Watch our AGA sports betting interview with Sara Slane, filmed at the 2018 Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas. Ms. Slane has been the face of legalized sports betting for the casino industry these crucial last couple of years. She spearheaded an aggressive campaign that pointed out the failures of PASPA (Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act), a sports-betting ban that led directly to a massive black market throughout the country. She met behind the scenes with leagues and other stakeholders to educate them on the industry, addressing their misconceptions and explaining how a heavily regulated legalized market had worked…

Fifty years after Evel Knievel so famously wiped out trying to jump the fountain at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, action sports wild man Travis Pastrana will try to nail the stunt Sunday night in the finale of a triple-header tribute to the late daredevil. It’s a daunting proposition even for Pastrana, who is winding down a career in which he’s done some pretty crazy things. If he sticks it, what a way to go out. “For me, this is going to be really awesome,” Pastrana said in a phone interview. “All my family is coming out and so many…

This Week in Gambling – We pick the brain of Eamonn Toland, President of Paddy Power North America, about the current situation with sports betting and — in particular — fantasy sports and social gaming. Discussion includes current offerings and strategies from Paddy Power, as well as what the future may hold for sports betting in North America and how Paddy Power may be involved. . OUR INTERVIEW WITH EAMONN TOLAND OF PADDY POWER

This Week in Gambling – Our industry has been wondering what the future of online gambling would be in the United States since before the “Black Friday” incidents of 2011. Even before the passage of UIGEA in 2006, we all knew that eventually regulation would come to America. Now, with three states legalizing web betting, we may be closer than ever to the next phase of this business. Recently, we interview the Executive Vice President of MGM Resorts, Alan Feldman, about online gambling regulation in this country. Specifically, whether that regulation will come in the form of a Federal standard…

This Week in Gambling – Our interview with Lloyd Levenson who has twice served as Chairman of the Casino Law Section of the New Jersey Bar Association, and was a recipient of the Gaming Industry Leadership Award for his work in various gaming related disciplines. Discussion includes what has happened in New Jersey in regard to sports betting up to now, why the professional sports leagues are so opposed and what the future holds with the U.S. Supreme Court. . . ..

This Week in Gambling – J Todd recently caught up with the new President of the American Gaming Association, Geoff Freeman. The two spoke at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, about the future of the industry and the changing role of the AGA. Among specific topics of discussion was the about face withing the AGA over the past several years from opposition of online gaming to fully embracing the opportunities that technology can offer for gaming. . . Las Vegas Review Journal – The collegiality developed within the gaming industry as casino companies weathered the economic downturn…