Location: Texas

03/15/23 8:16 PM

OPINION: Texans should be able to gamble here, as long as we avoid these problems with casinos

  • Tom Giovanetti, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Drive a few hundred feet north of the Texas border, or east, or south for that matter, and you will find out very quickly that many Texans... more
03/15/23 4:35 PM

Sands has no Vegas regrets

  • David McKee, CDC Gaming
Las Vegas Sands delegated Senior Vice President for Investor Relations Daniel Briggs to attend the J.P. Morgan Gaming & Lodging Forum... more
03/13/23 9:10 PM

Texas: Study finds Naskila Casino injects $212 million into local economy

  • Bluebonnet News
The total economic benefit of Naskila Casino continues to grow, with the facility injecting $212 million into the Polk County economy in... more
03/02/23 2:00 PM

GLPI CEO skeptical on Texas casino legislation passing this year

  • Howard Stutz, The Nevada Independent
Gaming and Leisure Properties Chairman and CEO Peter Carlino is among the skeptics who don’t believe Texas will legalize casinos this year.... more
02/23/23 9:14 PM

‘A gaming version of the Great Wolf Lodge’: How Texas Governor Greg Abbott sees casinos in his state

  • Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Before Gov. Greg Abbott says what kind of expanded gambling he would support in Texas, he describes what he doesn’t want to see. He wants... more
02/13/23 7:44 PM

EDITORIAL: Eight billion reasons to legalize gambling and sports betting in Texas

  • Editorial Board, Houston Chronicle
Just about every day of the week, high-stakes Texas gamblers from Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, Midland-Odessa and other Texas cities... more
02/07/23 10:10 PM

Casinos in Texas face long odds despite governor’s change, Fertitta says

  • Laura Elder and B. Scott McLendon, The Daily News
Island-born billionaire Tilman Fertitta puts the odds of a casino bill passing out of the Texas legislature at about the same as drawing a... more
02/07/23 9:22 PM

Advocates of sports betting return to Texas Capitol with online-only bill, new Republican author

  • Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune
Advocates for legalizing online sports betting in Texas debuted new bills Monday that take a narrower approach than they did in 2021 — and... more
02/07/23 9:19 PM

Legendary bettor Mattress Mack opposes legalizing sports betting in Texas

  • Wilton Jackson, Sports Illustrated
Texas furniture mogul Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale is all for placing high-dollar wagers on Texas sports teams. However, as some lawmakers... more
02/06/23 4:26 PM

Texas proposal would give horse tracks inside lane on sports betting

  • Jill R. Dorson, SportsHandle
In an effort to prop up the horse racing industry in Texas, state Rep. Charlie Geren has filed the second of what is likely to be multiple... more