This Week in Gambling

This is no April Fools joke. Reviv Global has announced the launch of their Heliix Health Passport… what some are calling a ‘health passport‘… which works in conjunction with their testing facilities located in Las Vegas. Those facilities are located in the MGM Grand, The Cosmopolitan, and The Venetian. The Heliix Health Passport is a mobile app, and after testing the results are sent directly to the users device using VCode, an end-to-end encryption to prevent hacks and data breaches. That VCode can then be used to verify test results and grant access to restaurants, conventions, nightclubs, shows and other…

The possibility of New York mobile sports betting got a big push toward reality, as both the State Senate and Assembly both approved bills that would permit the activity as part of their budgets. The approval of both legislative bodies was for a multi-operator approach which would allow betting kiosks at state racetracks, plus off-track betting could take place at parlors and sports stadiums. This was the preferred plan of sports books, gaming stakeholders and the gambling industry at large. However, Governor Andrew Cuomo prefers the single operator model which would operate  more like the state lottery. Currently, sports wagering…

This week’s gambling news looks at what’s good, bad, and ugly about the Las Vegas recovery efforts after the pandemic. Vaccines are rolling out across America, speculation is that things could return to “normal” as soon as this summer. Hello, players! And welcome to This Week in Gambling! I don’t know about you guys, but I can’t wait for Las Vegas to completely reopen again at 100%! And according to some industry experts, a full Las Vegas recovery could happen within just a few months! This week’s big story has three parts: The good, the bad, and the ugly. First,…

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After spending over a year in various forms of lock-down, there is now hope as Las Vegas returns to normal. However, as the tourists begin to make their way back to Nevada, there are some things to keep in mind. First, the fantastic room rates that resorts have been offering during the pandemic will soon disappear as the masses flock to Sin City. Still, the rates will simply return to be closer to what they were before the world shut down. You can probably count on airfare heading up as well. But hey, at least we’ll be able to travel,…

We were all waiting for things to get back to normal. But now, finding a Las Vegas Uber or Lyft driver is almost impossible! The tourists are returning to Sin City for sure. However, not all of the ride share drivers are ready to return to work. “They weren’t enforcing the mask mandate so passengers were getting in the cars without having to use masks and if you tell them to use masks they would rate you bad or have an attitude with you,” said Will Misdom, who works for one of the companies. If that were not enough to…