New Yorkers Boosting New Jersey Betting Revenue
New Yorkers are as it turns out, full-on into online and mobile sports bets. No surprises there. The latest market statistics show that New York-based sports bettors spend between US$203 million and US$286 million betting on New Jersey mo...Read More
Yankees Pitcher James Paxton To Sit Out
The New York Yankees have not exactly been enjoying the best of injury-free times. And the latest news that starter and Canadian pitcher James Paxton will be effectively “out of it” for 3-4 months following back surgery, isn&r...Read More
NY Governor Suggests VLT Allocation Cuts
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced by way of the release of a proposed executive NYC budget for 2020 that some significant changes may very well have to be implemented to the current revenue allocations generated by Video Lotter...Read More
Revised New York Bingo Restrictions Benefit Seniors
Toby Ann Stavisky, member of the New York State Senate, and Assembly Member Daniel Rosenthal recently announced that Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed their proposed Bingo Bill into law. This bill will reduce the restrictions on the gam...Read More
BCLC Declares GameSense Roll-Out A Success
The Seneca First Nation of Indians has been ordered to part with the some $255 million+ that it has been holding on to in its refusal to settle its dues. So determined a recent US District Court ruling. The tribe has b...Read More
Sobeys Inc. Teases New Smart Trolley
Long gone are the days of pushing one another around in squeaky-wheeled grocery shopping carts, much to the annoyance of our parents who only wanted to navigate the grocery isles and get done with it. There’s a new b...Read More
Player Wins $1 Million In Catskills Promo
A player from Ulster Park in New York recently walked away with a cool $1 million in prize money from NY’s Resorts World Catskills Casino. The $1 million in jackpot prize money was presented in the form of a special player promotio...Read More
Big Apple Given Permission to Mix Wine And Bingo
Not all spirits are created equal. And if a Bingo card-and-dab in one hand a glass of wine in the other sounds like your idea of a good time and you just so happen to live in New York, then the winds of change are blowing favourably upon...Read More
Seneca Dead-Set On Non-Payment Of Its Dues
The friction between New York state officials and members of the Seneca First Nation of Indians continues because of the absolute refusal on the part of the latter to do good by surrounding communities. Seneca tribe ha...Read More
Government Steps In To Save Niagara Falls
The community of Niagara Falls, New York, has eventually caught a bit of a breather thanks to a US$5 million community relief payment received from local government. Government, thanks to tireless efforts on the part of New York Governor ...Read More
Bellagio And Grand May Fetch A Fortune
The real estate that is home to MGM’s Grand and Bellagio casinos may fetch between $6 billion and $8 billion if sold on the open market. This is according to Macquarie financial analyst Chad Beynon. Beynon has added his voice to a g...Read More
Former NY Governor Now Las Vegas Sands VP
Upstate New York is currently home to 4 casinos and if former Governor David Paterson were to have his way, more will follow soon. “More” will first up mean an operator licence for the Las Vegas Sands group as Paterson was not...Read More
The Stars Group Inks New Deal with Akwesasne Mohawk
According to recent press reports, Canadian online gambling giant The Stars Group and the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort have entered a lucrative new partnership deal. Under the terms of the agreement, TSG will gain access to the latter&r...Read More
Casinos Hosting Race Tracks Want In On Bets
When PASPA was finally declared dead, buried and abolished last year, the race towards legalised sports betting in most US states was officially on, and the only real remaining question was who would be next to sign off on the legal sport...Read More
Lucky Utica Man Scratched His Way To $5M Win
One very lucky New York Lottery scratch-off player has won a $5 million jackpot cash prize after he purchased a winning “100X the Cash” ticket from the Price Chopper store in Genesee Street, Utica. The 49 year-old Michael Shep...Read More
NYC Budget Makes No Mention Of Mobile Bets
New York’s annual state budget has been published and its quite disappointing to note that mobile betting has not been provided for, at least not for the current financial year. The city’s citizens are permitted to place thei...Read More
New Zynga Spin And Win Pulls Out The Stops
Thanks to Zynga Poker, players will now have the opportunity to play shorter quick-scoop online tournaments. What’s more, after each win, a lucky prize wheel may be spun for the chance of winning up to 10x the initial buy-in value. ...Read More
NY Casinos Cut Back On Slots to Cut Costs
Two of New York City’s upstate casinos have approached the New York State Gaming Commission for permission to reduce the number of slot machines on their floors. Tigoa Downs owner Jeff Gurrall has tried to humour the curious by sayi...Read More
New Executives Chosen for Resorts World NY
Resorts World Casino New York (RWC NY) has been very busy of late shuffling its executive board and promoting some of its well-deserving staff members. Brian Reynolds, who previously acted as the resort’s Vice President of Finance ...Read More
No Anonymous Wins for New York Players
If you win a lotto jackpot over in the US state of New Jersey, it is guaranteed to be something of a public affair. Should you win hundreds of millions of dollars, the state’s lottery commission has legal jurisdiction to publicize ...Read More
Bet365 Enters the New York Betting Market
Online gaming and sports betting operator Bet365 has just announced that they have signed an exclusive, 20-year partnership deal with Empire Resorts. As the result, the operator will soon be entering the valuable New York gambling industr...Read More
Largest Ever Powerball Win Breaks Records
Last month, the largest lottery jackpot in New York State’s history was struck. A retired government employee from Harlem stepped forward a few weeks ago to claim his windfall – an unbelievable Powerball jackpot prize of $343....Read More
More Marijuana Troubles for Raskin
The fortunes of up-and-coming Poker Micah Raskin have taken another turn for the worst. In February he faced his first set of felony charges related to possession of , and now he is dealing with federal-level accusations.
The Initial...Read More
$10m Lotto Jackpot Won in USA
Over in the USA, a 66-year-old man who has been playing the lottery practically his entire life has struck jackpot gold. The Hartsdale, New York native has become the state’s newest lotto-made millionaire, pocketing...Read More
Lottery.com New Partner To Two Major FC’s
The recent abolishment of PASPA is bringing about exciting new changes in the US and is having a ripple effect on the industry as a whole. Now, mobile Lottery company Lottery.com, has been appointed as the official digital partner of New ...Read More
Catskills Casino Loses $37.3m in Q2
The gambling industry is in a peculiar situation at the present as it strives to maintain a balance between the past and the present. As online casinos continue to flourish and grow in both number and size, many land-based venues are star...Read More