The Caesars Foundation awarded the International Center for Responsible Gaming a $200,000 grant, the ICRG said. The grant includes $180,000 for research grants and educational dissemination, plus $20,000 for the centre’s 26th annual conference on gambling and addiction.
The grant funds gambling-harm research, education and the ICRG’s annual conference.
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Citizens analyst Jordan Bender said the US midterm election results could influence gaming companies. In Texas, Vicki Goodwin won the lieutenant governor race and supports a public vote on casinos and sports betting; Nebraska voters rejected two measures that would have legalised online sports betting. Bender said Amy Acton's Ohio victory may ease the path to igaming legalisation, though Republicans hold supermajorities in both legislative chambers.
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said a federal judge approved its settlement with Horseshoe Casino Baltimore and Caesars Entertainment on 3 November. The agreement provides former dealer Quann Massey with $130,000 in compensatory and punitive damages and $20,000 in back pay, payable within 30 days, and requires three years of workplace monitoring; it is not an admission of wrongdoing.
Horseshoe Casino Baltimore and Caesars Entertainment will pay $150,000 to an ex-dealer who, by allegation, lost his job after suffering a heart attack on a night shift. On Tuesday (Nov. 3), US District Judge Brendan A. Hurson approved the settlement, which ends the EEOC's lawsuit alleging disability discrimination and retaliation against the casino operators.
Texas lieutenant governor-elect Vikki Goodwin said she would support legislation allowing casino resorts if voters in the state wanted them. Her comments come after she defeated incumbent Dan Patrick in the election; the article also reports that Texas governor-elect Gina Hinojosa has not stated a similarly explicit position on casinos.
Goodwin said that she would embrace legislation allowing casino resorts in Texas. Goodwin defeated Patrick on Election Day, becoming the first Democratic lieutenant governor of Texas in nearly three decades.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis proposed raising the effective tax rate on the state’s casinos to 23% from 16.1% in his final budget proposal. The proposal estimates $80.2 million in annual revenue from the gaming industry; voters would have to approve a tax increase under the state’s taxpayer bill of rights.
Caesars reported a $123 million net loss for the third quarter of 2026, compared with $55 million a year earlier. Revenue rose 2.5% to $2.94 billion, while adjusted EBITDA fell 2.1% to $865 million, according to the company’s results as reported.