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Authorities say trio netted over $400k in casino conspiracy

K Morrison
Tribal Gaming, Casino Heists, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, North America Casino News, Casino Cheating, Gaming Industry News, Data Protection, Conspiracy, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Financial Fraud, Pennsylvania
On Tuesday Mohegan Sun Pocono’s former vice president of player development was charged with conspiring with a frequent gambler and a cocktail server to defraud the Pennsylvania casino out of hundreds of thousa...

Kansas to appeal Quapaw Tribe casino expansion ruling

K Morrison
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Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and the Cherokee County Commission filed notice this week in U.S. District Court in Topeka that they would appeal a federal judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit that challeng...

Agreement reached for north Jersey; Voters to decide on casinos in November

K Morrison
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A compromise over a referendum on casino gambling in North Jersey has been reached by two Democratic legislators, Governor Chris Christie announced on his return to the State House on Monday. Coming on the e...

Opponent group raises money to fight Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe casino

K Morrison
Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Massachusetts
The Mashpee Wampanoag raised their nation’s flag for the first time on their newly designated tribal land on Monday afternoon and celebrated what they are calling the next step towards breaking ground this spri...

China’s anti-corruption crackdown will impact the progress of the controversial Baha Mar Resort

Renee Kingsley
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The proposal to build the Baha Mar resort in the Bahamas was initially submitted in 2002 and over a decade has passed since then but the resort is yet to be completed and continues to be surrounded in controver...

Gay Head tribe’s bingo hall permanently banned by judge

K Morrison
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The November dismissal by U.S. District Court Judge Dennis Saylor IV of the suit between the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and the state was strengthened on Tuesday when a permanent injunction against ...

Connecticut Attorney General seeks dismissal of MGM casino suit

K Morrison
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On Wednesday a motion was filed in federal court by the state attorney general’s office that requests a lawsuit filed by MGM Resorts in August be dismissed. The suit, filed by the developer of a new casino in S...