Affinity Gaming, the owner of the Silver Sevens Casino in Las Vegas, is merging with a newly formed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and plans to pursue addition consolidation opportunities following that marriage. Silver Sevens Casino in Las Vegas. Owner Affinity Gaming is merging with a SPAC to pursue more deals. (Image: Las Vegas Review-Journal) In a Form S-1 filing ...

The Mega Millions jackpot keeps growing. No one matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball in Friday’s drawing, and that means Tuesday’s jackpot is worth an estimated $850 million. A DC Lottery player holds a ticket she purchased for the 2018 Mega Millions record $1.54 billion jackpot. Tuesday’s drawing in the multi-state lottery game is an estimated $850 million, ...

Minnesota lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are readying sports wagering legislation that could introduced as soon as next week. Despite the bipartisan push, it’s going to take some work to pass a comprehensive bill. State Rep. Pat Garofalo (R-Farmington) is expected to reintroduce sports betting legislation that he pitched in 2019. State Sen. Karla Bigham (D-Cottage Grove) took ...

A North Las Vegas woman angry that her friend only brought $5 to a date at a local casino restaurant is due in court this month, authorities said. She is accused of trying to burn down his apartment and kill him. Kimberly Johnson is seen here in a police photograph. Also seen is Jerry Nugget Casino. An argument in the ...

MVP quarterbacks will add a little extra juice to the betting on this weekend’s four NFL divisional playoff games. Aaron Rodgers, the presumptive MVP after winning the award in 2011 and 2014, will lead the Green Bay Packers against the visiting Los Angeles Rams in Game 1 on Saturday. In Game 2, 2019 MVP Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens ...

Slammed by hurricanes and COVID-19, the Louisiana gaming industry lost nearly a billion dollars in 2020 compared to the previous year. The industry also shed thousands of jobs. A customer walks down a passageway to the gaming floor at L’Auberge Casino in Baton Rouge. Hotel-casinos in Louisiana suffered a decline in revenue and layoffs in 2020. (Image: The Advocate) Through ...

In Japan and members of the Constitutional Democratic Party have reportedly convened the first meeting of an internal group that is to intensively lobby against the granting of the nation’s inaugural trio of integrated casino resort licenses. According to a report from Inside Asian Gaming, the Casino Problem Countermeasures body held its maiden summit on […] Source link

As the 2020 – 2021 season of the National Basketball Association began last December James Harden has been nothing but a huge distraction and constant headache for the Houston Rockets. After demanding a trade from Houston Harden finally got what he wished for. On Thursday, January 14th, 2021 the Brooklyn Nets and the Houston Rockets […] Source link

American hotel and casino entertainment company, Caesars Entertainment Inc. (CZR), formerly Eldorado Resorts Inc., is investing $47 million worth of upgrades to its showcase resort property in downtown Reno, the Silver Legacy. According to the Nasdaq-listed firm’s recent announcement, 75 percent of the 38-floor resort’s 1,600 rooms and suites, from the fifth through the 25th […] Source link

In the United Kingdom and the horseracing industry has reportedly been told that the government has no intention of launching a formal review into the nation’s Horserace Betting Levy before the end of the year. According to a Thursday report from the Daily Mail newspaper, British horseracing has already lost an estimated £300 million ($407 […] Source link