Hooters Casino and Hotel be rebranded at the end of 2019. OYO Hotels announced Friday that it has partnered with Highgate to rename the property as OYO Hotel & Casino. COO of OYO Hotels & Homes USA Abhinav Sinha said, “We will be undergoing a renovation and will come up with some of the most loved amenities and experiences that are sure to please Las Vegas visitors from around the world. We can’t wait to welcome you to our first hotel in Las Vegas.” Highgate will manage the property and Paragon Gaming will continue to manage the casino, the release…

Major gaming companies have announced that they expect to open a total of eight Indiana sportsbooks next month, with hopes of taking bets ahead of the NFL regular season games. Ameristar Casino East Chicago expects to launch sports betting on September 1, and Horseshoe Hammond Casino expects to open its sportsbook on September 4, the casinos’ operators said in press releases. Caesars Entertainment, which operates Horseshoe Hammond, also hopes to open six more sports books throughout the state in September. Those venues will be at Harrah’s Hoosier Park in Anderson; Horseshoe Southern Indiana in Elizabeth; Indiana Grand Racing and Casino…

Legal wagers on sporting events arrived in central New York this morning as the DraftKings Sportsbook opened at del Lago Resort & Casino. It is a 6,000-square-foot lounge with 23 self-serve betting kiosks and cashier stations, plus a full-service bar and restaurant with seating for 200. Sporting events will be shown live on 1,000 square feet of LED video screens, including 16 TV sets. There are also odds boards and a scrolling ticker showing live scores, stats, injury news and additional player information. Del Lago’s sports betting lounge will be the fourth to open in Upstate New York this summer,…

While the Oregon State Lottery is has been busy with its own sports betting launch plans, a spokesman recently conceded that the agency will not meet its goal of starting up in time for opening of the NFL season. However, the Chinook Winds casino in the state says they will start accepting bets on sporting events by August 27th. “We’re expecting it to be pretty busy,” said Will Robertson, Chinook Winds director of casino operations. “There may be lines to get your bets in. It’ will likely be two, three weeks into the season,” when the state sports games are ready,…

A Cambodian online gambling ban is coming, which is expected to propel a new wave of Chinese investment in the nations casinos. The government said its gaming industry has been used by foreign criminals to extort money. The southern coastal city of Sihanoukville has emerged as a particular center for gambling and many of the dozens of Chinese-run casinos that have sprung up there have online gambling operations. China is Cambodia’s close ally, its biggest donor and investor . It has also been trying to crack down on cross-border gambling, criticizing operations in the Philippines that are similar to those…

Learning roulette is relatively easy. Many casinos have classes, and there s great information at the official website of Roulette 77. But part of that process of understanding the game means realizing and playing the odds. In some casino games it’s possible to reduce the house edge. In roulette, however, the house edge on most bets is 5.26 percent… except for one. We’ll cover that in just a moment. A good general rule when you enter a casino is that the simplest games do not necessarily offer the best odds. A game like craps, for example, with its fast action,…