This Week in Gambling

The streak of billion dollar months for Nevada gaming revenue has now stretched all the way to twenty. Seriously, at this point is it even a surprise? Should we even be reporting this as gambling news? Don’t we all just expect Las Vegas and company to pile up another billion bucks each month? Nevertheless, here we are. The numbers are in for the month of October, and according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, the state generated just short of $1.3 billion in revenue. The Vegas Strip is usually the biggest winner, and it was again. Casinos along that exclusive…

What a week of gambling news! There were huge online poker thefts from players bank accounts from a vulnerability with a payment processor! Plus, someone just walked into Resorts World Las Vegas and robbed the high roller cash cage! Hello friends, and welcome to This Week in Gambling. We’re back after taking a week off to gorge ourselves on turkey, stuffing, and gravy… all in the name of giving thanks. And as we head toward the Christmas holiday, that most wonderful time of the year, this week’s big stories are about robbery and theft!  Because, why wouldn’t they be? The…

Malta Week, the largest iGaming event in the world in 2022, was hosted by SiGMA Group last week. The event was successful thanks to more than 25,000 attendees, 1,000 sponsors and exhibitors, 400 speakers, 300 affiliates, 400 companies, and 100 influencers. These three days have been jam-packed with informative panels and keynotes, networking activities, and an ever-expanding industry-setting show floor. The Malta Week Conference SiGMA Conference has brought together policymakers, thought leaders, influencers, and C-Suite executives from the global gaming and affiliation space with our audience. In his keynote speech, Finance Minister Javier Fransisco Antonio Silvania stated that his presence…

While it’s great that more and more people can play poker over the web, the risk of online poker theft is still present. Even in a regulated industry, fraudsters will find ways of separating you from your cash. And such is the case for several players who have lost a lot of money via a scam using a popular payment processor. Today’s gambling news finds that poker players at the WSOP, BetMGM, and other popular websites who have used the services of Global Payments Gaming Solutions should check their bank statements immediately. It seems there is a vulnerability in the…

We’re not just about reporting this week’s gambling news! We also review games like the Mustang Riches online slot! This is a 5 reel game that starts with 243 paylines, but can expand all the way up to 7,776 paylines! It also has a Bonus Round, Bonus Spins, and both Wild and Scatter symbols! Plus, this game can travel with you on your mobile devices! The Mustang Riches online slot from Microgaming brings the wildlife of the Old West to life! Players collect Mustang Coins, which expand the reel by one row for each coin collected! Collect three Mustang Coins…

We’ve all seen the movies about big casino resorts heists. For one person, however, this has gone beyond film and fantasy, as they robbed a casino high limit cage at the north end of the Vegas Strip. But it’s their getaway car that really has people scratching their heads. This bit of Las Vegas casino news finds us at Resorts World. When I am anywhere in Sin City, I’m usually waiting five or ten minutes for a taxi at one of these casino resorts, but not this person. Not only did they pull off the seemingly impossible when they robbed…