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While Duval, Florida residents voted to authorize slot machines in the county, the state has turned down bestbet's request to add 2,000 slot machines to its poker facility in Jacksonville. The state cited a num...
The idea to expand Connecticut's gambling market to allow the construction of a third casino was tossed about at a recent hearing, which became exceptionally heated as both sides of the debate tried to get thei...
A law against match fixing and betting fraud was passed late Thursday by Germany’s lower house of Parliament, Bundestag, according to German news agency Deutsche Welle.
The new law makes it illegal to conspi...
At a recent discussion on casino management laws of Samoa, ruling HRPP party MP Faumuina Wayne Fong appealed to the government to consider allowing locals the opportunity to gamble at Samoa casinos. Earnings ar...
Texas is one of a handful of states in the US that has continued to shy away from casino gambling, with a long-standing ban on such activities in place. Now it seems one Representative of the state would like t...
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...