The ESPN Bet app on a smartphone arranged in New York, US, on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPenn Entertainment will lay off about 100 employees as it focuses on growth for ESPNBet.CEO Jay Snowden told staff members in an internal email that the changes...
The volcano attraction in front of The Mirage Hotel & Casino erupts on July 16, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hard Rock International (HRI) will close the resort on July 17, 2024, to begin a construction project to transform the property into the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and...
An exterior view shows the Tropicana Las Vegas at dusk on March 29, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker | Getty ImagesAs the famous Tropicana in Las Vegas closes its doors Tuesday, its operator Bally's Corporation is facing its own existential battle. At stake: ownership, its status as a...
Fanatics founder and CEO Michael Rubin at his office in New York.The Washington Post | Getty ImagesSports merchandise giant Fanatics is firing back against sportsbook giant DraftKings in an ongoing legal fight over Fanatics' hiring of a top DraftKings executive.In a legal brief filed late Thursday in U.S. District...
ESPN Bet is coming to the Big Apple.Penn Entertainment, which operates the sports betting platform, will pay Wynn Resorts $25 million for market access, it said Tuesday. It's the same amount Wynn paid New York state to operate there.Wynn Interactive, a subsidiary of Wynn Resorts, was awarded a New...
FanDuel-parent Flutter lists on the New York Stock Exchange Monday, offering U.S. investors an alternative to the biggest pure play in sports betting, DraftKings.It's a secondary listing for the international sportsbook, which will retain its primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and included in the FTSE 100 index.But...
A detailed view of the Dallas Mavericks logo on the court during the fourth quarter in Game Four of the 2022 NBA Playoffs Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center on May 24, 2022 in Dallas, Texas.Ron Jenkins | Getty...
FanDuel parent Flutter came out swinging Thursday, insisting the online gaming platform is the market leader in sports betting in the United States after DraftKings last week boasted it had taken over the top slot."We have a billion dollars more in revenue in the U.S., so we're very clearly...
The exterior of Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino is viewed in Las Vegas on Dec. 4, 2015.George Rose | Getty ImagesA strike is off the table for nearly 10,000 Caesars Entertainment union workers on the Las Vegas strip.The Culinary Union said it took 20 straight hours of negotiations to...
Las Vegas Sands' recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic is gaining steam, and Asia is a big reason why.The world's largest casino company on Wednesday announced it pulled in $1.12 billion in third-quarter adjusted property EBITDA, a crucial measure of profitability in the gambling industry. That's nearing pre-pandemic levels, off...