David McKee
David McKee began his career as copy editor for Casino Magazine and Casino Executive Magazine, in Minneapolis, moving to Las Vegas in 1999 to become Managing Editor at Casino Executive. He has held similar positions with Casino Journal, Global Gaming Business, the Las Vegas Business Press and Las Vegas Advisor. He is currently a daily contributor to LasVegasAdvisor.com, Editor in Chief of Casino Life Magazine and a correspondent for COMPLETE iGAMING. His work has garnered first-prize awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Nevada Press Association. David currently lives in Augusta, Georgia, with his wife Jennifer and their cat Cupid.
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Maryland online sports betting revenue up 5.6% in April
11 May 2026 at 1:19pm UTC-4
Maryland sports betting revenues were up 5.6% year-over-year in April. Online books won US$62.1 million off of handle of US$566.1 million.
The handle figure represented a ...
Codere Online upbeat on first-quarter earnings
7 May 2026 at 10:48am UTC-4
Brevity was the order of the day at Codere Online’s May 7 earnings call. First-quarter results were reviewed and disposed of in 31 minutes. “We are very pleased with how we ...
Codere Online posts double-digit increases
7 May 2026 at 10:41am UTC-4
Revenue for Codere Online spiked in the first quarter of 2026, up 13% to €60.3 million. Net gaming revenue was also up, to €64.4 million. The company reported quarterly ...
Flutter execs stick to generalities in earnings call
6 May 2026 at 7:46pm UTC-4
Leadership of Flutter Entertainment offered few specifics regarding the company’s first-quarter performance during their May 6 earnings call. They mostly hewed to broad themes ...
Flutter revenue up, profits down in Q1; FanDuel Chief Executive out
6 May 2026 at 7:41pm UTC-4
Hours after announcing the May 6 firing of FanDuel Chief Executive Amy Howe, parent company Flutter Entertainment released its first-quarter earnings. They were mostly declines ...
Missouri sportsbooks hold tightly in March
4 May 2026 at 3:10pm UTC-4
Sports betting in Missouri produced US$36 million in revenue in March off of US$329 million in handle. That translated into a 10.9% hold, “modestly above other states that have ...
Gaming operators run the gamut on prediction markets during earnings calls
1 May 2026 at 1:21pm UTC-4
Prediction markets remain controversial and nowhere was this more evident than during first-quarter earnings calls. Gaming executives’ comments spanned the spectrum from ...
Jefferies analyst upbeat on Flutter, raises guidance
30 April 2026 at 2:15pm UTC-4
Jefferies Equity Research analyst James Wheatcroft placed a “Buy” rating on FanDuel parent Flutter Entertainment in a 29 April investor note.
Wheatcroft gave Flutter a ...
Rush Street execs celebrate record quarter on success of ‘casino-first’ strategy
29 April 2026 at 9:20am UTC-4
On the strength of record-level numbers for their company, Rush Street Interactive executives were in an upbeat mood during their first-quarter earnings call on 28 April ...
Rush Street Interactive revenue, profits leap in first quarter
28 April 2026 at 4:56pm UTC-4
Revenue, profitability and cash flow for Rush Street Interactive jumped by double and even triple digits in the first quarter of 2026. The results were announced late on 28 April ...
Sportradar execs push back on allegations in earnings call
28 April 2026 at 3:56pm UTC-4
Adversity for Sportradar continued in its first-quarter earnings call, which saw lengthy audio dropouts during its 65-minute duration. The company reported financial results early ...
Sportradar misses earnings expectations in first quarter
28 April 2026 at 3:38pm UTC-4
Sportradar came up short of Wall Street’s expectations in the first quarter of 2026, reporting €346 million in revenue when The Street had expected €362 million.
Cash ...
Betsson revenue, profits slip in first quarter
24 April 2026 at 1:36pm UTC-4
Despite an “organic increase” of 4%, group revenue for igaming operator Betsson slumped 3% in the first quarter of 2026. The company reported €285.3 million in revenue early ...
Modest haul for Oregon online sports betting in March
16 April 2026 at 1:09pm UTC-4
DraftKings grossed US$8.3 million from online sports betting in Oregon during March. That was a 14.4% spike for the operator, which enjoys a monopoly in the state.
Handle was ...
Optimism ‘moderate’ in face of bear market for online sports betting stocks, analyst says
15 April 2026 at 12:27pm UTC-4
Online sports betting and igaming stocks are down 35% this year, according to Jefferies Equity Research analyst David Katz.
Katz explained that “our optimism for 1Q26 ...
