Location: Texas

03/20/23 3:49 PM

Texas: Several poker rooms face civil lawsuits

  • J.R. Duren , PlayUSA
If you frequent live poker rooms in Texas, then you need to know the name, Mark Lavery. Lavery is a Chicago-based attorney who has brought... more
03/20/23 3:45 PM

Texas: Three sports betting bills to be heard by House State Affairs Committee this week

  • Robert Linnehan, Saturday Down South
Three bills to potentially legalize Texas sports betting will be heard for the first time this week in the House of Representatives State... more
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