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After last week entering into negotiations to offload its Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem property in Pennsylvania, Las Vegas Sands Corporation has now reportedly announced that it remains interested in developin...
In January, reports surfaced that lawmakers in Illinois were going to consider a casino gambling expansion that would raise much-needed revenues for the state. Lawmakers are struggling to find a way to create r...
In accord with Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo's joint resolution in the Assembly that progressed in January, New Jersey state Senator Jim Whelan is making moves in his chamber to ask the current federal government ...
New legislation to regulate online and offline gambling was adopted by the Swiss Parliament that will limit the activity to a set number of operators based in Switzerland only, according to SWI swissinfo.ch.
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Online gambling is once again on the table in the state of Michigan after State Senator Mike Kowall introduced a new online casino measure titled The Lawful Internet Gaming Act this week. The new legislation wo...
In the state of Georgia, proposed legislation that could see voters asked to permit the licensing of up to two resort casinos has reportedly been given a hearing later today before the Georgia House Of Represen...
In North Dakota, proposed legislation that would allow voters to decide whether to amend the state’s constitution in order to open a maximum of six new state-owned casinos has reportedly been called “racist” by...
The Seminole tribe of Florida has made clear its objections to two pending gambling bills in the state, saying that they fear that SB 8 and PCB TGC 17-01 were in possible violation of US federal laws. SB 8 was...
Lawmakers in North Dakota are soon reportedly set to decide whether to authorize proposed legislation that would ask voters to approve the licensing of up to six state-owned casinos with all of the new venues’ ...
In the United States territory of Guam, a local lawmaker has reportedly proposed legislation that would shut down the practice of weekend gambling at a fairgrounds facility located near the small community of T...
After losing an appeals court ruling in November concerning an attempt to collect the over $9.5 million he allegedly won while enjoying games of high-stakes baccarat at London’s exclusive Crockfords casino, Ame...
The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic has approved the controversial provisions of the new gambling act that call for blocking of unregulated online gambling operators through ISPs, ruling that the pro...
In the American state of Georgia, proposed legislation that could have seen voters asked to permit the licensing of up to two resort casinos is dead for at least a year after failing to make it out of an influe...
Assemblyman J.Gary Pretlow, who heads the New York Assembly’s Racing and Wagering Committee, hinted that he is willing to support the effort to legalize online poker in New York in an interview with the FIOS1 N...
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (pictured) says he wants a late-session push from legislators to enact a state lottery as a way to possibly generate tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue that could be used...