This Week in Gambling

Two weeks and counting. That’s how long state legislators have to get a North Carolina online sports betting deal done. The session ends in just about 14 days, so now is the time to get a deal done. Lawmakers fully understand that the legalization of North Carolina online sports betting would bring a much needed boost to the economy via gaming revenue. But efforts to regulate the activity have been slow and painful. However, there is a glimmer of hope. And expectations are that the State House will end up passing a bill for sports bets before the session ends….

Well, Ohio sports betting will not be up and running in time for the start of this year’s NFL season. But take heart, because folks there will still be able to bet on next year’s Super Bowl. This according to the Ohio Casino Control Commission. The Commission’s Executive Director, Matthew Schuler, says that January 1, 2023, will be the day that Ohio sports betting will officially start. When it does, it will be the single largest simultaneous launch of a sports betting market in the United States. In the meantime, applications for licenses will be accepted from June 15th to…

This week’s US gambling news finds that casinos, online gambling, and sports betting generated nearly $5 billion in the month of April! The second highest revenue totals of all time! On top of that, sports betting in America continues to expand and could get a huge boost as soon as next year! Hello friends! Here we are all together again! We have sports betting news from California, poker news from Las Vegas, and of course a brand new game review! But first, we have to do it: This week’s big story: Gambling in America has been kicking ass and taken…

While the company has been hemorrhaging cash for several years, Caesars sports betting is now expected to be generating a profit for the company by the fall of 2023. This according to their CEO, Tom Reeg . In a story reported on Yahoo! Finance, Caesars online gaming and sports betting lost over $550 million in just the first quarter of this year. But according to Reeg, the company has a plan. First up, they will cut their marketing spend, saving over $250 million. The second step in the recovery process is for Caesars to narrowly target their more “profitable customers”…

The Blazin’ Bullfrog online slot comes with 5 reels, 3 rows and 243 paylines! There are Wilds, Expanding Wilds, and Scatter symbols! Plus Re-Spins and Wild Scatter substitutes for all symbols! You can even take the Blazin’ Bullfrog slot with you on your mobile device! Yup, the Blazin’ Bullfrog slot is Play’n GO‘s try at a sequel, of sorts, to the Fire Toad slot. However, putting aside the names and the burning amphibians, there are few similarities between the games. Blazin’ Bullfrog can be played on mobile devices and desktop computers with stakes between 10 p/c to £/€100 a spin….

Gambling revenue in the United States is still setting records, despite the troubling economic clouds on the horizon. April of this year was the second best month ever recorded for American gaming, only trailing March of this year when the all-time revenue record was set.. Nearly $5 billion was generated in gambling revenue for April, which was a gain of well over 12% from the year before. Traditional casino gaming accounted for over $4 billion of that total, while online gambling chipped in over $415 million. Sports betting managed to contribute nearly $500 million, which was close to a 75%…