Casinos and Gaming

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (468+ words) New York regulators accused VGW of offering illegal gambling through its platforms, Chumba Casino, Global Poker, and LuckyLand Slots. Sweepstakes casino operator Virtual Gaming Worlds (VGW) has paid New York regulators $8 million, following a cease-and-desist order issued by Attorney General…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (385+ words) The New York Giants enter the 2026 season looking to take a step forward behind new head coach John Harbaugh and plenty of other new faces on both sides of the ball, trying to find its footing in a crowded NFC…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (215+ words) A man from Queens has won a $1 million top prize from a New York Lottery scratch-off ticket purchased in Jackson Heights. Enrique Cabrera claimed the prize from the $1,000,000 Bonus Cashword scratch-off game and opted for a lump-sum payment of $395,974 after…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (418+ words) The Empire State’s mobile sportsbooks generated $27.9 million in gross revenue, their weakest haul in over a month, on a $354.1 million handle during the week ending July 26. After weeks of New York sportsbooks dominating the market, bettors finally held operators to…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (281+ words) NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued New York on Friday, accusing ‌the state of invading its authority to regulate prediction markets ‌by filing lawsuits accusing Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan of promoting gambling. In ​a…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago   (451+ words) Updated on: December 15, 2025 / 5:56 PM EST / CBS New York The New York State Gaming Commission voted Monday to approve the three remaining New York City casino bids. The casinos clearing the last hurdle are Steve Cohen's Metropolitan Park in Queens, Bally's…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (142+ words) 13wham.com Rochester, N.Y. — The New York Lottery announced one top-prize winning ticket was sold in Rochester for the March 20 Take 5 evening drawing. The winning ticket, worth $34,027, was sold at 7-Eleven on Dewey Avenue. Take 5 numbers are drawn from a field of…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago   (360+ words) Despite a nearly 9% year-over-year dip in Super Bowl betting, New York’s overall February handle still spiked 6% and led to another $2 billion in monthly wagers. New Yorkers bet more than $2 billion with online sportsbooks for the seventh consecutive month. Online operator…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (379+ words) A major daily fantasy operator has returned to the Big Apple. PrizePicks, one of the largest daily fantasy sports (DFS) operators in the United States, is re-launching in the state of New York, The Post has learned, after a cease-and-desist…...

10+ mon, 6+ hour ago   (485+ words) Prediction markets are no longer the quiet forecasting tools once celebrated by economists. They have become highly liquid, socially networked, and behaviorally engineered platforms that blur the boundaries between insight and inducement. Just as lawmakers were introducing the New York…...