Since the U. S. Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), there has been a rush by many states to enact new gaming avenues and venues for their citizens. Sometimes those venues also call for expansion on their own. In two states, Illinois and West Virginia, new gaming avenues are potentially going to be offered, with the revenues naturally benefitting the coffers of each state.
Expansion of Poker Room in Illinois
In Illinois, the new owners of Caesars Entertainment, Eldorado Resorts, will be expanding the operations of one of their properties along the Fox River northwest of Chicago. The property is the Grand Victoria Casino, which Eldorado bought in 2018 before they purchased Caesars in 2020. The riverboat casino is a well-established operation in the Illinois gaming system, and the improvements proposed by Eldorado Resorts should make it even more appealing.
As a part of a renovation plan, Eldorado Resorts will be adding a new sportsbook – reflective of the new sports betting laws in the Land of Lincoln – and refurbishing the poker room into a World Series of Poker-branded room. The changes will eliminate one of the dining options for patrons of the casino, but Grand Victoria officials are already putting the changes to work in their favor.
The new sportsbook is going to look to cater to the bettors, with three customer service windows and four kiosks available to take betting action. Additionally, the newly renovated poker room will be the host of a WSOP Circuit event from November 10-21. These new features will be excellent additions to the more than 1000 slot machines and thirty table games that are already a part of the Grand Victoria offerings.
West Virginia Looks to Join MSIGA
Many states have had issues with online poker, one of the features of online casino gaming that has fallen behind. Since its first offering in 2013, online poker for individual states has lagged significantly in revenues behind online casinos. Because it takes a sizeable chunk of players to build revenues through rake, the revenues just have not been there.
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