictions that kept patrons away and forced serious staff cuts during the pandemic. The gambling industry […]
Industry
April 15, 2022
Report Suggests Massachusetts Casinos Face New Gambling Reality
Officials from the Umass Donahue Institute’s Economic and Public Policy Research Group presented this week the findings of a pandemic economic impact study to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC), concluding that workers of color and female casino employees were most affected by layoffs. Disproportional Distribution of Layoffs The report, a top research priority for the […]
Casino
April 15, 2022
Oregon Resident Faces Charge with Sex Assault, Bail at $500K
A Las Vegas tourist remained in jail with bail set at $500,000 on accusations of forcing a woman to have sex in public in front of one of the casinos on the Las Vegas strip. Gambling without Violence Samuel Garee Jr, a 45-year-old resident of Salem, Oregon, reportedly tore off a piece of a woman’s […]
Casino
April 15, 2022
Top 10 US States With the Highest Casino Dealer Salaries in 2022
When contemplating a new job, one of the primary concerns expressed by all demographics is tightly connected to the salary. Jobs in the lucrative gambling industry may sound particularly appealing from this perspective. In the context of Las Vegas alone bringing in over $7 billion in gross gaming revenue in 2021 and the expanded legalization […]
Sports
April 15, 2022
Maine Lawmakers Try to Prevent Governor’s Sports Betting Compromise Deal with the Tribes
Several lawmakers from Maine are attempting to prevent a compromise deal between Governor Janet Mills and state tribes. The governor’s deal would make sports betting legal in the state while allowing the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Maliseet tribes to handle mobile operations. State casinos and off-track betting venues would run in-person operations if the same compromise […]
Industry
April 15, 2022
Rhode Island Casino Employees Hope to Have Smoking Prohibited
Smoking in casinos is becoming an increasingly bigger issue for those working there. As such, there has been a strong response from workers everywhere in the United States calling for the end of smoking on gaming floors. While some have objected that this would impinge on financial results, others have welcomed it as a long-overdue […]
Casino
April 15, 2022
A Las Vegas Lawyer Allegedly Used Investors’ Money to Pay Gambling Debt
A Las Vegas lawyer, who was accused of participating in a $449 million fraud and using investors’ money to pay gambling debts, refused to cooperate with the law enforcement, leading to a shootout. A Las Vegas Lawyer Illegally Used $4M to Pay Gambling Debt The Securities and Exchange Commission reported that Matthew Beasley, a 49-year-old […]
