{"id":1857,"date":"2025-02-13T22:03:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T06:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/mgm-advances-plans-to-control-las-vegas-sportsbooks\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T22:03:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T06:03:43","slug":"mgm-advances-plans-to-control-las-vegas-sportsbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/mgm-advances-plans-to-control-las-vegas-sportsbooks\/","title":{"rendered":"MGM Advances Plans to Control Las Vegas Sportsbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The leading gaming and hospitality operator with a strong presence on the Las Vegas Strip, <strong>MGM Resorts Internation<\/strong>, made a major step toward managing <strong>BetMGM<\/strong>, the joint venture it owns in collaboration with <strong>Entain<\/strong>. The process continues to gain traction, after a recent hearing with the <strong>Nevada Gaming Control Board<\/strong> (NGCB).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mgm-resorts-will-leverage-entain-technology\">MGM Resorts Will Leverage Entain Technology<\/h2>\n<p>Per the proposed plan, MGM will be in charge of operating a total of nine sportsbooks on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamblingnews.com\/news\/las-vegas-strip-revenue-dips-for-six-months-but-analysts-remain-confident\/\">Las Vegas Strip<\/a>. As announced by <em>the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>, MGM will leverage <strong>technology provided by Entain<\/strong>, to operate the sportsbooks from a <strong>hub located at Mandalay Bay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The company will be in charge of the operations of retail betting venues at New York-New York, Bellagio, Aria, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Park MGM, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Luxor and Excalibur. During the recent hearing with the NGCB, MGM confirmed that <strong>all relevant employees and officials who may require licensing would secure them<\/strong>. In addition, the companies said they will adhere to the established laws <strong>regarding anti-money laundering<\/strong>, as well as other regulations.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-strategic-move-receives-unanimous-approval-from-the-ngcb\">The Strategic Move Receives Unanimous Approval from the NGCB<\/h2>\n<p>On Tuesday this week, Entain confirmed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamblingnews.com\/news\/entain-ceo-to-change-again-with-gavin-isaacs-departure\/\">departure of its CEO<\/a>, <strong>Gavin Isaacs<\/strong>. Although the executive assumed the role back in September, per the latest announcement, <strong>he stepped down as CEO effective immediately<\/strong>. Entain confirmed that <strong>Stella David<\/strong>, who previously served as interim CEO until Isaacs assumed the position, will once again take the leadership role on an interim basis.<\/p>\n<p>The unexpected leadership change captured the attention of the NGCB. David faced questions from members of the Board, who were curious about Isaacs\u2019 departure which became a fact only five months after his appointment. <strong>Kirk Hendrick<\/strong>, NGCB\u2019s chairman, said that it is imperative for the Board to be aware of who to turn to during this period of CEO transition.<\/p>\n<p>A hurdle Entain is facing in <strong>Australia<\/strong> was also among the topics discussed during the meeting with the NGCB. Back in December, the company <strong>faced accusations by AUSTRAC<\/strong> that its management and Board failed to properly enforce anti-money-laundering policies.<\/p>\n<p>After the hearing took nearly an hour, the <strong>NGCB unanimously recommended for approval an amended registration order<\/strong>, granting MGM employees the authority to oversee company sportsbooks on the Las Vegas Strip. The next move is now for the proposal to undergo review by the <strong>Nevada Gaming Commission<\/strong>. It is expected that the matter will be put in front of the Commission late this month, on <strong>February 27, 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/casinos.einnews.com\/article\/785794349\/A1q7ZMFnsDWldHYY?ref=rss&#038;ecode=mHlTpmPv0hlIxI-g\" marked=\"1\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The leading gaming and hospitality operator with a strong presence on the Las Vegas Strip, MGM Resorts Internation, made a major step toward managing BetMGM, the joint venture it owns in collaboration with Entain.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[637],"class_list":["post-1857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stand77.biz\/category\/casino-resorts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}