This Week in Gambling

It’s our online slot review for the Wild Robo Factory online slot game from Yggdrasil. The Wild Robo Factory slot game features a Bonus Round, Free Spins, Wild and Scatter Symbols, and is available for Mobile Gaming. The Wild Robo Factory online slot comes with evil robots keep a close eye on their 12 mechanical servants, working them to the bone and turning them Wild. Find them on the conveyor belts and you’re in for big rewards! Wild Robots are sometimes stacked and carry Multipliers, when they’re brought into the game area Free Re-Spins are triggered. These machines will continue…

State lawmakers held a preliminary hearing on California sports betting last week. They are just the latest state to consider regulating the activity in 2020, meaning that more than half of the states could have regulated sports betting soon. California is one of nine states exploring legalized sports betting in 2020, according to the American Gaming Association. A total of 20 states have legalized some form of sports betting since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal ban in May 2018. “We will likely approach a total of 30 states with some form of legal sports betting by the…

Caesars has announced that they will sell their Harrah’s Reno Hotel and Casino to an affiliate of CAI Investments for $50 million. Caesars will continue to operate the property until the second half of 2020, a time during which it will continue to be part of the Caesars Rewards network. The property will apparently be developed into a non-gaming 20-story boutique hotel and mixed-use development. “We recognize the long legacy of Harrah’s in Reno, where the brand began 82 years ago and our role in the community. We are pleased the Buyer (CAI Investments affiliate) is committed to the community…

Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand Sold: MGM Growth Properties and Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. have announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to form a new joint venture to acquire the Las Vegas real estate assets of the Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand for $4.6 billion. In addition, BREIT will purchase $150 million in MGP Class A shares. MGP will own 50.1% of the joint venture, and BREIT will own 49.9%. At closing, MGM Resorts International will enter into a long-term triple net master lease for both properties and provide a full corporate guarantee of rent payments….

We review the Treasures of Lion City Online Slot, a unique new game from Microgaming! This slot game features Wild Symbols, a Bonus Round, Cascading Reels, and can be played on your mobile device! A lost civilization, a city of treasure hidden for hundreds of years. Discover the Atlantis of the east in the Treasures of Lion City Online Slot. This slot game features Rolling Reels, which can combine on each other to trigger the Win Meter feature which comes with bonuses including Symbol Turns Wild and Win Multiplier up to 27X. This creates enormous winning potential and the chance…

A bill to regulate Maine sports betting was vetoed Friday by Governor Janet Mills. State Senator Louis Luchini had sponsored the bill and was disappointed by the veto. He was in San Diego on Friday at a conference for states with gambling and said Mills called to inform him of her decision shortly before she made it public. The bill, one of three Mills vetoed, was among 40 she had held since the end of the last lawmaking session in June, saying they had technical issues or needed additional work. The Legislature recalled 13 of the bills on Wednesday –…