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It’s still early enough in the Vegas casino football season for you to put together a great team and plan out your campaign for the 2019 season. Here are some tips for you to succeed: 

The Philippine casino industry has had some shaky starts and stops over the last few years.  President Rodrigo Duterte held up the granting of a license for Landing International’s license in Entertainment City, Manila and banned the construction of new casinos on Boracay.  He declared war on online gambling and tried to crack down on the iGaming industry soon after became president in 2016 which caused hundreds of eGames parlors to close.

Football is America’s favorite sport. Many football fans enjoy betting on the games but up until last year, betting could only be undertaken in an informal or illegal framework.  Today sports betting is legal in 10 states and by the end of the year, sports betting should be legal in another dozen states.

In March 2018 the Chinese government put a freeze on granting approval for new video games. The complete freeze ended in early 2019 but Chinese games companies are still feeling the aftereffects.  Luckily this does not refer to games found at a welcome bonus casino - like Grande Vegas - but rather your run of the mill video games.

MGM Resorts has gone ahead with its threatened suit against the Department of the Interior over the department’s approval of the development of a tribal land-based and Vegas casino online gaming venue in East Windsor Connecticut.  The company, which is trying to get its nearby Springfield MA mega-casino off the ground, claims that DOI officials didn’t follow proper protocols. It is suing to have the project halted. 

The Illinois Gaming Board (“IGB”) recently released the Chicago Casino Feasibility Study which was commissioned to address the feasibility of approving a Chicago City casino and offering online casino gambling. Copies of the study, which were prepared by Union Gaming Analytics (“Union Gaming”), have been delivered to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Governor JB Pritzker, House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton. 

A letter from Larry Gregory, former executive director of the Vegas casino Mississippi Gaming Commission and current executive director of Mississippi Gaming and Hospitality Association is raising concerns on the highest level of state government regarding the activities of the Mississippi Gaming Commission. Gregory calls into question the actions of Gulfport attorney Al Hopkins who was named as the new chairman of the state’s Gaming Commission in 2015.

As Japan moves forward with plans to open Integrated Resorts that will feature hotels, entertainment and gambling, international operators are focusing on their own plans for their hoped-for presence in the Land of the Rising Sun.  These are investors who have extensive experience in operating no deposit bonus codes gambling and other entertainment venues in the East but now, they must meet their own needs while they coordinate their efforts with the needs of Japan.

Only a year and a quarter after the Supreme Court overturned a federal ban on sports betting, a number of U.S. based media companies are focusing on how they can cash in on Americans’ penchant for online casino wagering on sports. Several networks have already developed strategic partnership with industry experts as they integrate sports betting content into their platforms.

As tensions rise and the U.S. – China trade war heats up, the one thing that is certain is that both parties want to see the Macau welcome bonus casino industry continue to do well. Macau is a gambling powerhouse which generates three times as much gaming revenue as Las Vegas and all sides have a vested interest in keeping the industry healthy.