Tag: gambling news
America’s Next Online Gambling Threat
Gambling news this week finds a new online gambling threat to the regulated industry in the United States for the third year in a row. Senator Tom Cotton says he is trying to use the enforcement of the UIGEA to push consumer protections in gambling advertising. However, the darker side to his legislation finds ways to block online gambling payments. Hello friends, and welcome once again to This Week in Gambling! Seems like we just did this a week ago… and yet here we are again! No matter! Let’s get started with this week’s big story! And hold on to…
Gambling News from Colorado, Oklahoma, Kentucky & Montana
We have a week full of gambling news to cover, with sports betting news in Colorado and betting kiosks rolling out in Montana! Also, as betting on horses thrives in Kentucky, some there have a “moral objection” to betting on sports! Plus, tribal gaming news from Oklahoma and Chinese hackers hit online gambling sites! Hello people, and thanks for joining me on on another stroll through the gambling news. Although this week we don’t have a big story, just a bunch of little ones! So let’s get right into it with betting on sports in Colorado! Seven licenses for…
Gambling News & Updates Just in Time for Christmas!
It’s our last show of the year, so we update some of the biggest gambling news stories from 2019. Topics include Pennsylvania online poker, the Department of Justice Wire Act opinion, and the expansion of sports betting! Hello friends, and welcome to This Week in Gambling! Our last show of the year before I take some much-deserved time off! And hey, what better way to say goodbye to 2019 than to look back at this year’s biggest gambling news stories? After a long wait, Pennsylvania online poker finally arrived. Now just over a month after the launch, PokerStars has blown…
Spooky Gambling News from Facebook & Harrah’s
We celebrate Halloween with scary gambling news from Harrah’s casino in Illinois! Plus, Facebook considers legal action over “brainwashing” casino customers! We also have a new game review, an update on sports betting in Washington, DC, and interview a homicidal clown! Hello friends! Happy Halloween! and welcome to This Week in Gambling, where we have spooky news from Harrah’s, and scary news from Facebook! Plus, any other contrived holiday cliche I can manage to fit into the program. Several weeks ago I shared a story with you about how one game manufacturer was adding facial recognition to some of their…
Nevada Gambling News: The Wynners & The Losers
There’s a lot of gambling news coming out of Las Vegas this week, as more Strip casinos have been sold. But the big news involves the Nevada Gaming Control Board and casino mogul Steve Wynn! We’re also covering stories from Google, MGM Resorts and Taco Bell! Howdy friends, Jay Todd back from Las Vegas and my convention, ready to bring you another edition of This Week in Gambling news! And hey, a funny thing happened while I was in Sin City! Well, several funny things actually… and that… those… are this week’s big story! Stories! First up, Wynn Resorts has…
Gambling News from The Strip & The D Casino!
We report this week’s gambling news from the Las Vegas Strip, plus interview the CEO and Owner of The D Casino and the Golden Gate, Derek Stevens! We also have headlines stories from PartyPoker and DraftKings. Hello friends and welcome again to This Week in Gambling. I’m Jay Todd out here on the Vegas Strip. We’re gonna do things a little bit differently today as we’re shooting live as opposed to in my studio with that great green screen in back of me… so everything you see going on in back? That’s real! So I’m not responsible for any…