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The Encore Boston Harbor opened just five months ago in Everett, Massachusetts, and the venue is already beset with problems. However, the good news for the $2.6 billion Wynn Resort development is that the current issues are fixable and align more with typical growing pains than with foundational or systemic shortcomings. While the venue has … Read more
There is a major crisis slowly brewing in the Nevada desert, and it looks to have implications for the rest of the United States in the years to come: Millennials aren’t going to casinos. In October at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, UNLV director of hospitality Robert Rippee hosted a presentation on the … Read more
There are some big ideas in store for legalized Georgia casinos. Currently, however, Georgia is one of the few states that features no form of traditional commercial gambling. It has the Georgia Lottery, but outside of that, there are no casinos, tribal casinos, racetracks, or cardrooms to speak of. Historically, Georgia has been opposed to … Read more
At most legitimate offshore gambling sites, players are given a variety of options for funding their accounts. And while credit and debit transactions remain in popular use, Bitcoin (BTC) is now the gold standard. If there’s a problem with Bitcoin, however, it’s in the initial acquisition of the stuff. As opposed to other banking methods, … Read more
While online casinos and poker rooms have long had a comparatively undeserved reputation for being a bastion of frauds and cheaters, one of the biggest scandals in the industry is unfolding at a major California-regulated cardroom. Stones Gambling Hall, located in Citrus Heights, CA, is currently the setting of a major poker scandal, as a … Read more
Indiana legalized sports betting on May 8, 2019, allowing the practice to take place at any of the state’s 13 riverboat casino venues. Less than four months later, on September 1, the first wagers were accepted. Now, online sports betting is finally in play, too. On Thursday, right in time for the heart of the … Read more
In May 2018, New Jersey made history as the winning party in the Supreme Court case that led to the overturn of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA, 1992). Last week, some 15 months later, New Jersey is again making history. This time, the Garden State has set a new standard on transparency … Read more
Upon initially viewing the newest trailer for NBA 2K20, it’s easy to mistake one of the world’s most popular basketball video game franchises for a new online casino. The flashing neon lights, daily bonuses, slot machines, pachinkos, prize wheels, and unique theme—basketball in this case—are routinely part of the pomp and circumstance whenever a new … Read more
Controversy and combat remain apace in the Connecticut statehouse as the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes have rejected Gov. Ned Lamont’s bizarre gambling expansion proposal. Per the Hartford Courant, Lamont presented the tribes with a plan that would allow them to operate sportsbooks, open a casino in Bridgeport, and take over custodianship of Hartford’s XL … Read more
Provably fair gambling is using an open-source algorithm to analyze and verify the fairness of games and random number generators. It is considered a technical solution resulting from blockchain technology that ensures fair play of online casino games. For this to work properly, the service operator must publish their method for verifying each action in … Read more