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R evenue at the commercial casinos in the state of New York was down 60% from 2019 to 2020, as a result of the financial impact of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The drop-off was expected, the Daily Gazette reports, as non-Indian casinos were closed for nearly six months after the pandemic hit, or about 50% of the year, and operated at reduced capacity for more than three months, or about 30% of the year. Schenectady’s Rivers Casino & Resort suffered the smallest impact among the four state-regulated casinos, dropping 55% to $76.1 million in gross gaming revenue for 2020. On…

P ragmatic Play has unveiled the latest addition to its Reel Kingdom collaboration, Emerald King Rainbow Road. The 3×5 slot features a high-volatility, casino classic feel. Packed with features, Emerald King Rainbow Road rewards players for finding Pot of Gold Symbols, which can trigger the Eliminator Bonus, with more Scatter Symbols leading to bigger wins. Through this round, players can also trigger the Rainbow Road Bonus or Emerald King Bonus. The Emerald King Bonus sees reels light up green with each spin, starting a mini-slot machine in the middle of a reel, which can pay out huge amounts if Lucky…

S iGMA Group announced Tuesday that it will hire Nicole Fields as VP Growth and Strategy for the US markets. She will be the first addition to SiGMA’s US-based team. Fields, a 40 Under 40 recipient who has previously worked with a number of respected institutions, including events company G2E Las Vegas, will be responsible for driving SiGMA’s plans for advancement and development in the US. “We’re delighted to welcome Nicole Fields onboard. Nicole is a highly respected individual in the industry and her experience in the North American markets is second to none. I look forward to working with…

“Sports betting needs to be ready before in time for the new MLB season,” Rivera Carrión said, making reference to the baseball league platform, which has hundreds of thousands of Puerto Rican followers. The season begins in April. Sports betting will be allowed in Puerto Rico under Law No 1,534. This piece of legislation is from 2019, but it was amended last year and signed into law by Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced, and is aimed at generating employment and tax revenue for the country. But first, the law must face a series of challenges, Rivera Carrión warned. The rules are…

If you’ve ever been to a casino, you’ve seen casino chips. If you play gambling machines exclusively, you might have never used casino chips, but you’re bound to have at least seen them on the tables where people are playing blackjack, craps, and/or roulette. You’d be surprised to know that there’s more to casino chips than you probably thought. Here are a few things you probably didn’t know about casino chips: You Buy and Sell Chips to the Casino Casino chips are multi-colored clay disks that you use to wager with in the casino. You usually buy such chips from…

Once you understand the various bets, roulette is a simple game to play. It merely calls on you to place one or more wagers and wait for the results. Given roulette’s simplicity, you wouldn’t think that there are many mistakes to be made. Nevertheless, you can make some poor decisions when playing this game. The following guide discusses 9 big roulette mistakes that should definitely be avoided. As long as you know and evade these gaffes, then you’ll stand a much better chance of winning. 1 – Playing American Roulette The number one mistake that many roulette players make is…

The past year or so has been an incredibly busy time for the UFC, but it’s hard to imagine an event much bigger than UFC 257. UFC 257 brings the highly-anticipated rematch between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor, who are set to go toe-to-toe on Fight Island on January 24. The two previously fought at UFC 178 back in 2014, a bout won by McGregor via first-round TKO. McGregor announced his retirement from the sport last year after saying that he struggled to motivate himself to compete in front of empty arenas, but nobody really thought Notorious was finished with…

On Wednesday, January 20th, the UFC returns for their second event in the last four days with UFC on ESPN 20: Chiesa vs Magny. For this betting preview, we will be focusing on the eight fight preliminary card that features some exciting bouts. A few of the notable fighters competing in the prelims are Ricky Simon, Su Mudaerji, Dalcha Lungiambula, and Umar Nurmgomedov. The featured bout of the prelims is shaping up to be #13 middleweight Omari Akhmedov taking on Tom Breese. As of now, all eight prelim bouts are set to take place. As usual, the card is subject…

Gone are the days of betting on sports through a “wise guy” in a back alley that you met through a friend of a friend. Nowadays, you can scratch your sports gambling itch via a number of websites that are totally legal (depending on where you live). In fact, sports betting has come a long way in just the last decade. For the most part, everyone can access just about any game worldwide from the device in his or her pocket. In this article, I’ll lay out 6 interesting facts about sportsbooks in the USA today. 1 – Football Dominates…

The Green Bay Packers head to the NFC Championship title game on Sunday as four-point betting favorites over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. According to online sportsbook BetOnline, the Packers are also the slight -190 odds on favorite at the Moneyline, with the Packers coming back at +165 in the early betting market. The Green Bay Packers is the NFC’s top seed and will be hosting the conference championship at Lambeau Field for the first time since Brett Favre’s final NFL season in 2007. The Packers have not played in the Super Bowl since winning it in 2010. On the other…

It’s a little hard to believe, but President Donald Trump’s first and only term in office is set to come to a close. As of this writing, Trump has less than 48 hours to go before he goes from being the most powerful person on the planet to just another private American citizen. To say that Trump has been an unconventional president would be the understatement of a lifetime. The former star of “The Apprentice” has bucked countless political norms and historical precedents during his four years in Washington DC. While he has retained the undying support of his true…

Gennady Golovkin is widely-considered to be one of the best middleweight boxers alive. Unfortunately, it’s beginning to seem unlikely that we will see him taking on Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez for a third time this year. Many fans now believe that Eubank vs. Golovkin is the best possible fight to make in the division. Chris Eubank Jr. is a world-class fighter riding an impressive win streak. He has what it takes to push “GGG” and some even feel he would get the victory. Today, we’ll talk about what could lead to this fight coming together. Let’s get into it! Canelo Alvarez…

The NFL has just completed its Divisional Round of the Playoffs and we’re now down to the final four teams left in the postseason. In the AFC, the defending Super Bowl champs the Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Buffalo Bills at Arrowhead Stadium. The big storyline heading into this game is the health of QB Patrick Mahomes who suffered a concussion against the Browns in their Playoff game. In the NFC, the Green Bay Packers will host Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a battle of two HOF quarterbacks. Rodgers is looking to win his first…

Alexander Volkanovski is set to defend the UFC featherweight title against no. 2 ranked contender Brian Ortega at UFC 260 on March 27th. REPORT | @alexvolkanovski is set to defend his featherweight title against @BrianTcity at #UFC260 https://t.co/waUWLq03NS — LowKickMMA.com (@LowKick_MMA) January 16, 2021 The bout will serve as the co-main event of UFC 260 which will be headlined by the highly-awaited heavyweight title showdown between champion Stipe Miocic and top contender Francis Ngannou. 9-0 in the UFC Volkanovski won the UFC featherweight championship by defeating Max Holloway at UFC 245 in December 2019. He successfully defended the belt by…

 January 18, 2021 Casinos and the lottery are on the radar after a report suggests that Alabama gambling could bring in $700 million for the state each year. Additionally, regulation of the industry could provide an additional 19,000 jobs to the state. Governor Kay Ivey commissioned the report from the Study Group on Gambling Policy. That report was published last month and estimates that the state could potentially take in $300 million annually from the lottery and up to an additional $400 million from the regulation of casinos, with $10 million from sports betting. Alabama’s Constitution currently prohibits the lottery…

 January 17, 2021 We could be less than a week away from the long awaited launch of Michigan internet betting. But for those of you waiting on interstate poker from the state, you’ll have to endure a bit longer. A representative from the Michigan Gaming Control Board said online gambling could be just days away, according to a report from the Detroit Free Press. That board will approve the first gaming licenses to an operator soon. That operators will still need a few days before being able to launch. The Governor also signed a bill that will allow online poker…