Michigan Casino News

The Little River Casino Resort announced on Tuesday it partnered with gaming giant Rush Street Interactive, enlisting it to run the casino’s in-house sportsbook and its online book, BetRivers.com. The pandemic has taken a toll on all sectors of the state’s economy, but few have felt the pinch more than the casinos and Michigan’s nascent […]

The plan is for Michigan casinos to reopen by July 4, as the state enters Phase 5. In order to do that, however, casinos will have to follow a unique list of rules. From smoking bans to visitor restrictions, state officials are going beyond what’s worked in Nevada and Colorado. For that, you can blame […]

Michigan lawmakers have introduced a bill that would kickstart online gambling ahead of schedule in the hopes the additional revenue would help buoy the state’s economy in the wake of Covid-19. The Great Lakes State approved online gaming and sports betting in late 2019. In March 2020, the state saw the launch of its first […]

Michigan’s commercial casinos don’t have a set reopen date yet, but when they do visitors and employees will be subject to a number of new safety measures, including mandatory face coverings and temperature screenings. Michigan’s state-licensed casinos, which include Greektown Casino, MotorCity Casino Hotel, and MGM Grand Detroit, have remained closed since mid-March when coronavirus […]

It’s finally happened. On June 4, DraftKings announced a partnership with Bay Mills Resort & Casino. That means DraftKings is finally coming to Michigan. Why Does The Casino Partnership Matter? Michigan maintains tight control of its new sports betting industry. (It’s probably one of the reasons it took almost five years to pass Michigan’s sports […]

It’s the first rule of advertising – know your customer. One New York agency surveyed 4,000 bettors to do precisely that. “Learn something new during lockdown,” said the self-help gurus. HPL Digital Sport decided to learn what the typical American sports bettor looks like. Using data acquired from 4,400 gamblers over the first quarter of […]

If you’re a racebook operator, Michigan is now open for business. While the state gave a legislative green light to off-track wagering last December, it was conditional upon the production of terms and conditions governing providers of online betting to Michigan’s horseplayers. Those terms and conditions were published in an Executive Director Order issued by […]