Saracen Launches Mobile Sports Betting
With its app and website now live, Saracen becomes the second casino in Arkansas to start accepting mobile wagers. read more >
With its app and website now live, Saracen becomes the second casino in Arkansas to start accepting mobile wagers. read more >
Wagers for the month were more than $10.6 million, beating the previous record set in October by $1 million. read more >
Southland had been quiet about its preparations for mobile betting in Arkansas, making it something of a surprise that it was first to launch. read more >
The tourism and hospitality industries rebounded strongly in 2021, but local tax collections indicate that a few cities haven’t seen visitors return to pre-pandemic levels. read more >
Greyhounds will stop running at Southland Casino Racing in West Memphis. In contrast, Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs is running an expanded horse meet that began in December with a near-record 66 race days scheduled. read more >
The state has three glittering gambling halls and a fourth on the drawing board, but Arkansas sports bettors could soon have a mini-casino in their pockets: their cellphones. read more >
With three casinos operating in Arkansas, marketing heats up and ads proliferate. read more >
Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort of Hot Springs says it will give raises to employees who are fully vaccinated. read more >
Nabholz Construction Corp. of Conway and AnderCorp LLC of Gulfport, Mississippi, formed a joint venture to oversee construction of the River Valley Casino Resort in Pope County. read more >
A global pandemic delayed but couldn’t stop the $100 million expansion of Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs. read more >
The COVID-19 pandemic sent hospitality tax collections in Arkansas plummeting last year, and the blow to some tourism bureaus in the state, which rely on the taxes for revenue, was even worse than those figures show. read more >
The dogs have nearly had their day at Southland Casino Racing, the 1950s-vintage greyhound track that’s now a glittery full-fledged casino expanding to the tune of $250 million. read more >
Hot Springs continues to move forward with important tourism-related projects and activities despite the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Steve Arrison, CEO of Visit Hot Springs. read more >
City leaders around Arkansas are holding their breath as business and social activities gradually restart after the initial shock of the coronavirus pandemic. read more >
Two more Arkansas casinos are closing temporarily because of concerns about the coronavirus. read more >
A Hot Springs horse track is closing its casino for the next two weeks over concerns about the novel coronavirus. read more >
Knowing your customer is a business commandment, and for casinos, it may be the most crucial card game. read more >
When the Quapaw Nation opened its gambling parlor in Pine Bluff four months ago, the Saracen Annex created new competition for casinos in Hot Springs and West Memphis and raised a new question: Is Arkansas’ gambling market already saturated? read more >
Dining and drinking are increasingly important ingredients of the casino experience, industry experts say, and all indications are that Arkansas’ new gaming destinations won’t neglect either. read more >
In the last three months of 2019, Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff handled nearly $1.4 million in bets on sports. read more >
