JETT/Terrible’s Gaming announced the launch of Terrible’s Mobile Gaming, a new real-money five-card draw poker app available in Nevada, according to a press release.
The multiplayer game includes features such as Royal Flush bonuses of up to $4,500 and four different payouts up to $175. To celebrate the app’s launch, Terrible’s Mobile Gaming is offering a weekly deposit match of up to $500.
Terrible’s Mobile Gaming is available to download on iOS and Android devices.
“JETT/Terrible’s Gaming and Terrible’s brand in general have made life more convenient for Nevadans for over 65 years,” said Tim Herbst, CEO of JETT Gaming & Terrible Herbst Inc. in a statement. “Now we’re excited to offer the same level of convenience for mobile gaming – delivering the excitement of Multi-Player 5 Card Draw Poker directly to our customers, wherever they are and in the palm of their hand.”
The app is available in partnership with Real Gaming, the gaming platform founded by South Point casino hotel owner Michael Gaughan and technology entrepreneur Lawrence Vaughan.
“Nevada players know that both the JETT Gaming and Terribles Gaming brands mean convenience, and that’s exactly what we’ve delivered,” Vaughan said in the press release.
Culinary Local 226 ratifies Fontainebleau Las Vegas labor contract
Members of Culinary Union Local 226 recently voted to ratify an employment contract with Fontainebleau Las Vegas. According to the union, 99.6 percent voted for the employment agreement.
The new contract covers nearly 3,300 non-gaming employees at the Fontainebleau casino-hotel, located at the north end of the Las Vegas Strip. It is the first employment contract with the new resort, which opened in December 2023.
According to previous reports, the culinary workers’ contracts span just under five years, timed to match the span of citywide contracts agreed to in late 2023 and early 2024 with other Strip operators.
The deal with Fontainebleau comes as Culinary Local 226 workers at the Virgin casino hotel off the Strip have been on strike for more than seven weeks. The union rejected the casino hotel’s invitation to arbitration in late December.
Sports betting
Two US states that have not legalized sports betting are scrambling to win approval by 2025.
Oklahoma State Senator Dave Rader has introduced legislation in the Sooner State to amend the state’s agreement with tribal casinos there to allow sports betting. The bill’s first reading is scheduled for February 3.
Under Rader’s proposal, tribes would be required to pay the state 5 percent of the first $5 million in gross gaming revenue, 6 percent of the next $5 million and 7 percent of any revenue over $10 million in fees.
A bill introduced in Oklahoma last year never made it out of committee.
In Minnesota, state Sen. Matt Klein said he will reintroduce a bill that failed to pass last year early in the state’s legislative session. The session opens on January 14 in St. Paul.
Bill opponents have blocked passage over fears of gambling addiction and family bankruptcies. Klein said his legislation has protections that would make it the safest sports betting law in the country.
Washington DC and 38 US states have legalized sports betting, and Missouri is setting rules and regulations to begin this year.
Raises the age limit
New Hampshire lawmakers will consider raising the minimum age to place a sports bet from 18 to 21 under a bill expected to be reviewed Wednesday by the state House Ways and Means Committee.
New Hampshire is one of seven states and Washington DC to set the minimum gambling age at 18, and most neighboring states – Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine and New York – have a minimum age of 21.
If the bill goes into effect in mid-2026, lawmakers will factor in the potential loss of $640,000 a year in gaming revenue with the age increase.
DraftKings is the only online sports betting option in the state.
Macau
Gross gaming revenue in Macau will reach US$28.3 billion in 2024, up 23.9 percent from 2023, the special administrative region’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau reported last week.
December revenue of $2.3 billion was 2 percent lower than a year ago and was the first month of 2024 to have less monthly revenue than the previous year.
October was the strongest month of the year with revenue of $2.6 billion.
By comparison, Nevada’s total gaming revenue in October was $1.286 billion.
