GAMING INDUSTRY TOUTS TECH JOBS IN COLORADO TWO WEEKS BEFORE GOP DEBATE IN BOULDER
Sen. Cory Gardner & Rep. Scott Tipton join community leaders, gaming employees at Gaming Votes tour and roundtable event
Sen. Cory Gardner & Rep. Scott Tipton join community leaders, gaming employees at Gaming Votes tour and roundtable event
By David O. Williams October 13, 2015 The casino gaming industry is doubling down on political events next week, looking to flex its economic muscle at the first Democratic presidential primary debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday and at an event in Wheat Ridge ahead of the next Republican debate in Boulder on Oct. 28. […]
Washington, DC – With Tuesday’s debate taking place at a casino, the American Gaming Association (AGA) is providing a primer for those who don’t follow the industry as closely as we do. After all, we’ve already seen candidates visit Las Vegas and express shock when local reporters ask them about their views on gaming. Here are five facts that the […]
AGA staff host a Gaming Votes event at Gaming Laboratories International. Learn more about the Gaming Votes initiative and how you can get involved.
Washington, DC – The New York Times missed the mark in five important areas of today’s editorial (“Rein in Online Fantasy Sports Gambling”), which seemingly calls on the federal government to ban popular fantasy sports activities. #1: New York Times fails to mention the proven benefits of regulation. Prohibition on sports betting is a massive failure. Americans are finding limitless ways […]
Washington, DC – As the NFL prepares to host a slate of games in London beginning tomorrow, the American Gaming Association (AGA) is lauding the league for playing games in a city and country where legal sports betting on NFL games takes place in neighborhoods surrounding the playing field and is only growing in popularity. The New […]
Sports betting and daily fantasy sports dominated the conversation Tuesday at a gaming conference here, but nothing was resolved in the debate about whether DFS is gambling. Still, it was great to see sports betting have such a big part at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E), which is held at the Sands Expo & Convention […]
New Caesars Entertainment Corp. CEO Mark Frissora said he’s been shocked at the casino industry’s lack of innovation in appealing to younger would-be gamblers. “The time is now,” he said, speaking Wednesday on a panel at the industry’s annual trade show, the Global Gaming Expo, in Las Vegas. Frissora described himself as an outsider during […]
Las Vegas, Nevada – A new report out today by Virginia Commonwealth University’s Dr. Jay S. Albanese details the strong ties between illegal gambling operations and organized crime organizations in the U.S. The prevalence of illegal gambling has been so significant that, in 2014 alone, 80 operators in 23 states were convicted of running illegal gambling businesses. […]
By Howard Stutz After billionaire Donald Trump trashed Atlantic City during the nationally televised Republican presidential candidates’ debate, Geoff Freeman had to be smiling to himself. Not because of what Trump said. Rather, it was the setting in which the former casino owner, New York real estate developer and GOP presidential candidate uttered those remarks. […]