This Week in Gambling

Some amazing gambling news from Americas Cardroom has just been announced in time for Thanksgiving. The poker operator will host three huge PKO tournaments as part of its Thanksgiving Bountyful Weekend, which will run from November 24-27th. To thank its players new and old, Americas Cardroom will be running three special PKO tournaments across the Thanksgiving weekend. These tournaments will feature prize pools of $500K, $250K and $100K with corresponding buy-ins to suit all budgets As an extra special thanks these tournaments will feature double bounties on all Americas Cardroom Pros. In traditional PKO poker tournaments when a player is…

We’re got another great gambling video review for you, with the Gemini Joker online slot! This is a 5 reel, 3 row, 5 paylines game from the good people at Betsoft. It comes with a Bonus Round, Bonus Spins, and even some Bonus Re-Spins! And be on the lookout for the Jokers Wild symbols which will award players with wins of up to 1700 times their wager! The Gemini Joker online slot features a set of eccentric trickster jokers who offer the opportunity for players to win big! Both of the Jokers are Wild Symbols, and the Golden Joker is…

Just in time for turkey, stuffing, and gravy, folks will be able to enjoy Maryland mobile sports betting while they watch their favorite football games! Last week, regulators were considering applications from ten operators, and have now approved seven after testing of their apps. The Maryland Lottery and Gaming authorities confirmed gambling news that the mobile apps that are approved should be up and running by November 23rd. So perhaps a few wagers will be on the menu before people sit down to Thanksgiving dinner? Operators who are approved and will be up and running soon include BetMGM, Barstool Sports,…

This Week in Gambling –International Game Technology, or IGT, has announced another Wheel of Fortune millionaire for their popular slots game back in the month of September. The lucky slots player was spinning the reels of the Wheel of Fortune Pink Diamond slot machine back on September 16 at the Foxwoods Resort Casino up in Mashantucket, Connecticut, when the win hit. That lucky player was able to take home over $1,200,000, and was the second Wheel of Fortune millionaire at the resort this year. Back in May, another player was able to pocket north of $1,660,000 while playing IGT’s Wheel…

Over 20 million American adults plan to bet on World Cup games, with a total of $1.8 billion expected to be on the line for the tournament, according to the American Gaming Association’s inaugural survey on World Cup wagering. The survey also found the majority of World Cup bettors say it is important for them to place their bets legally. Unlike other major events like the Super Bowl and March Madness that have significant casual betting components, including bracket or squares contests, the vast majority of people to bet on World Cup games plan to place traditional bets either online,…

Even though sports bets in New York state have only been up and running since early January of this year, operators there have still handled over $13 billion in bets. Those numbers translate to a cool $542 million in tax revenue that the state would not have otherwise had. Those number do not reflect the total revenue generated, however, as the state was also able to collect $200 million in licensing fees from operators. And numbers from GeoComply indicate that over 11million players have registered betting accounts, conducting just short of one billion transactions. New York Governor Kathy Hochul commented…