In The News: International Gaming Institute
Current approaches to voluntary self-exclusion in the gaming industry need to evolve to encourage better take-up of the programs, problem gambling researchers and advocates told the Massachusetts Gaming Commission during a hearing on responsible gaming and sports betting.
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Ray, an admitted compulsive gambler, says he was about to lose his marriage when he informed his Wynn Las Vegas casino host last year that he was done after 20 years of feeding the resort’s insatiable slot machines.
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Ray, an admitted compulsive gambler, says he was about to lose his marriage when he informed his Wynn Las Vegas casino host last year that he was done after 20 years of feeding the resort’s insatiable slot machines.
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Responsible gaming is finally taking center stage in our industry. The hard work of the tireless few—be it regulators, suppliers, digital gaming operators and associations—is being heard, and academics and lotteries, online gaming and sports betting are stepping up to the plate.
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The roar of cheering fans echoed across the Kia Forum on Saturday as singers took the stage beneath glimmering lights and flashes of flame to perform a dramatic opening act.
California online sports betting could be on the November 2024 ballot, but it’s unlikely as advocates appear to have missed a vital deadline in the process to put the question before voters.
Generally speaking, technological breakthroughs are a young person’s gambit. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t some proverbial old dogs out there who are willing to learn new tricks.
Artificial intelligence and blockchains are the new riverboat casinos
In conjunction with the Eastern Region of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), the Attorney General Alliance (AGA) hosted two panels on August 1, 2023 in Connecticut on current developments in gaming which were attended by several AGs and senior staff.
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If you’re a regular slot machine player, you know about “ticket in, ticket out.” You feed bills into the machine for credits, you play, and when you’re all done and want to cash out, you press a button that manufactures a ticket showing how much you have. That ticket can either be cashed in at a casino cage or kiosk or fed right back into another machine. Now, a Las Vegas company is taking “ticket in, ticket out,” or “TITO” to a new level.
A study conducted by the International Gaming Institute of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, recounts the experience of Covid in casinos in Canada, the USA, Sweden, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia.
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Several women’s leagues and athletes have driven the conversation and attention to their sport in recent months. With more attention on major events — the Women’s March Madness title game this spring set a viewership record of more than 9 million people — industry watchers and advocates hope to attract larger stages and increased betting attention.