In The News: International Center for Gaming Regulation

Yogonet Gaming News

Liquor & Gaming New South Wales (L&GNSW) and UNLV’s International Center for Gaming Regulation (ICGR) conducted the inaugural regulatory program in Sydney earlier this month. The program was informed by feedback from regulators across Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore and focused on international best practice in gaming regulation. The course also provided opportunities for participants to share knowledge and learnings from their respective jurisdictions to help improve gaming regulation and collaboration across the Asia-Pacific.

Bookies News

Determining the worst call in sports history is a subjective exercise. There are multiple filters to consider, even after stripping away obvious bias such as fandom or betting interest.

Rhode Island Monthly

It’s suppertime, two days before Easter, and the Sportsbook, a two-level lounge on the second floor of Twin River Casino in Lincoln, is slowly filling. A ragged line of men bend over their sheets or scan the odds displayed on monitors as they inch to the tills. The walls flash with color and movement from 103 flat screens wrapping the room, like the facets of a fly’s compound eye. At least twenty professional athletic contests are being waged in hockey, basketball and baseball, and everybody hopes it will be a good Friday.

Gambling News

California has become the latest state to open debates about the legalization of sports betting. Following up on last year’s PASPA ruling, state legislators proposed a ballot on Thursday, looking to create a legal framework for the Golden State.

Cardplayer

Lawmakers in California introduced legislation that could bring legalized sports betting to the Golden State after the 2020 election cycle.

Los Angeles Times

Joining a national wave, California lawmakers on Thursday proposed a ballot measure that would legalize sports betting in the state in response to last year’s Supreme Court ruling allowing states to permit wagering.

Forbes

Sports betting legislation has once again been proposed in the country's most populous state as two California politicians presented a new bill for consideration Thursday.

El Tiempo

The proposal by Eldorado Resorts Inc. to acquire Caesars Entertainment Corp. for $ 17.3 billion will not be closed until next year, subject to regulatory approvals, but analysts are already evaluating how sports betting operators will fare. the competition

KTNV-TV: ABC 13

Nevada has lost its long held crown.

WSN

Two lawmakers in California have introduced legislation that would bring sports betting to one of America’s largest states.

Los Angeles Times

In the casino business, the minnow is swallowing the whale.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Nevada-based casinos and slot machine manufacturers have been preparing for new markets in places like Massachusetts and Japan. Now, there’s an opportunity for growth nestled in the heart of the Midwest: Illinois.