29 Jul 2016
With the 25th anniversary of the Mississippi gaming industry approaching, partners and businesses in the industry will gather on Aug. 3 at an American Gaming Association-sponsored roundtable event.
26 Jul 2016
The association will join with gaming leaders and partners during the 18th Annual Responsible Gaming Education Week in order to increase awareness of problem gambling.
20 Jun 2016
If, as expected, the NHL officially announces this week that it will be expanding to Las Vegas, Casino City's Gary Trask says the move will serve as a huge boost to the sports betting industry and may ultimately help pave the way for regulation and legalization in additional U.S. states.
25 Apr 2016
The conference takes place on June 8 during the iGaming Super Show in Amsterdam.
14 Mar 2016
The 18th annual AGEM/AGA Golf Classic Presented by JCM Global will further advance research in responsible gaming by raising money to expand research conducted by the National Center for Responsible Gaming.
25 Feb 2016
Amaya Gaming has decided to close Full Tilt (formerly Full Tilt Poker) and roll the player base into PokerStars.com so that they can focus on a single brand. Also, the American Gaming Association joins the fight for regulated sports betting in America, while the Las Vegas Review-Journal continues to lose talent.
27 Jan 2016
According to an estimate released by the American Gaming Association, 97% of the money wagered on the Super Bowl in the U.S. will be done so through illegal channels.
16 Dec 2015
Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson wants to ban online gambling at the federal level, but the major Republican candidates for president don't share the same view.
4 Dec 2015
The Washington, D.C.-based trade organization sent a questionnaire this week to all the current Republican and Democratic candidates for president, seeking their positions on everything from daily fantasy sports to proposed Internal Revenue Service changes on tracking the activities of casino customers.
12 Nov 2015
The gaming industry's largest trade group says it will spend 2016 determining if "a rational alternative" exists to the nation's current sports wagering laws, which legally allows the activity to take place in just four states.
28 Oct 2015
The ruling has put the two largest daily fantasy sports companies, each valued at $1.3 billion, in a difficult financial position.
19 Oct 2015
Fitch Ratings Service analyst Alex Bumazhny believes the recent growth in regional casino markets masks "secular shifts" that could hold the markets back from real growth.
9 Oct 2015
Nevada Representative Dina Titus says she is concerned that daily fantasy sports falls afoul of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
30 Sep 2015
The debate over whether daily fantasy sports is gambling was a hot topic at G2E, with Jason Robins of DraftKings and Geoff Freeman of the AGA weighing in.
29 Sep 2015
Day 1 of the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas featured multiple seminars, including a handful of iGaming discussions in which speakers were bullish about the future of the industry.
29 Sep 2015
The Las Vegas-based company has now started looking into the possibility of building a casino in Georgia, where lawmakers are in discussions about expanding commercial gambling.
