Wall Street Journal – Forget Britney Spears and Cirque du Soleil. For many gamblers, the hottest attraction in Sin City is an outdated three-reel slot machine that hasn’t produced a jackpot in nearly two decades. It is called the Lion’s Share, and in this city with no shortage of losing bets, the 20-year-old slot has attracted a legion of ever-hopeful devotees on the floor of the MGM Grand, the Strip’s second-biggest casino. The machine’s miserly track record may, paradoxically, make it the rarest of all Vegas treats: A decent bet. A generation of players has already lost money on it,…

Forbes – It’s Super Bowl week and after 298 games, including preseason and playoffs, it comes down to one final contest to crown a champion. Before the season began, the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks, along with the San Francisco 49ers, were the betting favorites to reach the Super Bowl. And in a rare occurrence, we had two preseason favorites make the Big Game. Here is what you need to know for Sunday’s game on the teams, players, owners, coaches, betting and other storylines. 1. First the basics on when and where. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:25 ET on Feb….

iGaming Business – Hotels and casino firm Wynn Resorts has cited the success of its business in Macau as the main reason behind a year-on-year jump in revenue during the year ended December 31, 2013. The firm posted net revenue of $5.6 billion (€4.1 billion) for 2013, an increase of 9.1% on the $5.2 billion recorded in the previous year. Wynn’s performance in the Macau market contributed significantly towards its success last year, with adjusted property earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation at Wynn Macau increasing by 13.4% to $1.3 billion. In comparison, the Wynn Las Vegas recorded much…

Gambling Kingz – The British anti-gambling lobbyist group, Campaign for Fairer Gambling, had its ads axed after the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) found them misleading. Complaints against three print ads, published in the parliamentary magazine, The House, were brought to ASA by MP Philip Davies, acting in a personal capacity. The three ads appeared with the identical text in the magazine, with the only difference being that they were addressed to three separate people – Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Leader of the Opposition, Ed Miliband. The disputed ads contained five main points, all…

iGaming Business – Macau experienced its slowest month-on-month gaming revenue growth in 15 months during January 2014, but officials remain hopeful of a stronger performance in February. According to the Reuters news agency, Macau posted lower-than expected gaming revenue of 28.7 billion patacas (€2.6 billion/$3.6 billion) due to tempered spending by Chinese visitors ahead of a national holiday. Analysts had expected revenue to grow by between 11% and 15% in January, but the Chinese New Year Holiday on January 31 meant many visitors saved their visits for the holiday period instead. Macau is expected to perform better in February with…

US casino operator Boyd Gaming has entered into an enterprise-wide system agreement with online casino and solutions firm Bally Technologies as part of a move to bolster its slots offering. Under the deal, Bally’s iVIEW Display Manager (DM) with Elite Bonusing Suite will be deployed across 18 Boyd Gaming casino properties in seven US states. The iVIEW DM allows operators to present self-service player-account access, marketing messages and secondary bonus games on the main screen without interrupting play. Bally said that its Elite Bonusing Suite, combined with iVIEW DM, offers new experiences to slot-play games with tools such as Virtual…