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Plans for a Medford electronic gambling parlor have been submitted by the Suffolk Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. to the Town of Brookhaven. Meanwhile, both opponents and supporters await a decision by a New Y...

Both the state and lawyers for VictoryLand file arguments with Supreme Court

January 1, 2016

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Alabama, North America Casino News, Casino project updates, Gaming Industry News, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

Voters in Macon County knew that they were authorizing the non-traditional version of bingo when they approved a bingo amendment in 2003. That is what the Alabama Supreme Court was told by lawyers for the Victo...

Connecticut refutes MGM Resorts claims that its casino act favours tribal casinos

Renee Kingsley

January 1, 2016

Tribal Gaming, Casino proposals, Casino openings, Connecticut, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Massachusetts

MGM Resorts filed a lawsuit against the state of Connecticut in 2015 alleging that the state had not followed fair policy by giving casino establishments an equal right to bid for a third casino in Connecticut....

Protesters outside of Chukchansi casino

December 31, 2015

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, North America Casino News, Casino openings, Casino project updates, Gaming Industry News, California, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

The decision by the state and federal government to approve the reopening of the Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino in Coarsegold, California was protested by individuals gathered outside of the facility’s entra...

Oklahoma tribe plans to launch online gambling site

December 30, 2015

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, North America Casino News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Online Gambling News, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Oklahoma

If given final approval the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma will soon become the first tribe in the state to operate an international gambling website. Players from other countries would play real money casino games ...

Landowners attempt to cork casino’s water supply with 19th-century lawsuit

December 28, 2015

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The edge of wine country in California’s Santa Ynez Valley is the site of the latest water war. A group of landowners there are rolling the dice with an 1897 lawsuit in an attempt to stop an expansion of the Ch...

Slot machine battle could revolve around Gretna Racing, Poarch Creek Indians

December 27, 2015

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Casino expansion projects, North America Casino News, Casino project updates, Gaming Industry News, Florida, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

A case is currently being considered by the Florida Supreme Court that has the potential to change the gaming landscape of the state, specifically for rural Gadsden County, Gretna Racing and the Poarch Creek In...

Resorts World Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands patrons not so lucky; 6 arrested for cheating them

December 26, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino Cruise Ships, World Casino News, Casino Cheating, Gaming Industry News, Asian Casino News, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Singapore

On Thursday two women and four men, all Chinese nationals, were charged with cheating casino patrons at the Marina Bay Sands, developed by the Las Vegas Sands, and Resorts World Sentosa integrated casino resort...

Seneca County IDA defends financial assistance for Lago casino

December 26, 2015

Casino openings, Economy/Finance, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, New York

A citizens group and competing casino interests have spent considerable time and resources in an attempt to stop the Lago Resort & Casino from going forward in the Upstate New York town of Tyre. One oft rep...

Illinois AG being sued by DraftKings and FanDuel

December 26, 2015

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One day after Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan declared daily fantasy sports betting illegal in the Prairie State, on Thursday, separate lawsuits were filed by Boston-based DraftKings and New York-based F...

US federal court issues entry of default vs $2.5m of still-shuttered Tinian Dynasty Casino

December 25, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Licenses, Conspiracy, Oceania Casino News, Bankruptcy, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Northern Mariana Islands

Last Friday, Assistant U.S. attorney Russell H. Lorfing requested that the U.S. District Court for the NMI issue a default judgement against Tinian Dynasty as they had failed to contest a forfeiture action on ...

Federal judge denies Wampanoag’s request for review of Martha’s Vineyard casino decision

December 25, 2015

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

On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor denied a request by the (Aquinnah) Wampanoag tribe of Gay Head to reconsider his ruling that they may not open and operate a casino on the island near B...

‘Anti-casino’ interests file suit to stop ballot measure allowing another slot parlor in Massachusetts

December 25, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Massachusetts

At least 10 people in Massachusetts don't want to see a second slots parlor follow Plainridge Park. The group of residents have filed a complaint with the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts against the Att...

Kentucky judge orders Amaya to pay the state $870m

Alex Lanter

December 24, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, Online Poker, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Kentucky

Kentucky Franklin Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate ordered Amaya Gaming, a Canadian online gaming operator, to pay $870 million to the state for providing illegal gaming service to Kentucky residents. Last mo...

Judge dismisses lawsuit over Quapaw Tribe’s Kansas casino site