South Carolina Governor Candidates Split on Casinos

South Carolina Governor Candidates Split on Casinos

Democratic candidate Jermaine Johnson would allow casinos if voters approve them, while Republican candidate Alan Wilson would oppose them regardless. A casino referendum couldn’t reach the ballot before November 2028 and needs a legislative supermajority. Online sports betting looks possible under either candidate, but live craps tables remain years away. COLUMBIA, S.C. – Tuesday’s lone … Read more

Nevada Craps Win Rises 4.6% As Hold Climbs To 18.88%

Nevada Craps Win Rises 4.6% As Hold Climbs To 18.88%

Nevada casinos won $39.4 million at craps in August, up 4.63% from a year earlier, on 314 tables at 90 locations. Hold rose to 18.88% from 15.42% a year earlier, and buy-ins fell about 14%, so the gain came from hold, not volume. Las Vegas Strip craps win rose 7.42% to $28.2 million at a … Read more

50 Cent Headcrack Dice Game Debuts At G2E Las Vegas

50 Cent Headcrack Dice Game Debuts At G2E Las Vegas

TCSJOHNHUXLEY and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson debut 50 Cent Headcrack at G2E Las Vegas Booth 4439 starting Sept. 29. Every hand of the banked game settles one way, Bank or Shooter, and a Tie bet covers the third result. Six side bets ride along, among them 5-5-6, the Headcrack roll and a Cover All wager … Read more

Mississippi Table Revenue Falls 7.9% As Slots Dip 5.4%

Mississippi Table Revenue Falls 7.9% As Slots Dip 5.4%

Mississippi’s casino table games won $28.59 million in August, 7.9% below their August 2025 total. Slot machines, the state’s largest gaming category, fell a smaller 5.4% to $167.64 million. Coastal casino tables kept 15.6% of the money wagered against them in August, compared with 18.2% in August 2025. Coastal mini baccarat win fell $2.89 million, … Read more

Mississippi Craps Earns Most Per Table As Tables Shrink

Mississippi Craps Earns Most Per Table As Tables Shrink

Mississippi’s 54 craps tables produced $5.36 million in win during August, up 22% from July. Craps win fell 6.5% year-over-year even as overall Mississippi table win dropped nearly 8%. Mississippi cut craps tables 6.9% over the past year, a steeper drop than any other table game. Craps generated more win per table than any other … Read more

Iowa Craps Revenue Falls 34% As Diamond Jo Worth Tables Lose

Iowa Craps Revenue Falls 34% As Diamond Jo Worth Tables Lose

Iowa craps revenue fell 33.9% statewide in August, to $1.13 million from $1.71 million in July. Diamond Jo Worth’s craps tables lost $234,867 in August after winning $272,737 in July. That single casino’s reversal accounted for 87.4% of the statewide craps revenue decline. Craps hold fell 5.4 points to 13.74% statewide, while blackjack’s hold slipped … Read more

Missouri Table Games Win Falls 17.7% While Slots Stay Flat

Missouri Table Games Win Falls 17.7% While Slots Stay Flat

August table-games win at Missouri casinos came to $21.1 million, 17.7% below a year earlier. Slot machines held nearly flat at $150.2 million, down just 1% over the same month. Statewide win across all 13 casinos fell 3.5% to $171.4 million, with nearly three-quarters of the drop coming at the tables. Table hold fell to … Read more

Indiana Craps Win Jumps 15% As Tables Fall To 42

Indiana Craps Win Jumps 15% As Tables Fall To 42

Indiana’s craps tables won $4.9 million in August, up 15.2% from a year earlier. Indiana ran 42 craps tables in August, three fewer than the 45 it ran a year ago. Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana led every property with $1.14 million in craps win. Statewide table games win fell 12.5% year over year, while … Read more

Rhode Island Table Games Slip 6% To $9.2M In July

Rhode Island Table Games Slip 6% To $9.2M In July

Rhode Island’s two casino table floors won $9.2 million in July, down 6.1 percent from a year earlier. Bally’s Twin River table games fell 4.2 percent to $7.5 million and Bally’s Tiverton dropped 13.5 percent to $1.7 million. The state collected $1.4 million of the July table win, with Bally’s keeping $7.7 million and the … Read more

Louisiana Casino Revenue Hits $212.5M As Table Floors Lead

Louisiana Casino Revenue Hits $212.5M As Table Floors Lead

Louisiana casinos and racetrack slot rooms won $212.5 million in July, up 7%, with $43.9 million owed in fees and taxes. The 15 riverboats and Caesars New Orleans, the commercial floors with live table games, grew 7.6% from July 2025. Caesars New Orleans posted the largest dollar gain of any property, up 21.7% to $25.9 … Read more

Deadwood Craps Hold Hits 27% On Two Tables In July

Deadwood Craps Hold Hits 27% On Two Tables In July

Deadwood’s two reporting craps tables held 26.96% of July’s wagers, against 15.73% for blackjack. Craps won $170,614 in July on just two tables, more than four times blackjack’s per-table win. Craps produced nearly 12% of Deadwood’s $1.43 million table-game win from 2.4% of its reporting tables. Statewide gaming handle reached $173.3 million in July, up … Read more

New Jersey Table Games Won $78.1M In July, No Craps Line

New Jersey Table Games Won $78.1M In July, No Craps Line

New Jersey table games won $78.06 million in July, up 9.5% from $71.27 million a year earlier. Ocean and Caesars added $10.62 million at their tables while the whole state gained $6.79 million. The Division of Gaming Enforcement reports table games as a single line and never separates craps. The pass line house edge is … Read more

Detroit Table Games And Slots Jump 9.6% To $111.64M

Detroit Table Games And Slots Jump 9.6% To $111.64M

Detroit’s three commercial casinos won $111.64 million from table games and slots in July, up 9.6% from June. MGM Grand Detroit held 47% of the market at $52.5 million, ahead of MotorCity Casino’s $34.32 million. The three casinos paid $9.0 million in state gaming taxes for July, against $8.6 million a year earlier. Michigan combines … Read more