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The long-standing fight over how to divvy up revenue from horse race wagering between the two remaining horse tracks in Michigan may have finally found some resolution.
However, owners of Hazel Park Raceway,...
On Thursday, a proposed ballot measure’s wording was rejected by Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. The proposed constitutional amendment seeks to allow casino operation in three of the state’s counties...
In an effort to bring more casinos to Arkansas, a group has submitted a proposed constitutional amendment to Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, who will review it and either certify the submission or send it bac...
In Puerto Rico, the Department Of Treasury has suspended plans to legalize up to 100,000 video lottery terminals (VLTs) until lawsuits brought by The Association Of Slot Machines Owners and The Puerto Rico Hote...
The government of Goa is currently creating rules that will be issued to the Gaming Commission to help set up the casino industry regulations. One rule in the works would see locals banned from casinos, accordi...
Trying to boost business in the $42 billion investment in Sochi, Russian authorities have already announced shutting down casinos in the Azov-City gaming zone. However, the president Vladimir Putin has decided ...
The American Gaming Association (AGA) has revealed that the $174.3 million contributed by the three casinos in Detroit last year accounted for an estimated 16% of the Michigan city’s total revenues.
Detroit ...
For the quarter that ended March 31, contributions from tribal gaming revenue to the state will be an approximate $23.9 million, according to the Arizona Department of Gaming.
Compared to the same time perio...
A bill backed by the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians and designed to stop the North Fork Mono Indians from building a casino on land the tribe has in federal trust near Madera, California, was referred...
On Friday, Attorney General Luther Strange announced that both FanDuel and DraftKings have agreed to shut down operations in the state effective May 2.
On April 5, Strange announced that his office had found...
Gambling is currently illegal in the state of Maharashtra but the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) is pushing the state government to legalize the industry and license offshore casinos, which ...
Residents of Sedgwick County in the state of Kansas do not seem likely to be given a second chance to vote on whether to allow slot machines at the disused Wichita Greyhound Park following a ruling from the sta...
The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota has a new Class III gaming compact, the first awarded since voters approved gaming expansion in the state, .
According to a notice published Friday in the Federal Regis...
Gaming analysts were expecting either California or Pennsylvania to become the fourth state in the U.S to legalize online gambling but that hasn’t happened as of yet. Now, Michigan has decided to push for the l...
The decline of Macau’s casino industry over the last two years has made it difficult for junket operators to run a successful operation as these middle agents played a key role in bringing VIP gamblers to Macau...