The latest changes to California’s Internet poker bill call for online gaming companies who facilitated poker games for Americans between 2006 and 2011 to be excluded from the Golden State market for five years, according to a report from The Los Angeles Times. The amendment would prevent PokerStars, which has roughly 70 percent of the worldwide online poker market, from being involved right out of the gate in what is considered the nation’s largest online poker market. PokerStars facilitated games for Americans until 2011, before the federal government indicted its former owners. The company settled without admitting to any wrongdoing,…

Pennsylvania casino regulators approved fines Wednesday against the operator of Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem for three alleged incidents of visitors under age 21 on the gaming floor. Sands Bethworks Gaming LLC faces fines totaling $39,000, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. The fine is the result of board approval of a consent agreement between the board’s Office of Enforcement Counsel and Sands Bethworks Gaming, according to a news release. The incidents occurred when: A 20-year-old female was permitted access onto the gaming floor and wagered at both slot machines and table games; An 18-year-old male was permitted access onto…

The last time Americans could walk into a Las Vegas sports book during the Olympics and make a bet on their country, Michael Johnson was still winning medals, Vince Carter was making a towering Frenchman famous, and Michael Phelps was debuting in the Games as a 15-year-old also-ran on the U.S Olympic swim team. This year, all that changes. For the first time since the 2000 Sydney Games, Las Vegas sports books are accepting bets on the Olympics this summer, providing casinos a financial boost in the dog days of August, keeping bettors glued to the TV as Carmelo, KD,…

This Week in Gambling interviewed Scientific Games in Las Vegas to discuss the release of their new slot machine: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Slot Machine: Black Knight. It’s the first of two new slots in the Monty Python theme, as Black Knight will be followed by Killer Bunny. Spin the reels and watch scenes from the Holy Grail movie as King Arthur battles the Black Knight. The reels land to the sounds of clanging coconuts, as Scientific Games integrates many of the best Holy Grail elements into this fun and entertaining slot. Scientific Games states that Monty Python…

MGM Resorts has launched what it describes as the first real-money mobile gambling platform to be offered by a casino in the US. The easyPlay Mobile Tournaments platform, developed by mobile gaming technology company oneLIVE inc, allows guests at nine Las Vegas resorts to compete with other players in a variety of tournament games using their mobile devices or InteractivePro Tables located at MGM’s properties. MGM said scheduled tournaments will include slots, bingo and video poker as well as social, casual and console games. “The introduction of easyPLAY Mobile Tournaments at our MGM Resorts properties gives our guests an exciting,…

This Week in Gambling is happy to release our video review for the Playboy Don’t Stop the Party! Video Slot Featuring Pitbull. We were given exclusive access to the Scientific Games slot machine, and interview company representative Mike Trask. In  a press release, Scientific Games states that Playboy Don’t Stop the Party! is “…a progressive video slot featuring Playboy Playmates and Pitbull on the ALPHA 2 Pro Theater cabinet with a Pro Sound Chair, and Tablemaster Fusion – Playboy Bonus Blackjack, the first-ever licensed brand ETS product.” You can watch our video review of Playboy Don’t Stop the Party! below,…