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Skip to content News Written By Matt Schoch on July 8, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit The biggest emerging name — and biggest frame — of the PGA Tour isn’t going south to Ohio this week, but many of golf’s top names will be in action. The […]

Skip to content News Written By Matt Schoch on July 6, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Though Detroit’s casinos still await permission to reopen, the weekend brought about a milestone for Michigan tribal casinos. The Fourth of July holiday on Saturday marked the 50th day of reopening […]

Skip to content News Written By Matt Schoch on July 1, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit One week after the first tribal casino sportsbook opened in Michigan, there’s movement from one of its neighbors. Four Winds Casinos will partner with Kambi to supply sportsbook technology at its […]

Skip to content News Written By Matt Schoch on June 25, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit While Detroit casinos await reopening, two of the world’s biggest casino companies made a safety requirement Wednesday that will impact the local gaming market. Caesars Entertainment announced that “masks are required” […]

Skip to content News Written By Matt Schoch on June 30, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit While advance deposit wagering (ADW) in Michigan missed the first pole of the Triple Crown, it’s here for horse racing’s home stretch. Though ADW missed the target of being live in […]

Skip to content News Written By Matt Schoch on June 17, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit is among the Penn National Gaming properties reducing staff. Penn disclosed on Monday that, starting Sept. 15, it will lay off 621 employees. The casino filed a […]

Skip to content News Written By Matt Schoch on June 27, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit As it awaits a reopening date, the state’s busiest casino will require masks as part of a handful of safety measures. MGM Grand Detroit unveiled its new-look casino floor Thursday featuring […]

Skip to content News Written By Matt Schoch on June 12, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit While there will be a temporary ban on smoking from Detroit casino floors upon reopening, one regulator wants smokers outside for good. Detroit’s three commercial casinos have been closed since March […]

Skip to content News Written By Matt Schoch on June 22, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit On the same day that the first tribal sportsbook launched in Michigan, another regional gambling brand moved into the state. BetRivers, the first mobile sportsbook to launch last week in Illinois, […]

Skip to content News Written By Matt Schoch on June 9, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit The absence of numbers for May and the ugly year-over-year totals are in for the closed Detroit casinos. Greektown Casino-Hotel, MGM Grand Detroit and MotorCity Casino had no revenue for the […]