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One of the big unanswered questions about how the trade war between the United States and China may be played out revolves around the Macau casino industry. Some analysts expect that Chinese gamblers will be scared away from Macau and will simply move online to play at the online casino. Other observers forecast that the Chinese government will ignore the Macau casinos since the Chinese government enjoys a good revenue from the casino activities.

What can Macau expect in the coming months?

Prop bets are becoming more popular now that sports betting is legal. The thrill of sports betting has worn off and now gamblers at both the land-based casino and at the online casino are looking for more excitement and more entertainment when they wager.

Some bettors employ research and expertise when placing their bets. They are serious gamblers who are out to win.Others just want to participate in the sport through their betting and aren’t serious about whether or not the wager is successful. 

The popularity of sports betting has astounded many observers who couldn’t have predicted the speed with which the activity would grow in the United States since SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) ruled that individual states could legislate for sports gambling. The implications for the states, for the online casino, for land-based casinos, for the sports leagues and for individual gamblers couldn’t have been foreseen  when New Jersey won its court case in May.

The coming election is bringing two financial giants into major conflict in Nevada. Warren Buffet and Sheldon Adelson are dueling it out over Question 3 and the results will significantly impact the online casino and land-based casino industry in Nevada.

The decision is worth hundreds of million dollars. The question involves the future of Nevada’s energy market. Nevada voters will be asked to choose sides between the casino companies and NV Energy.

The popular casino-robbery movie Ocean's 11 notwithstanding, security at Vegas casinos is the toughest in the world. Since the earliest days of casino entertainment, the casinos have been on their toes in their efforts to keep their players’ funds safe and their own cash guarded. The brick-and-mortar casinos acknowledge that, in order to keep worried players from moving to the online casino, they have to be on top of the latest security innovations in order to make their patrons feel protected and secure in their gambling endeavors.

This year gaming developers have been putting a lot of energy into the development of new slot machines for land-based casino entertainment and online casino gambling. Slots are the most popular game at any casino and players now have access to dozens of new slot machines with many of the top slots offered at our very own Grande Vegas Casino. 

On May 14^th of this year the United States Supreme Court handed down its ruling that allowed for live sports betting and online casino sports betting in states that legislate for the activity. To date, Nevada, Delaware, Montana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Oregon have either passed recent sports betting enabling laws or have activated existing laws to allow sports betting in their locales.

Playing games has never been as popular as it is in 2018. Today, video console, live casino and online casino players have more options than ever with console video games, online casino gaming, sports betting, land-based casinos, smartphone games and much more. There are single-player games, multi-player games, virtual games and games that bring together competitors from around the world. Gaming conventions and shows highlight all the best in the gaming world. Some of the best 2018’s best gaming tradeshows include:

Now that casino gambling is set to be an irrevocable part of the Japanese landscape, the country is starting to come to grips with the nuts and bolts of how the industry will begin to integrate into Japan. Japan is seen as a lucrative market by international casino companies who believe that the three approved Integrated Resorts will succeed in pulling in foreign travelers as well as large numbers of locals. At this point the Japanese casinos will offer live casino entertainment but will not provide online casino gambling. 

A debate is brewing in Nevada over whether there’s enough oversight via existing federal harassment rules to prevent sexual harassment in the states’ casinos or whether additional regulations need to be created. It’s no secret that the live casinos have more than their fair share of harassment complaints (while no such issues exist with the online casino), both from staff being harassed by customers and by their own supervisors and by the customers who contend with harassment from other patrons.