This Week in Gambling

We review the Mystic Hive online slot, a 5 reels game with 30 paylines from Betsoft. It features Bonus Spins and a Bonus Round, Wild Symbols, and is available for mobile play! The Mystic Hive slot is a hexagonal grid slot where you’ll collect the magical nectar while fireflies dazzle around and help you by summoning storms and awarding multipliers. With every spin, the fireflies move clockwise around the grid, increasing the chances of filling the Nectar Meter and awarding Bonus Spins. During those Bonus Spins, 1-3 Nectar Burst Spreading Wilds will appear on the Mystic Hive Grid. Wilds will…

The big game last Sunday was interrupted by a semi-nude man running onto the field. The Super Bowl streaker, later identified as Yuri Andrade, was arrested and later bonded out for $1,000. But that was only the beginning of the story. It turns out that Mr. Andrade had actually placed a Proposition bet (or a “prop bet”) on the Super Bowl for $1,000. He bet that a streaker would make it on to the field, and then he guaranteed his win by streaking himself. It cost Andrade and a friend $25,000 each for tickets to the game, but the win…

A survey of over 4,000 casino players in America and Great Britain has found that eight of every ten are very concerned about their safety when it comes to visiting casinos and other attractions. Specifically, over 50% of the gamblers in the group stated that technology will play a major role in their decision to visit again, and that nearly 30% will only patronize casinos that have a no-contact experience available. It wasn’t just casinos, however, as the concerns also extended to things such as theme parks and resorts, as well as other public attractions. Those surveyed stated that that…

In addition to the fall in tourism and loss of revenue, the MGM sports betting app encountered some issues over the weekend which resulted in the Las Vegas police having to show up to keep the peace. Metro Police were called to a multiple MGM properties around Las Vegas as angry bettors say MGM refused to their winning bets. It seemed that the companies app crashed right in the middle of the Super Bowl, but it later turned out that the glitch was caused by human error. Reports stated that gamblers became angry at several of MGM’s sports books, and…

With the pandemic still raging, this week’s gambling news finds Super Bowl betting at Las Vegas casinos down millions. The resorts are not enjoying their usual rush of visitors this year, and that translated to big losses not only in sports bets, but millions more in lost tourism revenue for hotels, restaurants, bars, taxis, and air travel. Despite this, there are signs that Sin City is preparing for the future, with new Coronavirus measures and new luxury resorts opening soon. Hello, friends! Thanks so much for streaming another edition of This Week in Gambling! And congratulations to the Tampa Bay…

Who want’s a new Las Vegas resort with no gambling? The Majestic Las Vegas is set to launch in 2024, and apparently they believe this will be a good idea… as long as there’s no smoking allowed at the resort, either! The new hotel aims to carve out a niche for itself in Vegas by becoming a non-gambling, non-smoking luxury resort. It will be located two blocks off the Strip across from the Las Vegas Convention Center. Groundbreaking for the Majestic Las Vegas is set to begin in July. The $850 million resort is set to be a five-star hotel…