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Resorts Casino Atlantic City Shutters Online Sportsbook, DraftKings Continues Retail

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Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City has powered down its online sportsbook.

Guests arrive at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. The casino has announced that it will no longer be running an online sportsbook, and will instead allow its iGaming partners to handle such internet betting activity. (Image: Getty)

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Video Poker Is On Life Support But There’s Still Time

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Video poker arrived on the scene at a very favorable moment. The poker craze had yet to take hold, and slot machines were still enjoying the same enormous popularity as they do now.

This presented a unique chance for video poker to entice players away from both of these games. It was a different time back then, and there weren’t quite as many alternatives for slot players, nor were the progressive jackpots as large. Smart blackjack players, on the other hand, were on the

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Deadwood Casinos Struggle to Find Consensus on Mobile Sports Betting

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South Dakota’s Deadwood casinos are permitted to operate sportsbooks in their brick-and-mortar establishments, so long as they first pay the state a $5,000 licensing fee for the expanded gambling privilege.

Downtown Deadwood and its historic Main Street. Sports betting is up and running in town. Operations could soon move online, too, should a legislative effort in the South Dakota capital continue to gain favor among state lawmakers. (Image: Rapid City Journal)

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