This Week in Gambling

West Virginia sports betting handled nearly $7.5 million in bets during the first full month of regulation , although its private club sportsbook proved a bit of a bust. Tuesday saw the West Virginia Lottery Commission report the results of the state’s legal wagering activity for September, the first full month of betting since Penn National Gaming’s Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races popped the state’s betting cherry in the last week of August. The Commission said September’s wagering handle hit $7.44m, with Hollywood Casino’s William Hill-powered sportsbook handling $7.07m of that total. The Greenbrier Resort, a members-only facility owned by…

Simon told Fox 5 DC that given the proximity of the $1.4bn MGM National Harbor casino just minutes north in Maryland, it made sense for Virginia to attempt to claw back some of the dollars that leave the state. “We already see a lot of our residents’ dollars go across the river to MGM. We lose out on a lot of opportunities to capture some of that revenue,” Simon said. “I think there is an appetite for this. I think there is certainly a revenue opportunity in Virginia.” More at iGaming Business

Sports betting and esports have been on course to converge with the gambling industry ever since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down PASPA. The decision of the court meant a lot of things, including the notion that esports betting could finally step out of the shadows in the legal sports betting arenas. When the federal government banned online gambling back in 2007, it shut down a lot of the online gambling operations by restricting payments. Venture Beat spoke with Joseph Pappano, managing director of Worldplay Gaming, at the recent Money 20/20 event in Las Vegas. They discussed betting on sports,…

Is Canada jealous of American sports betting? The Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) has said it welcomes the announcement made by the National Hockey League on its first sports betting partnership with MGM Resorts International. That decision established a partnership with the gaming industry in the United States that will bring an exciting new level of engagement for NHL fans both in arenas and casino sports books across the country. Canada has had legal parlay sports wagering for decades. To remove the prohibition on single-event wagering, a simple amendment to repeal paragraph of the Criminal Code is required. Canadians are without…

[one_half padding=”0 10px 0px 0″][/one_half]We get an exclusive first look at the new Mad Max Fury Road slot machine at the Global Gaming Expo! This Mad Max slot is packaged on the Edge X game cabinet with dual 43″ curved LCD displays. It offers panoramic views of game play and stereo symphonic surround sound. This excellent new cabinet is perfect for the Mad Max Fury Road slot machine, which features characters from the movie including Imperator Furiosa, Immortan Joe, Nux, and Mad Max himself. Aristocrats Mad Max slot was made possible via their working relationship with Warner Brothers. Previous collaborations…

A judge in New York has ruled that fantasy sports are gambling, placing the industry in doubt for one of the biggest markets in the country. The Albany judge said that daily fantasy sports (DFS) should be illegal in the state. Acting Supreme Court Justice Gerald Connolly made the ruling on Friday in response to a lawsuit submitted by anti-gambling organizations, according to the Journal News. Connolly ruled that a law dating back to 2016 that allows DFS to operate is in violation of the gambling ban in the state constitution. The lawsuit was launched after the state’s lawmakers legalized…