Vaccaro has apparently confided to close friends and associates he’ll be headed east — not on an airplane because he refuses to fly — to assume an executive marketing and promotional role with Rush Street Gaming, operators of the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh and the SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia, where sportsbook operations opened in mid-December.
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The sports book owned by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is the first to open on tribal lands outside of Nevada following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this year, a no-brainer business decision given the sports fans among its gambling clientele.
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Senior Vice President of Public Affairs for the AGA, Sara Slane released commentary on the most recent Federal Bill promoting sports wagering.
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Poker's Biggest Festival To Return To The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino From May 28 - July 16
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The Problem Gambling Center on Great Oaks Boulevard is operated by the non-profit New York Center for Problem Gambling, as part of a three-year $3.3 million contract with the state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, which provides the state's gambling addiction services.
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The New Orleans Saints announced on Wednesday that they and the NBA's New Orleans Pelicans -- both of which are owned by the late Tom Benson's wife, Gayle -- have signed a multiyear deal to make Harrah's New Orleans the team's Official Casino Partner.
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Unibet, an online gambling brand owned by Kindred Group that is preparing to make its debut in the U.S., announced today that it has selected IPG’s FCB New York as its U.S. creative agency of record following a review.
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A pair of U.S. senators from opposing parties is proposing that the federal government take back control of sports gambling in America, the first formal move by Congress after a Supreme Court ruling reopened a complex debate over fans betting on games and who controls the action.
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The expansion of sports betting will open the door for people to place cashless wagers utilizing debit and credit cards, among other options, in states across the country, according to payment processing experts who spoke last week during a pair of panel discussions in Las Vegas.
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The gaming industry’s Washington D.C. trade association said in a statement its board voted to award Miller the post following a four-month search. When he takes over Jan. 14, he will become just the third person to head the AGA since the organization was founded in 1995.
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Darby Development, the operator of Monmouth Park, and the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association have reached an agreement with theScore, Inc. to launch a mobile sportsbook in the United States in 2019.
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The Mid-American Conference will get some nice publicity early this week with three of its schools playing in bowl games televised by ESPN. Odds courtesy of OddsShar
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