Alexander Weldon

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Managing Casino News Editor at Catena Media

Managing Casino News Editor for https://t.co/kWMbGB9rh2. Dad to a rambunctious 11-year-old. Painting, cooking, disc golf, puns, politics, game design. Broadly curious.

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Articles

Second Sweeps Trade Organization Emerges, Led by VGW

2 weeks ago | gamingtoday.com | Alexander Weldon

When a number of US-facing sweepstakes casino operators formed the Social and Promotional Games Association (SPGA) last year, Virtual Gaming Worlds (VGW) wasn’t among them. As the owner of the biggest and best-known sweeps casino brands like Chumba Casino and Luckyland Slots, its absence from the roster didn’t go unnoticed. Now, VGW and a handful of other operators have formed an alternative group they call the Social Gaming Leadership Alliance (SGLA).
Texas Could Become the First State to Eliminate Its Own Lottery

2 weeks ago | bonus.com | Alexander Weldon

The future of the Texas Lottery is in jeopardy amid a series of scandals and facing a legislature hostile to legal gambling in any form. The stateâs Lottery Commission appears all but certain to disappear, though the Lottery itself may receive another couple of years to make a case for its continued existence under new oversight.
Missouri Sports Betting Launch Date Confirmed for December First

3 weeks ago | playusa.com | Alexander Weldon

Online gambling is coming to Missouri, but not until the last possible moment allowed by law. When voters approved sports betting in a referendum last year, the constitutional amendment stipulated a launch deadline of December 1, 2025. Hopes of an earlier launch haven’t and the Missouri Gaming Commission has now confirmed that Dec. 1 will be the launch date, as first reported by Covers.
Online Casinos Flat in April, But FanDuel Gains Market Share

3 weeks ago | playnj.com | Alexander Weldon

New Jersey’s iGaming market held on to earlier gains in April, keeping revenue steady despite the changing of seasons. Typically, sports betting revenue plunges after March Madness, but the summer slump can take longer to set in for the online casino vertical, and that seems to be the case this year so far. All told, New Jersey online casinos pulled in $235.2 million in gross gaming revenue for April. Although that’s a drop of nearly $9 million from March, it was also a shorter month.
Ohio's Online Casino Bill Gets Going Halfway Through 2025

3 weeks ago | playusa.com | Alexander Weldon

Ohio may provide the last chance to see online casino expansion in the US this year, after other states have tried and failed. Sen. Nathan Manning introduced SB 197 this week, which weighs in at 701 pages and makes multiple changes to the state’s gaming laws, including authorization for iGaming and an online lottery. The Buckeye State’s legislative session runs year-round, so there’s plenty of time for the bill to advance.
Play'n GO Rules Out Partnerships With Sweepstakes Casinos

1 month ago | bonus.com | Alexander Weldon

Free-to-play sweepstakes casinos feature some of the same slots you’ll find at real-money online casinos, but there are exceptions, like Play’n GO, which affirmed today that it will never distribute its games to companies using that model. Play’n GO is the company behind franchises like Rich Wilde and Rise of Olympus, which have become staples for most regulated real-money operators in New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Connecticut, and Delaware.
FanDuel Removes Huff N'Even More Puff After User Bug Report

1 month ago | bonus.com | Alexander Weldon

FanDuel Casino was the exclusive first home of Light & Wonder’s hotly-anticipated sequel Huff N’Even More Puff in January, but it has already removed the game. A representative for the casino confirmed the decision, but provided only a vague rationale for it. However, the move comes immediately after a user on Twitter reported that certain bonuses were not paying out as much as they should have, according to the game’s rules.
Hard Rock Bet Adds Live-Streamed Trivia Game Show From Playtech, With Valuable Prizes

1 month ago | bonus.com | Alexander Weldon

Hard Rock Bet Casino now has live trivia, and you can win prizes playing. Starting next week, itâll become the first New Jersey casino operator to take advantage of the live-streaming game show from Playtech. Online casino games can beâletâs face itâpretty mindless, and thatâs kind of the point. Theyâre a way to shut off for a little bit and just watch stuff happen.
These Two Pennsylvania Poker Sites Have Already Gone Multi-State on Day One

1 month ago | bonus.com | Alexander Weldon

Multi-state poker in Pennsylvania is here, and two operators are already taking advantage of the possibilities: WSOP and BetMGM. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed its entry to the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA) last week, but today is the first day that sites could first go live with peer-to-peer play across state lines. Both sites link players in Pennsylvania up with opponents in New Jersey and Michigan. In the case of WSOP, Nevada is also in the mix.
New Jersey Still Underspending on Responsible Gambling Services

1 month ago | bonus.com | Alexander Weldon

New Jersey is still failing to spend a large portion of the money it has available to address problem gambling, according to a report released this week by the state’s Responsible Gambling Task Force (RGTF). That problem was first highlighted by the Office of Legislative Services (OLS) in 2021, but the RGTF found that through 2024, only about half of the funds earmarked for harm reduction efforts had actually been used.