This Week in Gambling

[one_half padding=”0 10px 0px 0″][/one_half]We visit with Konami to discuss their Riches with Daikoku slot machine, which comes with four jackpot levels, the Triple Sparkle feature, and is housed in their amazing Concerto Opus game cabinet! Players love the Riches with Daikoku slot game, and it’s available in fixed 20, 30 and 40-line configurations. This is a medium to low volatility game with fixed stacked wilds on all reels and up to 40 free games! Konami also delivers the Concerto Opus with amazing 4K-resolution! Both the Riches with Daikoku and Concerto Opus were reviewed at the Casino Review website. They…

The impact of mobile sports betting is being considered by many states.Betting on smartphones could increase total U.S. sports gambling revenue by an estimated $9 billion, but some worry about impact on casinos. Now that states are free to craft laws legalizing sports betting, the latest question is whether to enter the potential $9 billion mobile-betting market. Americans legally gambling on this weekend’s World Cup final and other athletic competitions primarily are doing so in person at a limited number of casinos. Increasingly, though, gamblers in other countries are placing wagers from their smartphones. In the U.K., the world’s largest…

[one_half padding=”0 10px 0px 0″][/one_half]Sheldon Adelson’s Online Gambling License? Online gambling in Pennsylvania now has nine applications for licenses… including the Sands Bethlehem casino owned by Sheldon Adelson! What would cause the long-time Internet gambling opponent to apply for a license to run an online casino? And why are sports betting deals still being made in New York? This week’s special offer is for the Heavy Chips online casino.

Mississippi sports betting won’t roll out on schedule. When the state’s month-long waiting period on the newly legal form of gambling expires, Mississippi’s casinos won’t be ready, the gaming commissioner told Reuters in a recent interview. The Gardenia State’s casinos that have applied to offer sports bets are still carving out space in their businesses to build sports bars and working to meet other state requirements before they can be approved, Commissioner Allen Godfrey said. “Right now, the ones wanting to get started are still in the renovation phase,” he said, noting it will likely be another two weeks before…

Sheldon Adelson’s Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem has filed a petition to conduct casino-style online gambling in Pennsylvania — but they’re really just inquiring for a friend. Specifically, a cash-flush friend from Alabama in the process of buying the Bethlehem casino for $1.3 billion. As part of its agreement to sell the Sands Bethlehem casino to Wind Creek Hospitality, Las Vegas Sands Corp. is obligated to pursue “in good faith” a certificate to conduct online gambling in Pennsylvania, according to the footnotes of Sands’ petition filed with the state. “Sands submits this petition in the interest of Wind Creek so that,…

DraftKings New York Sports Betting Deal Ahead is of the Rush New York sports betting has not been passed yet, but companies are already jockeying for position. The latest is daily fantasy sports giant DraftKings Inc. As part of its expansion into traditional sports wagering, the company says it has agreed to operate the sports book at Del Lago Resort & Casino in Waterloo, New York. The agreement also allows DraftKings to a launch state-wide online and mobile app once the laws allow. Sports gambling is expected to be a second act of sorts for daily fantasy companies DraftKings and…