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New Jersey legislators wanted to pass a referendum in November that would break Atlantic City’s monopoly on the gambling industry and allow two new casinos to be developed in North Jersey. The casino industry i...
In Canada, entrepreneur David Baazov has abandoned his $6.7 billion deal to purchase Amaya Incorporated amid accusations that some shareholders had been demanding higher-than-expected premiums for their stakes ...
Poker pro Phil Ivey has battled two lawsuits that are almost identical as both accuse Ivey and his playing partner Cheung Yin Sun for using a controversial technique known as ‘edge sorting’ to gain an advantage...
The government for Moldova has passed new legislation setting out the criteria for those hoping to operate a casino in the small eastern European nation and that stipulates prospective licensees must hold capit...
MGM Resorts International’s Park Theater located on the casino level (southeast corner) of the Monte Carlo Las Vegas Resort & Casino celebrated its grand opening on Saturday night.
Situated alongside MGM...
In California, a federal judge has decreed that the Iipay Nation Of Santa Ysabel violated the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of 2006 by attempting to launch a real-money online bingo site tw...
Both William Hill and Ladbrokes Coral are top gambling operators in the United Kingdom who may be showing interest in acquiring Tatts Group, the top betting operator in Australia. Media reports suggest that the...
Billionaire Carl Icahn decided in August to close the iconic Trump Taj Mahal on October 10, 2016 as the management was unable to reach agreement with the Local 54 of Unite-HERE union who had gone on strike as t...
The Secretary for Economy and Finance, via Executive Order No. 76/2016, has amended the concession contract between the Special Administrative Region of Macao and the Companhia de Corridas de Galgos Macau (Yat ...
After last week saw its planned $4.4 billion deal to purchase local lottery operator Tatts Group jeopardized following the emergence of a rival bid, Australian sportsbetting operator Tabcorp Holdings Limited ha...
In Massachusetts, an official year-long study has found “no significant causal relationship” between a rise in certain crimes and police activities and the opening of the Plainridge Park Casino in the town of P...
In South Korea, Landing International Development Limited has announced that its Landing Casino inside the Hyatt Regency Jeju hotel has come top of an anti-money laundering assessment carried out by the Korea F...
After suffering significant damage from Hurricane Matthew in October, the area around Lucayan Beach in The Bahamas has been re-opened with all vendors again welcoming tourists and locals.
According to a repo...
Plans for the Kewadin Lansing Casino in Michigan remain in limbo but the Sault St. Marie Tribe of the Chippewa Indians say there is still hope for the almost four-year-old casino proposal, according to the Lans...
In Australia, federal Senator and long-time gambling antagonist Nick Xenophon has reportedly announced that 2017 is set to be a “very unhappy year for the gambling industry” after he pledged to conduct an offic...