Washington, DC – Ahead of the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers kicking off the 2016 NFL season tomorrow, the American Gaming Association (AGA) is estimating that fans across the country will bet $90 billion on NFL and college football games this season. However, $88 billion – or 98 percent – of all bets will be made […]
LAS VEGAS – NBA Commissioner Emeritus David J. Stern will be a featured speaker at the American Gaming Association’s Global Gaming Expo 2016 (G2E) before more than 25,000 gaming industry professionals in Las Vegas on Thursday, September 29. G2E is the world’s largest casino-gaming conference and takes place from September 26-29 at the Sands Expo […]
Washington, DC — AGA President and CEO Geoff Freeman released the following statement following the Third Circuit Court’s ruling today that New Jersey’s efforts to offer sports betting violate the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992: “Washington has a responsibility to fix a failed law that it created nearly 25 years ago. A […]
By Joe Drape The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday stymied New Jersey’s attempts to offer sports betting again, ruling against the state’s plan to operate sports books in its casinos and racetracks. After a rare en banc session in which 12 judges heard arguments in February on whether New […]
Washington, DC – As the political world focuses on Cleveland this week for the Republican National Convention, Ohio is marking a major milestone for its growing gaming industry that includes a casino just steps from the Quicken Loans Arena. As the Columbus Dispatch reported last week, “Ohio’s casinos have generated $1 billion in tax revenue […]
Washington, DC – As the political world focuses on Cleveland this week for the Republican National Convention, Ohio is marking a major milestone for its growing gaming industry that includes a casino just steps from the Quicken Loans Arena. As the Columbus Dispatch reported last week, “Ohio’s casinos have generated $1 billion in tax revenue — more than […]
Las Vegas – Global Gaming Expo 2016 (G2E), the world’s premier international gaming trade show and conference presented by the American Gaming Association (AGA), returns to Las Vegas September 27 – 29 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center. From the impact of the 2016 election on gaming to casinos’ opportunity to invest in eSports […]
By Will Green Organizers of an American Gaming Association conference on June 30 advocated for the legalization and regulation of sports betting in the United States, for which the association said it will formally lobby Congress as early as the beginning of 2017. The rationale for such a legal framework, which everyone from the U.S. Conference of Mayors to NBA commissioner Adam Silver has called for, […]
Responsible Gaming: A Year-Round Commitment The AGA-developed materials can assist with increasing education and awareness of the important issue of responsible gaming. Materials are available in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and Spanish and are available for order online.
By Sherri Welch Just days before a federal legislative hearing to consider the legal status of sports betting and related topics, the American Gaming Association was in Detroit on Wednesday as part of a tour of casino cities across the U.S. to talk about contributions casinos make in their home communities. Last year, Detroit’s three casinos contributed […]