Ocean Casino Comedy Run Opens With Jon Stewart Nov. 6

Ocean Casino Comedy Run Opens With Jon Stewart Nov. 6

Jon Stewart plays a phone-free show at Ovation Hall on Friday, Nov. 6, at 9 p.m., with Church & State. Ocean’s pages mark the Nov. 7 Steve Martin and Martin Short show and Jo Koy’s Nov. 20 show as sold out. Anthony Rodia plays Ovation Hall on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 8 p.m., on his … Read more

Elko County Casino Win Climbs 11.7% to $35.2 Million in September as Rural Nevada Outruns a Flat State

Elko County Casino Win Climbs 11.7% to $35.2 Million in September as Rural Nevada Outruns a Flat State

Elko County’s September win of $35.2 million was 11.66% higher than a year earlier while Nevada’s statewide total slipped 0.05%. Wendover won 8.09% more and the rest of Elko County 18.89% more, with Mesquite up 1.35% and the Carson Valley up 6.61%. Multi-denomination slots, up 20.89%, drove Elko County’s 10.04% slot gain to $29.5 million … Read more

Pennsylvania’s Loosest Slots in September Were at Wind Creek

Pennsylvania’s Loosest Slots in September Were at Wind Creek

Wind Creek paid back 90.99% of the $402.5 million wagered on its slots in September, the highest rate among Pennsylvania’s 18 casinos. Parx Shippensburg paid back the least at 88.67%, down from 89.24% in August and last for the fiscal year to date. The 2.32-point spread means $100 wagered returned $90.99 at Wind Creek and … Read more

Mississippi Gulf Coast Casino Revenue Up 7.7% in September

Mississippi Gulf Coast Casino Revenue Up 7.7% in September

Gulf Coast casinos won $134.2 million in September, up 7.7% from $124.6 million and above September 2024’s $126.2 million. The Coast supplied 68.6% of the state’s $195.6 million total, and its $9.6 million gain exceeded the $8.4 million statewide increase. The gain ended three straight year-over-year declines on the coast, though September still ran 1.1% … Read more

Turning Stone Monster Match Draws Six Winners Sunday

Turning Stone's Oct. 24-25 Weekend: Jordan Davis in The Event Center, Then Six $60,000 Monster Match Drawings Sunday

Jordan Davis plays The Event Center on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m., the only concert on the resort’s calendar that weekend. Six Monster Match winners are drawn hourly from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday, and each plays a five-level board that tops out at $10,000. Players earn one entry per 31 slot points or … Read more

New Jersey Online Casinos Win $274.8 Million in September

New Jersey Online Casinos Win $274.8 Million in September

Internet gaming win finished September at $274.8 million, a 13.0% increase on the $243.1 million won 12 months earlier. The nine Atlantic City casino floors won $227.8 million, down 1.3%, leaving online ahead by $47.0 million. Online has led the floors in seven of nine months this year, and September’s margin is the widest since … Read more

Nebraska Casino Revenue Jumps 18% as WarHorse Leads

Nebraska Casino Revenue Jumps 18% as WarHorse Leads

Nebraska’s five casinos won $25.9 million in September, up 17.9% from $21.9 million a year earlier. WarHorse Casino Omaha won $10.2 million, up 26.6%, and supplied 54.6% of the statewide year-over-year increase. Table games rose 40.9% to $2.6 million, and Harrah’s Columbus, down 4.1%, posted the lone decline. The 20% gaming tax totaled $5.2 million, … Read more

Caesars New Orleans Revenue Jumps 30% in September

Caesars New Orleans Revenue Jumps 30% in September

Caesars New Orleans took in $25,398,865 in September, up 30.4% from $19,483,745 in September 2025 and 5.7% above August. The three riverboats in the State Police’s New Orleans market combined for $22,135,968, up 0.7%, so the casino alone out-earned them. Fiscal-year-to-date revenue is up 13.2% to $75,369,622, with September supplying about two-thirds of the $8.8 … Read more

Missouri Casino Revenue Hits $165.1 Million in September

Missouri casino revenue

Missouri casino revenue for September 2026 reached $165,074,533, up 5.5% from $156,514,142 a year earlier. Slot revenue rose 7.6% to $143.6 million while table games fell 6.5% to $21.4 million. Fiscal year-to-date revenue is up 2.3% to $513,195,552, with September supplying about three-quarters of that gain. Gaming proceeds for education totaled $31,199,087, up 5.5%, as … Read more

CFTC Swap Definition Carves Out Sportsbook Bets

CFTC Swap Definition Carves Out Sportsbook Bets

A bet accepted under a state or tribal gambling license is not a swap, the interim final rule says, whether at a sportsbook or a casino. A separate proposal would name event contracts, from sports to elections and weather, as swaps in the same definition. The proposal puts average monthly event-contract volume in August at … Read more