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Ex-Mohegan Sun Pocono VP sentenced to 32 months in slots scheme

June 20, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Money Laundering, Conspiracy, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Pennsylvania

Former Mohegan Sun Pocono vice president of player development, Robert Pellegrini, was handed down a 32-month prison sentence on Friday by a Pennsylvania federal court for conspiracy to commit money laundering....

Email from DraftKings’ co-founders notifies players of FTC attempt to block merger

K Morrison

June 19, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fantasy Sports, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

DraftKings has sent out an email to its registered players notifying them that the Boston-based daily fantasy sports (DFS) contest provider learned today that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will attemp...

Leadership and citizenship feud results in closure of Nooksack Tribe casino

K Morrison

June 18, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino closures, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Washington

For the second time in less than two years, employees of a casino owned and operated by the Nooksack Indian Tribe are jobless without having been given any prior notice of an impending closing. After having ...

Crown Resorts employees in China charged with promoting gambling

Alex Lanter

June 14, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, China, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

The group of Crown Resorts employees who were arrested in China in October last year has now been charged by a local court, an announcement from the company reveals, according to British daily newspaper The Gua...

Texas files federal lawsuit against the Tigua Indians

Adam Morgan

June 13, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Texas

The state of Texas has reportedly filed a federal lawsuit against the Tigua Indians amid allegations that the tribe’s Speaking Rock Entertainment Center near the city of El Paso violates local gaming laws and t...

Russian court upholds decision against Royal Time Group

Adam Morgan

June 7, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Russia

In Russia, a Primorsky Krai court has reportedly upheld a decision from the local government to terminate a contract that had given Kazan-based developer, Royal Time Group, permission to construct a $215 millio...

Massachusetts Gaming Commission fines Plainridge Park Casino for security issue

Marie Kelley

June 3, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Massachusetts

The Plainridge Park Casino of Massachusetts will have to pay a $65,000 fine due to not being in compliance with requirements for security staffing on-site. The casino has been found to be in violation of the mi...

Man in Washington State charged with making bomb threat to Lummi casino

K Morrison

June 1, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Washington

Early Monday, a Ferndale, Washington man was arrested for allegedly calling in a bomb threat to the Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa located at 4876 Haxton Way in Ferndale. The Bellingham Herald reports that 45-...

Gambling Commission wins right to veto pub gambling

Adam Morgan

May 31, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Licenses, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, the Court Of Appeal has upheld an earlier ruling that gave the Gambling Commission regulator the right to prevent pubs from obtaining a gambling license even if the operator had satisfied...

Huge online gambling ring in central Vietnam busted

K Morrison

May 31, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Vietnam

An online gambling ring which handled transactions worth an estimated US$62 million was the subject of a recent police crackdown in Vietnam's central Thanh Hoa province, reports local media. According to dai...

South Dakota blackjack dealer admits to stealing $10k from casino

Marie Kelley

May 31, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, South Dakota

In South Dakota, a blackjack dealer has pled guilty to stealing $10,000 from his former employer, the Dakota Sioux Casino. Employees of casino gaming venues are hired and trained in all aspects of gaming upo...

Golden Mardi Gras Casino hit with discrimination suit

K Morrison

May 31, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Colorado, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

A lawsuit filed Sunday in U.S. District Court in Denver accuses the Golden Mardi Gras Casino of age and gender discrimination. San Luis Obispo, California attorney Lisa Sahli filed the lawsuit on behalf of 1...

Federal regulator rules against owner of Oklahoma casino’s parking lot

Adam Morgan

May 30, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Oklahoma

In western Oklahoma, a two-acre parking lot next to the Lucky Star Casino near the small city of Clinton now reportedly sits empty with concrete blocks barricading its entrance following a ruling from the Natio...

Repeat code violations for Queens casino

K Morrison

May 30, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, New York

Lawyers for Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct keep rolling snake eyes when it comes to their defense of minor civil infractions at the New York City casino. The New York Post reports that in three years, the ...

Marina Bay Sands suing former Chinese table tennis star over gambling debt

Adam Morgan

May 30, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Singapore

One of China's best-known table tennis players is reportedly being sued in a Hong Kong court for failing to fully pay off a gambling debt he ran up while at the Marina Bay Sands property in Singapore. Accord...