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Horseshoe Casino to Pay $150K to Dealer Fired After Heart Attack at Work

Horseshoe Casino to Pay $150K to Dealer Fired After Heart Attack at Work

Horseshoe Casino Baltimore and parent company Caesars Entertainment have agreed to pay $150,000 to a former blackjack dealer who was allegedly fired after suffering a heart attack during a night shift. The settlement, approved Tuesday (Nov. 3) by US District Judge Brendan A. Hurson, resolves a disa…

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Las Vegas Casino Union Hails Democratic Gains Amid Tourism ‘Trump Slump’

Las Vegas Casino Union Hails Democratic Gains Amid Tourism ‘Trump Slump’

The Las Vegas Culinary Union, an affiliate of UNITE HERE and the world’s largest gaming and hospitality union, is optimistic that tourism will rebound in Southern Nevada following strong Democratic gains in the 2026 midterm elections. The Culinary Union campaigned for federal and state Democrats du…

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Baron Mid-Cap ETF Dumps Wynn Stock in Favor of Texas Roadhouse

Baron Mid-Cap ETF Dumps Wynn Stock in Favor of Texas Roadhouse

Baron Capital’s Baron SMID Cap ETF (NYSE: BSCM) ditched its position in Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) stock in the third quarter, dumping the casino stock in favor of Texas Roadhouse (NASDAQ: TXRH). News of the Wynn departure was revealed in a letter to the ETF’s investors penned by portfolio manager…

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Red Rock Resorts Garners Analyst Support Following Post-Earnings Slide

Red Rock Resorts Garners Analyst Support Following Post-Earnings Slide

On a strong day for casino stocks, Red Rock Resorts (NASDAQ: RRR) is standing out for the wrong reasons as investors assess a disappointing third-quarter earnings update, but the sell-side is defending the gaming equity. In late trading, shares of the Sunset Station operator are off 5.2% after the…

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Texas Lt. Gov.-Elect Vikki Goodwin Signals Support for Casinos

Texas Lt. Gov.-Elect Vikki Goodwin Signals Support for Casinos

When interviewed by Casino.org in September 2025, Texas state Rep. Vikki Goodwin (D-Travis County) was considered an underdog candidate for lieutenant governor. At the time, she indicated plans to challenge three-term incumbent Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick by taking contrasting policy positions,…

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Greece Stands Firm on Online Gambling Tax Increase

Greece Stands Firm on Online Gambling Tax Increase

Greece’s government has reaffirmed its decision to increase taxes on online casino winnings, maintaining that the higher rates will generate additional funding for public services despite concerns about the potential impact on the regulated gambling market. Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has…

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Blue Wave Boosts Hopes for Texas Sports Betting

Blue Wave Boosts Hopes for Texas Sports Betting

Sports betting stocks are trading broadly higher today with Texas’s midterm election results figuring prominently in that scenario. On Tuesday, Democrats Gina Hinojosa and Vikki Goodwin defeated Republican incumbents Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, sparking hopes that the Lone Star State…

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EveryMatrix: Building trust on a history of success

EveryMatrix: Building trust on a history of success

The last 12 months for gambling solutions supplier EveryMatrix have been very eventful, to say the least, marked by partnerships across a long list of countries and continents. But what exactly makes it such a sought-after partner by both private and state-owned operators alike? Daniel Clark, compa…

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Melco Resorts launching new players’ club in Macau this week: management

Melco Resorts launching new players’ club in Macau this week: management

Casino operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd is on Thursday (November 5) launching in the Macau market a new players’ club, following changes to its sales team in the last few months and as the company addresses “a period of lower demand”. So said Evan Winkler, company president, on the firm’s…

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Channel 4 “game show” risks damaging gambling’s public image

Channel 4 “game show” risks damaging gambling’s public image

A television programme portrayed as a gameshow by Channel 4 has handed the UK gambling industry a fresh public relations headache. Million Pound Shot, hosted by television veteran Bradley Walsh, aimed to shine a light on the predatory practices of the gambling industry, by creating a fake game show…

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Flutter Reduces FY 2026 Guidance as Brazil iGaming Shutdown Impacts Financials

Flutter Reduces FY 2026 Guidance as Brazil iGaming Shutdown Impacts Financials

Flutter Entertainment has published its financial report for the third quarter of the year, highlighting a double-digit decrease in EBITDA. To make matters worse, the closure of Brazil’s iGaming market impacted the company’s revenues, causing it to adjust its outlook for the year. Flutter Reported…

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Nebraska Sports Betting Remains In-Person After Online Referendums Fail

Nebraska Sports Betting Remains In-Person After Online Referendums Fail

Sports betting in Nebraska will remain limited to in-person wagers at the state’s licensed racetrack casinos after voters opposed two ballot measures during the 2026 midterms. On Election Day (Nov. 3), Nebraskans faced Initiative Measures 440 and 441. The first question asked voters to amend the Ne…

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Two Players Split $1.15M Progressive Baccarat Jackpot at Palms in Vegas

Two Players Split $1.15M Progressive Baccarat Jackpot at Palms in Vegas

A rare baccarat hand at Palms Casino Resort turned a single round of play into a seven-figure payday, with a Las Vegas local and a visiting tourist splitting a progressive jackpot worth $1,154,924. Each player collected $577,462 after the jackpot was triggered on the same hand early Friday, Oct. 30…

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“You are prohibited” – TikTok makes gambling policy clear to users

“You are prohibited” – TikTok makes gambling policy clear to users

Global social media giant TikTok has reaffirmed that promotion of gambling products in the TikTok Shop is strictly prohibited. The announcement comes amid wider scrutiny of social media platforms about gambling promotion, with operators, trade bodies and national regulators particularly preoccupied…

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