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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...
February 1st, regulators and industry insiders will be sharing their expertise on the ever-evolving online gaming industry at the 6th Annual Regulatory Conference on International Online Gaming to be staged at ...
The European Commission came down hard on six European Union member states back in 2013 for not having done enough to regulate online gambling, with Lithuania being one of the six members.
Lithuania has take...
The Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan has revealed plans to create an integrated resort consisting of three hotels, commercial facilities, shops, conference rooms and a gambling complex. Even though the servi...
Mashpee Wampanoag tribal lands in Taunton and Mashpee, Massachusetts were officially declared a reservation by the U.S. Department of Interior on Friday.
Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, first acquire...
Governor Rick Scott and the Florida Seminole Tribe finally came to an agreement in regards to gaming in the state, reaching a $3 billion gaming deal. However this deal is currently in jeopardy as the Florida Le...
Two competing proposals to allow voters to decide whether or not to expand casino gambling beyond Atlantic City, New Jersey will be voted on in their respective chambers Monday. January 11 is the end of this le...
Earlier this week, the state of California held a hearing to discuss aspects of gambling. The hearing was supposed to include legislation involving online poker but at the last minute, AB 167 was removed from t...
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 ...
A number of states including Nevada and New York came down heavily on the Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) betting industry as legislators determined that DFS was similar to the casino industry and must be regulated....
VIPs are already coming to Saipan in large enough numbers for the sole casino there to do over $3 billion in rolling chip business in their first two full months of operations. Now the CNMI Commonwealth Casino ...
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...
The government of Russia has been asked by the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, to force bookmakers to be sponsors of sporting events when the sportsmen of Russian origin are taking part. The new law should b...
The Attorney General of New York State had taken additional measures towards daily fantasy sports sites FanDuel and DraftKings. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is not only seeking to see the brands shut down...
Scheduled to be up and running by January 2015, CEO of The Pride of Texas Casino, Vidal Conde, says that now, "We're looking at having the ship here within the next 60 days, at least by the first quarter of 201...