Casino.org

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Casino.org
Casino.org logo.jpg
Type of site
Online iGaming publication
Available inEnglish
Spanish
French
German
FoundedJune 1995
HeadquartersUnited States
Created byWarren B. Eugene
URL casino.org
CommercialYes
LaunchedJune 1995;30 years ago (1995-06)
Current statusActive

Casino.org is an online i-gaming news and comparison site that publishes reporting, data journalism, game guides and casino-operator reviews. Established in 1995, it is one of the longest-running i-gaming publications on the web and is frequently cited by mainstream newspapers, business magazines and trade journals. [1] [2]

Contents

Casino.org publishes in English as well as regional editions in Spanish, French and German. It also operates Vital Vegas founded by Scott Roeben. [3] [4]

In September 2025, Casino.org broke the Guinness World Record for the most casinos visited in 24 hours. [5] The brand partnered with former Amazing Race contestants, Joel Strasser and Garrett Smith, to take on the previous record of 74. The trio visited 115 casinos in Las Vegas within 24 hours and are the current world record holders. [6]

In February 2026, Genius Sports announced its acquisition of Casino.org's parent company, Legend, in a $1.2 billion deal. [7]

History

Casino.org was founded by Warren B. Eugene in June 1995 as the public face of his Caribbean Casino software project, which Time identified that month as one of the first attempts to run real-money table games on the nascent world wide web. [1] Two years later, the San Francisco Chronicle described Eugene as an early "online gambling pioneer", reporting that he was negotiating a sale of the business while U.S. lawmakers weighed an Internet Gambling Prohibition Act. [8]

Mainstream outlets regularly cite its investigations. The Las Vegas Review-Journal relied on Casino.org research for a widely shared tipping guide in December 2023, [9] and has continued to quote its coverage of ATM-fee and parking-charge increases on the Las Vegas Strip. [10] Financial news outlet TheStreet likewise attributes scoops on property reopenings and fee changes to Casino.org exclusives. [11]

In 2024, Casino.org partnered with Jeffrey Derevensky, a professor at Montreal’s McGill University to produce a report on Taylor Swift and the similarities between her marketing tactics and that of the gambling industry. The research was widely covered in places like Billboard and RetailWire. [12] [13] The platform is also regularly cited in US and international media like USA Today and The Daily Mirror for its studies on lottery and gambling, as well as its interviews with sports personalities. [14] [15]

In January 2026, Casino.org announced Michael Owen as their UK and Ireland brand ambassador. [16]

Platform

Casino.org publishes in more than 100 national or regional editions, including separate versions for Canada, Brazil and over twenty U.S. states. [17]

Casino.org maintains an open research archive that has been cited by legal scholars examining Canadian sports-betting liberalisation. [18]

References

  1. 1 2 Quittner, Josh (12 June 1995). "Betting on Virtual Vegas". Time.
  2. ↑ Schwartz, Evan I. (1 October 1995). "Wanna Bet?". Wired .
  3. ↑ https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/vital-vegas-11-5-18-edition/
  4. ↑ https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/vital-vegas-shake-up-at-the-palms-resort/
  5. ↑ O'Connor, Devin (2025-09-29). "Casino.org Beats Guinness World Record for Most Casinos Visited". Casino.org. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  6. ↑ "Most casinos visited in 24 hours". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 2025-10-04. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
  7. ↑ Beltran, Luisa (2026-02-05). "Genius Sports Buys Gambling Media Company Legend in $1.2 Billion Deal". Sportico.com. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
  8. ↑ Swartz, Jon (19 November 1997). "Congress Plays Its Hand Against Virtual Casinos / Bill seeks to curb gaming Web sites". San Francisco Chronicle.
  9. ↑ Prince, Todd (5 December 2023). "Here's how much you should tip casino workers". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  10. ↑ Velotta, Richard N. (8 April 2025). "MGM raises some fees at Las Vegas Strip casinos". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
  11. ↑ "Abandoned off-the-Strip casino finds new life". TheStreet. 9 January 2024.
  12. ↑ Trapunski, Trapunski (22 November 2024). "In Canada: Tragically Hip Debut Tops Charts, Plus Why Some Taylor Swift Fans 'Feel Defeated'".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ↑ Ryan, Tom (9 December 2024). "Is Taylor Swift a Marketing Genius?".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ Jr, Fernando Cervantes. "See luckiest states, cities, stores to play lottery over the holidays". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  15. ↑ Evans, James (2025-06-18). "Paddy Pimblett reveals 'hatred' for Ilia Topuria as pair's rivalry reignites". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2026-02-04.
  16. ↑ Ingi (2026-01-09). "Michael Owen Joins Casino.org as Exclusive UK & Ireland Affiliate Ambassador for 2026". iGamingToday.com - News, insights and Slots review. Retrieved 2026-01-30.
  17. ↑ "Casino.org Has Become a Reference in the Gaming and Betting Market to Help Brazilians". Games Magazine Brasil. 23 January 2025.
  18. ↑ Holden, John T. (2022). "The Emergence of Single-Game Sports Betting in Canada" (PDF). Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport.
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