An anti-smoking consultant is urging Shreveport casinos to use aggressive marketing to attract customers wanting to gamble in a smoke-free environment. A ban on smoking at casinos in this Northwest Louisiana city is set to begin Aug. 1

Randy Hayden, a consultant for Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, told Casino.org the group has heard “lots of rhetoric” that smokers will take their mone

Slow and steady

The east coast of the United States looks to be on the verge of gambling expansion once again, as both Virginia and Massachusetts inched closer to passing new regulations.

Virginia sportsbooks have been raking it in since they were able to launch in January of this year, but there are still no casinos in the state, even though four of five possible cities have approved them. This week, though, the Virginia Lottery Board green-lit permanent casino regulations, allowing them to move to the executive branch for review.

Up in Massachusetts, the House of Representatives rea

The Wakayama Prefecture is formally moving forward with an integrated casino resort pitch from Toronto-based Clairvest Group.

Known as the “Kingdom of Fruit” for its long claims of producing the most perfect mandarin, Wakayama officials are hoping its casino resort ambitions turn fruitful in the coming months and years. The prefecture and its namesake capit

The American state of Massachusetts may soon become the latest to legalize sportsbetting after legislators announced that they have begun considering a measure that would allow anyone over the age of 21 to place a variety of wagers on a host of professional and collegiate events. According to a Wednesday report from local television broadcaster […]

British software development company EveryMatrix has announced the relaunch of Izi Group-managed online casino and sports betting brand, Izibet, with the operators’ redesign earlier this summer including the provider’s turnkey solution. The strategic move, which enhances the long-standing business relationship between the two firms, further expands the group’s digital presence, izibet.com, with EveryMatrix supplying the […]

In the American city of Chicago and politicians are reportedly considering new legislation that would legalize sportsbetting and subsequently give five area professional sports facilities permission to host land-based sportsbooks. According to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper, the measure was introduced by Alderman Walter Burnett (pictured) yesterday and seeks to revoke a long-running […]

The four-member Virginia Lottery Board has reportedly approved a wide-ranging set of proposed rules that have been designed to regulate how the southern state’s soon-to-premiere collection of five commercial land-based casinos are to be run. According to a report from the Associated Press news service, the consent from the Virginia regulator means that the envisioned […]

FireKeepers Casino Hotel has partnered with Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS), in a deal that has seen the gambling products and service provider’s online casino and digital sports betting content launch in Michigan. Courtesy of the new agreement, FireKeepers gains access to the Las vegas-based firm’s full digital technology suite, as well as extensive in-house […]

In Las Vegas and the eight-acre plot of land that hosts the historic Aztec Inn Casino as well as a number of other small businesses has reportedly been put up for sale with a minimum asking price of $60 million. According to a Wednesday report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper, the parcel located at the […]

It’s almost time for the WSOP to begin at GGPoker. The online poker platform has released the full schedule of events, with gaming starting on August 1 and continuing through September 12. The schedule includes 33 gold bracelet events with plenty of action for amateurs as well as seasoned players. The series will kick off […]