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The four major American professional sports leagues along with the NCAA College sports forum fought for almost 30 years to hold the ban on sports betting in America. When the ban was overturned by a May 2018 Supreme Court decision, the leagues were forced to decide between ignoring sports betting all together and joining the bandwagon.

If you’re a gamer of the 2020s you might be interested to learn more about the origins of the games that you enjoy today. From social media games to online Grande Vegas Casino login casino games, esports games and video and console games, the origins of today’s gaming ecosystem evolved from the electronic games of the ‘80s. At that time, arcades were the epicenters of many of the day’s most popular games while, if you wanted to play from home, you would need cumbersome equipment and a large area to set up.

The odds are shrinking that Massachusetts lawmakers will legalize sports betting this year. The State House passed a sports betting bill in July but the Senate has yet to act.   Sen. Eric Lesser, co-chair of the Economic Development Committee, said that “We’re doing our best to balance, obviously, the fun of sports betting with some of the elements that we have to keep mindful of and be mindful of when you’re talking about a gambling product. Like any bill, you’ve got a process of working with the duly elected members of the chamber on their different issues and their concerns. When there’s a consensus, when we feel like we’ve gotten to that point, I do feel confident that something will move forward.”

Hundreds of years after it was introduced to European high society, roulette remains one of the most popular games at the casino. Roulette is often featured in movies and other media and is portrayed as a game of excitement and glamour which adds to its allure.  But when push comes to shove, people like roulette because it combines luck and strategy in a gaming adventure of fun and excitement.

When University of Kansas researchers published a study that examined how much the online casino, video gaming community, Grande Vegas online casino analysts, esports ecosystem and other sectors of the gaming community have to teach social media giants about regulating hate speech, they couldn’t have anticipated that, less than two months later, the issue would be on the front page of every major media publication worldwide. But that’s what happened when a whistleblower presented evidence to the U.S. Congress that showed conclusively that Facebook was not only failing to control hate speech but was actually encouraging it in order to increase engagement – and increase their profits.

As playing online casino and video games has gained popularity, so has the live streaming of video game.  Hundreds of millions of people around the world tune in to view gaming video content every year and those videos have spawned a huge, multibillion dollar industry of platforms, influencers, gamers, advertisers and more.

Many questions remain regarding the future of slot machines but if the social media/online casino slot/strategy game Coin Master is any indication, it will be a combination of many different gaming genres along with the chance to achieve real money winnings through matching spin combinations and other achievements. Coin Master hooks players in to an energy system that bombards the player with constant events, push notifications, in-game pop-ups and lots of chances to spin the reels to complete combinations.

Poker is one of the most popular games at any casino. The poker table is almost always crowded with players and observers who love watching how players outsmart the dealer in this gaming adventure that combines skill and luck.

The world of start-ups has revolutionized the video and online casino gaming industry by bringing more innovation and more creativity to the sector. Welcome bonus casino gaming start-ups are taking advantage of advances in technology and new horizons for artificial intelligence to move the gaming industry forward.

More than half of US states now offer sports betting and among those, most allow online sports betting, either through a state lottery, through a mobile sportsbook or via an online casino. How do you find a good online Vegas casino sportsbook?