This week’s gambling news looks at the changing names and locations of Las Vegas casinos! We start with Bally’s, where the transformation to the Horseshoe Las Vegas has begun. But the Horseshoe used to be downtown… and Bally’s wasn’t always Bally’s… as Las Vegas casinos play a game of musical chairs!   Hello, my friends, and thank you so much for streaming another edition of This Week in Gambling, where we have a little bit of a history lesson, plus some major moves heading for Las Vegas casinos, where the only constant is change. As many of you know Bally’s Las…

We’re talking about American sports betting news in two of the biggest states in America, both of which are worth potential billions of dollars in annual revenue! Plus, gambling news from Massachusetts and Kansas, and a look at a new slot machine! Hello friends, and welcome to This Week in Gambling where we’re following two huge American sports betting stories, both involving big markets… both involving big money… and both involving big operators and tribal gaming! This week’s big stories start on the west coast of the united states where California sports betting may actually become a reality this fall….

Water levels in Lake Mead continue to plummet, soon reaching dead pool status. Could the end of Las Vegas be far behind? After all, without water there can be no city, right? Well, let’s stop right there, put the fear mongering aside, and take an actual look at what the falling waters in Lake Mead actually mean for Las Vegas. Nevada and several of the western states experience their worst drought in centuries, and climate change is turning up the heat. There is a very real possibility that the water levels in Lake Mead will fall so law that Hoover…

Delays, delays, delays! US sports betting delays in Maine, which won’t launch until next year! Delays in Kansas, where betting on sports won’t launch in time for football season! And delays in Massachusetts, which won’t launch until the Super Bowl! But there is one state that is already counting down to their sports betting launch. 36 states! That’s how much US sports betting has spread across America in just four years! 36 states! But some of the most recent states to regulate the activity are having a bit of trouble getting going. Maine sports betting was the 34th state to…

It’s been a wild week of gambling news, with rumors still flying about both a Las Vegas NBA and an MLB team. There are new basketball arenas being build and plots of land being looked at for baseball stadiums. And over the weekend, a small amount of rain caused some major Las Vegas flooding, virtually shutting down the city and the airport! Hello friends! And welcome to This Week in Gambling, where we have a lot to discuss, including the latest state to regulate sports betting and possible Las Vegas NBA and MLB teams! More on all of that in…

This week’s gambling news focuses on the Macau casino lockdown from the latest Coronavirus outbreak. Casinos there just reopened, but travel restrictions have already cost them millions, and will probably cost them billions, and is already costing Las Vegas gaming companies like MGM Resorts, Wynn Resorts, & Las Vegas Sands millions! When it comes to gambling revenue, Macau china is the world leader. In fact, Macau generates three times as much money as Las Vegas… at least, it used to. Wynn, MGM, and the Las Vegas Sands all have casinos in Macau. Actually these American companies have a combined 11…