The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday night’s drawing is an estimated $700 million, which is the lottery game’s fifth-largest all-time prize. Powerball began in April 1992. No ticket matched Powerball’s five white balls and red Powerball during Monday night’s drawing. The last time a ticket hit all six numbers was on August 3, when a player […]
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The New York Jets made a bold roster move yesterday, acquiring running back James Robinson in a trade with the Jacksonville Jaguars for a conditional sixth-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. If Robinson rushes for more than 600 yards this season, the Jets will send the Jaguars a fifth-round pick in next year’s draft. […]
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The Culinary Union in Nevada, an affiliate of the national Unite Here trade organization, represents some 60K workers in Las Vegas and Reno primarily engaged in the gaming and hospitality industries. And come November 8, union brass hopes all 60,000 of them vote Democratic. Nevadans next month will elect their next governor, four US House […]
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The creation of Georgia casinos has been discussed in the Atlanta capitol in recent legislative sessions to no avail. But a new poll from the University of Georgia finds that while there might not be adequate political support for commercial gambling in the State Capitol, there is among the general public. According to the statewide […]
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International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT) recently repurchased 1.35 million, or about $22 million worth of its own stock. The buyback activity occurred across three transactions from Sept. 30 through Oct. 14 in amounts of 765,300, 289,735 and 298,580 shares, respectively. The minimum price the slot machine manufacturer paid was $15.01 and the highest price it paid […]
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LAS VEGAS – I stayed at the Westgate this year for the Global Gaming Expo (G2E), and doing so helped give me a better appreciation of Circa Resort and Casino. Not that my experience at the Westgate was bad. It wasn’t. Rather, the view from my room allowed me to see the north end of […]
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LAS VEGAS – Joey Levy isn’t planning for Betr to be like FanDuel or DraftKings. And that’s not just on the sports betting side of things. The co-founder of the microbetting startup believes everything about the sports betting experience needs to be re-examined, as he mentioned in the first part of our conversation at Resorts […]
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A man has filed a $12.5 million creditor’s claim with the estate of late Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. The internet entrepreneur was worth a reported $840 million when he died in November 2020. The claim is based mostly on a Post-it note. Mark Evensvold’s claim – filed last week in Hsieh’s probate case in Clark […]
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Kim Kardashian’s lavish plans to celebrate her 42nd birthday in Las Vegas were crushed by high winds. Gusts of up to 60 mph prevented the private jet carrying the billionaire, her sister Khloe Kardashian, and mother Kris Jenner from landing on Saturday night. “Kylie Air” – loaned for the occasion by Kim’s sister, Kylie Jenner […]
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Mohegan Sun Pocono is no more. Effective today, the racino located in the Pennsylvania Pocono Mountains outside Wilkes-Barre will be known as Mohegan Pennsylvania. Mohegan, the gaming and hospitality unit of the Mohegan Tribe headquartered in Connecticut, recently rebranded its corporate arm from Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment to simply Mohegan. The gaming operator says the […]
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