This Week in Gambling

The Beavis & Butt-Head slot from our friends at Blueprint Gaming bring your favorite juvenile delinquents back! This is a 5 reel game with 20 paylines that features Bonus Spins and a Bonus Round, both Wild and Scatter symbols, plus you can take this slot with you on mobile devices! It’s also a medium to high volatility slot where bets range from a minimum of $.10 all the way to a maximum of $500! Direct from MTV to your computer, Beavis and Butt-Head are back on their couch with an amazing online slot! There are unique features with this game,…

Hopes of a return to “normal” for Sin City get stringer as the Encore Las Vegas has set a date to return to full time service. The luxury resorts says that they will resume 24 hour a day operations on April 8th, which will include expanded operations for many of their amenities as well. In addition to world class restaurants, Encore boasts a Beach Club that is operating as a lounge and pool without the parties for now. There is also the XS Nightclub, which has been running more as a lounge without big-name deejays during the pandemic. Encore joins…

For the first time in the short history of American online gambling regulation, a license has been suspended. The sports betting license of Action 24/7 has been suspended by the state of Tennessee, where the company is based. Following a meeting of the state regulator, the Tennessee Lottery, it was decided to pull the operators license due to suspicious betting activity, which included play through a proxy and suspected credit card fraud. The Action 24/7 team actually brought the matter to the attention of the regulator after they began investigating the player account which made 184 different deposits from seven…

In what could be the most important story for online gambling news in America, the Department of Justice has given up their fight to criminalize the activity. What that means for online casinos and online poker in the United States has huge implications. Also, we’re looking at the status of casino openings across America, and especially in Las Vegas where many still remained closed… some of which may never open again. Hello friends! It’s that time again! Time for this week’s gambling headlines! We have stories out of Las Vegas about casinos that are reopening, rebranding, and still closed. But…

A pandemic that caused lock-downs, masks, and capacity limits delayed the opening of the Virgin Las Vegas hotel and casino. Now, however, is the time when things are starting to move toward normalcy. More casinos are reopening, and Virgin will be joining them. Their grand opening will be this week, on March 25th, and will include live entertainment and street performances starting at 6 p.m. Their new, state-of-the-art casino will be run by the Mohegan Gaming, making them the first Native American casino in Sin City. The 60,000-square-foot floor will have 650 slots and over 150 table games. Richard Bosworth,…

It’s been a long, difficult fight… but it’s finally over. The U.S. Department of Justice lost a Wire Act decision again, but this time they will not appeal that ruling. The First Circuit Court of Appeals has determ9ned once and for all that the 1961 Federal Wire Act only applies only to sports betting, not to other forms of online casino games or poker. And in regard to sports betting, the Act only applies to best across state lines, or interstate gambling. The Justice Department had attempted all sorts of fancy legal maneuvers, some of which put at risk activities…