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David Rebuck, New Jersey Gambling Chief, Retires

David Rebuck, who has served as New Jersey's director of the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) for the last 13 years, announced his retirement Thursday afternoon, effective immediately. Rebuck oversaw the state's foray into online gambling in 2013 as well as its jump into the online sports betting industry less than a month after PASPA was…
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AG Platkin, Division of Gaming Enforcement Announce Two New Tools to Help Problem Gamblers

ATLANTIC CITY - With the NBA and NHL finals in full swing- and fans betting on everything from which team will win, by how much, and how many points individual players will rack up - Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) Director David Rebuck today announced two new tools to assist problem gamblers: a…
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Panelists: New York casinos could see Atlantic City closures

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Panelists at a major casino industry conference said the construction of three new casinos in New York could cost Atlantic City 20% to 30% of its casino revenue, a development that could possibly return the resort to the days of casino closures. While not predicting that it will definitely happen, Jim Allen, chairman of…
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As U.S. sports bets boom, online casino gambling is slow to expand

ATLANTIC CITY - While two-thirds of the country now offers legal sports betting, only six states offer online casino gambling, confounding industry hopes that the rapid growth of sports betting would also bring internet casino wagering along with it. Speaking Wednesday at the East Coast Gaming Congress in Atlantic City, industry executives and…
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As U.S. sports bets boom, online casino gambling is slow to expand
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NJ announces gambling ad standards, responsible gaming coordinator

As casino and gambling revenue continues to climb in New Jersey, state officials announced steps to limit the kinds of advertising that would be allowed in the state industry. The move calls for the creation of "a new position dedicated to responsible gambling" and for the state to set new for operators, said New Jersey Attorney General Matt…
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Casino Conference: Internet Gambling is Slow to Expand

While two-thirds of the country now offers legal sports betting, only six states offer online casino gambling, confounding industry hopes that the rapid growth of sports betting would also bring internet casino wagering along with it. Speaking Wednesday at the East Coast Gaming Congress in Atlantic City, industry executives and legislators from…
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As U.S. sports betting booms, online casino gambling slow to expand

While two-thirds of the country now offers legal sports betting, only six states offer online casino gambling, confounding industry hopes that the rapid growth of sports betting would also bring internet casino wagering along with it. Speaking Wednesday at the East Coast Gaming Congress in Atlantic City, industry executives and legislators from…
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A decade later, N.J. eyes extending online gaming for another 10 years

It's been nearly a decade since New Jersey became one of the first U.S. states to legalize internet gambling, allowing people in the state to play and bet money on virtual versions of poker, slots, and other games found at Atlantic City casinos without having to leave their homes. Today, the Garden State's online gaming market is the largest in the…
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NJ Casino Smoking Ban Talk Nixed, but Atlantic City Casino Workers Get Loud

Irate that a session to discuss a proposed smoking ban during a major casino industry conference was snuffed out, casino workers and patrons opposed to smoking in the gambling halls held a noisy protest outside the meeting Thursday. About 100 people rallied in the rain underneath a walkway outside the Hard Rock casino, demanding that the state…
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Smoking ban talk nixed, but workers get loud outside Atlantic City casino

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Irate that a session to discuss a proposed smoking ban during a major casino industry conference was snuffed out, casino workers and patrons opposed to smoking in the gambling halls held a noisy protest outside the meeting Thursday. About 100 people rallied in the rain underneath a walkway outside the Hard Rock casino,…
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Gambling executives predict expansion of online casino gaming at ECGC

Executives of online gambling companies and their technology partners speaking at the East Coast Gaming Congress provided a glimpse of the performance of sports betting and its rapid growth, and how it has brought about a ready-made infrastructure and regulatory apparatus for online casino gaming. Sports betting has become a common factor in many…
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Execs: US casinos learned some useful lessons from pandemic

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - The COVID pandemic forced most U.S. casinos to close for months, causing payrolls, revenue and earnings to tumble. But the forced shutdowns and highly regulated recoveries also taught the industry useful lessons that will endure even after the pandemic is a distant memory, panelists at a major casino conference said…
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US internet casino gambling is poised for expansion, industry execs say

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - As sports betting has swept across the country with states, casinos and consumers eagerly embracing a new gambling market, internet casino games have grown much more slowly. But the online casino market has tremendous potential for growth and expansion, participants in a major casino conference said Friday. Speaking at the…
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Execs: US internet casino gambling is poised for expansion

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - As sports betting has swept across the country with states, casinos and consumers eagerly embracing a new gambling market, internet casino games have grown much more slowly. But the online casino market has tremendous potential for growth and expansion, participants in a major casino conference said Friday. Speaking at…
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Illinois, 3 More States Possibly Ready for Online Gambling

This year's East Coast Gaming Congress saw experts and operators in the gaming field gathering to discuss the current state and future of the industry for the 25 time in this well-respected format. Among the most important topics across the different panels throughout the event was, of course, online gambling. Online gambling or iGaming is not…
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Execs say U.S. internet casino gambling poised for expansion

Connecticut is among just 6 states that have legalized online options By Wayne Parry Associated Press As sports betting has swept across the country with states, casinos and consumers eagerly embracing a new gambling market, internet casino games have grown much more slowly. But the online casino market has tremendous potential for growth and…
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Pathways exist for online casino gambling in almost every U.S. state but obstacles remain

With the demise of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA, the Bradley Act) following a U.S. Supreme Court on May 14, 2018 sports betting liberalization at the state level rolled across America like thunder with consumers, casinos, and state legislatures welcoming the decision that made the practice legal nationwide again…
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Eye On Illinois: Gambling expansion a Prairie State inevitability

Fifty years ago, you couldn't buy a lottery ticket in Illinois. Or anywhere, for that matter. Thirty-two years ago, Illinois didn't have a single riverboat casino, and 24 years ago you couldn't wager unless the boat was moving. Ten Septembers ago, video games switched from "for amusement only" to actual gambling terminals. Illinois' first legalized…
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Execs: US internet casino gambling poised for expansion

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - As sports betting has swept across the country with states, casinos and consumers eagerly embracing a new gambling market, internet casino games have grown much more slowly. But the online casino market has tremendous potential for growth and expansion, participants in a major casino conference said Friday. Speaking at the…
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Execs: U.S. internet casino gambling is poised for expansion

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - As sports betting has swept across the country with states, casinos and consumers eagerly embracing a new gambling market, internet casino games have grown much more slowly. But the online casino market has tremendous potential for growth and expansion, participants in a major casino conference said Friday. Speaking at the…
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Execs: U.S. casinos learned some useful lessons from pandemic

A dealer prepared to spin the ball during a game of roulette at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City N.J. on Aug. 8, 2022. Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022 | 2 a.m. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The COVID pandemic forced most U.S. casinos to close for months, causing payrolls, revenue and earnings to tumble. But the forced shutdowns and highly regulated…
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Smoking Ban Panel in New Jersey Falls Through after Casino Rep Withdraws

Smoking has been a hot-button issue and topic for casino workers in Atlantic City for more than a year now. Workers opposed to smoking on casino floors have staged a walkout outside the Hard Rock Casino after a scheduled panel discussing a proposed ban on smoking during a casino conference was snuffed out on Thursday. Workers immediately reacted to…
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U.S. casinos cut out buffets, learned other lessons from pandemic: execs

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The COVID pandemic forced most U.S. casinos to close for months, causing payrolls, revenue and earnings to tumble. But the forced shutdowns and highly regulated recoveries also taught the industry useful lessons that will endure even after the pandemic is a distant memory, panelists at a major casino conference said…
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ECGC to Examine Whether State Regulators are Keeping Up With Gaming Technology

A panel of state gaming regulators will discuss the challenges they face in keeping up with new technology at the East Coast Gaming Congress, September 21-23 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City. There is a continuous influx of new games, new ways to play those games, and new ways to transact money, and gaming operators and suppliers want to…
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Are Lottery and Casino Industries Converging? Experts to Discuss September 21-23 at ECGC in Atlantic City

Get inside Wall Street with StreetInsider Premium. Claim your 1-week free trial here. ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, Sept. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lotteries and casinos have historically been separate industries, but the digital revolution is changing that. As ilottery and lottery courier services emerge, and as lotteries delve into sports betting and…
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N.J. casino smoking talks snuffed out

A gambler plays a slot machine in a smoking section of the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City, N.J., in August.(AP/Wayne Parry) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Whether casinos should continue to allow smoking is a contentious issue in numerous states, particularly New Jersey, where the governor and more than half the state Legislature supports a bill to ban…
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AC Casino Smoking Ban Debate Off After Panelist Backs Out

East Coast Gaming Conference officials have issued a revised schedule for the Sept. 21-23 industry event at the Hard Rock in Atlantic City. Gone from the list of panels was one called "Gaming Revenues Going Up In Smoke?" that was to debate the issue of banning smoking from all nine Atlantic City casinos. Panelists were to include Parx Casino…
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Panel discussion on Atlantic City casino smoking is scrapped

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Whether casinos should continue to allow smoking is a contentious issue in numerous states, particularly New Jersey, where the governor and more than half the state Legislature supports a bill to ban indoor smoking in gambling halls. A now-cancelled discussion between a casino executive and smoking foes was shaping up to…
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US industry wonders: What should tomorrow's casino floor be?

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Walk into a casino today, and chances are it won't look that much different than it did in the 1942 movie "Casablanca" when Humphrey Bogart made his way through the gambling tables in the smoke-filled room. Sure, the slot machines are larger, louder and flashier than they were back then. But the central fact remains that the…
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US industry wonders: What should tomorrow's casino floor be?
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U.S. casinos look to improve gender equity in management

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. >> Diversifying an organization or an industry can be only half the battle: The trick is keeping it diverse. A little over a year ago, Atlantic City was celebrating a wave of female leadership in its casino industry. Four of the nine casinos had women in the top job, a high-water mark for the resort city and for many other…
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Jonathan Michaels: Digital payments can revolutionize responsible gaming

Jonathan Michaels, SVP, Strategic Development and Government Affairs at Sightline, suggests that digital payment technology has a big part to play in keeping gambling safe and fun. Tens of millions of Americans visit casinos annually. Nearly all of them need the same thing to be able to gamble: cash. Many players have their systems for budgeting…
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Mark Bennett: As casinos' reliable base ages, industry tries to reach out

Motorists on Interstate 70 will start steering their vehicles onto an exit and into a new Terre Haute casino in late 2022 or early 2023. Others will drive the streets and county roads of Vigo County from their homes and workplaces and into the gaming complex - the newly selected Queen of Terre Haute Casino Resort, operated by Louisville's Churchill…
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Hard Rock considering two NYC-area casinos 8 miles apart

In this Jan. 16, 2020 photo, Jim Allen, chairman of the Hard Rock gambling and entertainment company, speaks during an employee meeting at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City, N.J. On Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, Allen said Hard Rock is interested in building a casino in New York, even as it maintains its plans to build one in northern New Jersey,…
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Casino Mogul Warns Of Online Casino Peril

David Cordish, the legendary 81-year-old CEO of the century-old Maryland-based family gaming business The Cordish Companies, suggested at the East Coast Gaming Congress in Atlantic City Tuesday that he knew he was about to break with the usual industry sentiment. But Cordish went ahead with his continuing skepticism about the potential for online…
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Is Atlantic City Ready For The Next Wave Of Casino Competition?

Longtime casino operator Kevin DeSanctis, as Hard Rock CEO Jim Allen recalled on Tuesday, once had a dire warning at the annual East Coast Gaming Congress event. "He stood at this same conference many years ago, when the [Atlantic City casino] market was at $5.2 billion, and said, 'If we don't wake up, Pennsylvania is coming and we're going to lose…
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Hard Rock Joins Race for New York City Casino License

Hard Rock International has its sights set on one of the three casino licenses still on offer in downstate New York. The US-based company's chairman Jim Allen has revealed that Hard Rock is planning to submit an expression of interest to the New York Gaming Commission (NYGC) before the December 10 deadline. Allen addressed the subject in Atlantic…
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U.S. Industry Wonders: What Should Tomorrow's Casino Floor Look Like?

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Women progress in US casinos but more advancement needed

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Diversifying an organization or an industry can be only half the battle: The trick is keeping it diverse. Little over a year ago, Atlantic City was celebrating a wave of female leadership in its casino industry. Four of the nine casinos had women in the top job, a high-water mark for the resort city and for many other…
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Mims previews the East Coast Gaming Congress 2021, running Monday-Tuesday at Harrah's Casino Atlantic City

The East Coast Gaming Congress 2021 is next week. This conference is returning to Harrah's Casino Atlantic City after a year hiatus due to Covid 19. It is relevant because of the amount of information that is provided over a day and a half period. It allows gaming professionals networking opportunities and outstanding presentations from some of the…
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Mims previews the East Coast Gaming Congress 2021, running Monday-Tuesday at Harrah's Casino Atlantic City