This Week in Gambling

It was a banner year for the US gambling industry in 2022. That momentum appears to have carried over in the first month of 2023, as yet another record was set for revenue in a single month. Our friends at the American Gaming Association keep track of these sorts of things, and they report a combined $5.5 billion brought in this past January. These numbers show a year on year growth of over 21% and maintains the streak of 23 months of growth in a row. The continued growth of US gambling was apparent across all verticals in January, with…

Estimates from the American Gaming Association are that over $15 billion will be bet on March Madness this year, and that from nearly 70 million gamblers across the country. The growth of bets on the NCAA tournaments has been driven by a resurgence of bracket contests as well as Americans taking advantage of the expansion of legal online wagering. Three-fourths of online bettors say this will be the first time they bet on March Madness online. While 18 million more American adults plan to wager on March Madness compared to last month’s Super Bowl, Americans are expected to wager half…

Many people are wondering when New York online gambling and poker will become a reality. And while neither will happen anytime soon, the wheels are now in motion! New legislation is circulating to make New York online poker and casino games a reality! And if you love what they did with mobile sports betting, you won’t be disappointed with their online casino efforts! Top of the morning to all my gambling friends out there! Time to stream another edition of This Week in Gambling! And just in time for St Patrick’s Day, we’ve got online gambling news out of New…

Late last month, we reported on several violations of Massachusetts sports betting regulations from three operators in the state. One of those violations came when Encore Boston Harbor allowed bets to be placed on games for Boston College women’s basketball. Now, they’ve done it again. Encore admitted to their mistake when it happened before, blaming it on a technical glitch from a vendor’s platform. In an attempt to prevent the mistake from happening again, the casino stated that they had implemented additional measures. Obviously, those measures were not successful. So what happened? Well, according to the Encore, they turned off…

As we head toward St. Patrick’s Day, we’ve got a review for the Shamrock Fortunes slot machine! In this game, a happy-go-lucky leprechaun discovers not one, not two, but three pots of gold at the end of his rainbow! Delivered on the AGS Spectra Upright 43 game cabinet, this slot comes with vibrant graphics and eclipse lighting!Plus, it’s part of the Triple Coin Treasures family of games! The Shamrock Fortunes slot machine features a happy-go-lucky leprechaun that discovers not one, but three pots of gold at the end of the rainbow! Debuting on AGS’ next-generation cabinet, Spectra UR43, vibrant graphics…

They’ve kept it going for nearly two years! Yes, January marked the 23rd consecutive month that Nevada gaming revenue streak has hit the billion dollar mark, according to a report from the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Now, let’s just hope that our reporting this doesn’t jinx them! The state reported revenue for the first month of 2023 to be $1.27 billion, which was nearly a 20% jump from the $1.07 billion they reported in January of last year. That increase was attributed to the continued recovery from the pandemic, as more Covid restrictions were lifted throughout the year. Casino profits…