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Indiana sportsbooks generated $273.9 million in February wagers. That is up 46.3% from $187.2 million in February 2020 but well short of the record $348.2 million set in January.

In addition to Las Vegas Sands making big changes, we have a slots tournament, a massive jackpot win in Indiana, impressive debut sports betting numbers for Virginia and a ground breaking set to take place on a new California casino property.

The winner, who chose to remain anonymous, won the $1,573,328 progressive jackpot playing a Dancing Drums Explosion slot machine at the Indiana casino.

BoydPay is live at Blue Chip Casino, Hotel & Spa in Michigan City, Indiana, Belterra Park Gaming & Entertainment Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in field trial at Aliante Casino Hotel and Spa in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

Indiana sportsbooks opened 2021 with another impressive month, setting the state's wagering record for the fifth consecutive month with nearly $350 million and posting a new high in revenue.

Sightline Payments has partnered with Boyd Gaming and Aristocrat Technologies to serve as the patron’s funding solution for the new cashless gaming offering at its Blue Chip Casino in Indiana.

Caesars Entertainment agreed to sell the new $85 million land-based casino property to the Eastern band of Cherokee Indians for $250 million.

Online betting generated 85%, or $213.7 million, of November's handle, increasing the share of all bets from 83.6% in October.

In a month that resembled a normal sports schedule more than any month since the pandemic began, October's handle was more than $230 million, a sign that Indiana's recent gains are sustainable.

It has been highly anticipated but it is finally here. Circa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas officially celebrated its grand opening on Wednesday and started welcoming in guests to the property on Fremont Street.

The company will acquire the real property assets of Dover Downs Hotel & Casino from Twin River Worldwide Holdings and to re-acquire the real property assets of Tropicana Evansville from Caesars Entertainment.

Caesars Entertainment announced an agreement to sell Tropicana Evansville to Gaming and Leisure Properties and Twin River Worldwide Holdings for $480 million, subject to a customary working capital adjustment.

The two have partnered to launch Aristocrat's cashless wagering digital wallet technology at Boyd Gaming's Blue Chip Casino, Hotel & Spa in Michigan City, Indiana.

Indiana sportsbooks surpassed $200 million in bets in a single month for the first time, producing record operator revenue, and passing $100 million in combined revenue since launching in September 2019.

With a full month of major sports, Indiana's online and retail sportsbook generated $169 million in wagers, seemingly keeping the state's increasingly tenuous place as the fourth-largest legal market in the U.S., according to PlayIndiana.

Even with just eight days of major sports, sports bettors wagered $70.9 million in July, up 137.9% from the $29.8 million sportsbooks accepted in June and sending the state’s lifetime handle past $1 billion.

June’s $29.8 million handle was shy by $145 million of what would have been expected with a full menu of summer sports, according to PlayIndiana estimates.

The latest reopenings are scheduled for today at the company’s three Illinois casinos as well as its Prairie State Gaming video gaming terminal operations throughout Illinois.

Penn National Gaming today announced that 30 of its 41 gaming and racing properties have resumed operations.

The Indiana property will reopen on Monday, 15 June with new safety measures in place.