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Ethics Commission Probes Financing for Maine Casino Campaign
The Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices is investigating whether the campaign behind the proposal to bring a casino to York County hid the source of more than $4 million in funding. The commission ultimately listened to over 10 hours...
Bureau of Indian Affairs Stays Out of Connecticut Casino Expansion Debate
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has missed a deadline to approve or reject a satellite casino project in East Windsor, Connecticut, one that's being jointly built by the state's two Native American groups on non-tribal land. The Mashantucket and Mohegan tribes...
Schenectady Casino Awards $500K Three Card Poker Jackpot
One lucky player at the Rivers Casino & Resort in Schenectady walked away nearly a half-million dollars richer on Saturday, after they hit a progressive jackpot at a Three Card Poker table in the Schenectady, New York casino. The player, who chose...
Caesars Ends Free Parking for Locals at Seven Las Vegas Strip Casinos, Following MGM
Caesars began charging out-of-state guests to self-park in late March at the Linq, and continued rolling out the fees at other resorts up and down the Strip throughout the year. But to date, Nevadans have been immune from paying simply by swiping...
PAGCOR Casino Income Up 36 Percent in 2017, PhilWeb Receives Accreditation
PAGCOR, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp, says in its 2017 third quarter report that casino income from its 13 Casino Filipino locations and 35 satellite facilities is up 36 percent through September. Net income after expenses totaled PHP 4.36 billion ($84.3...
Larry Flynt Loses Bid to Overturn California Casino Law
Hustler Magazine creator Larry Flynt failed in his bid to expand his casino ownership portfolio when a federal judge dismissed his challenge to a California law that doesn’t allow individuals to operate gambling venues both inside and outside the state. U.S. District...
Judge Orders MGM to Preserve Evidence at Route 91 Shooting Site, Mandalay Bay
Facing two lawsuits and the possibility of future litigation, MGM Resorts was ordered Monday by a Las Vegas judge not to destroy any evidence related to the Oct. 1 Route 91 Harvest festival shooting. Attorneys that filed suit will bring forensic experts...
Voters on Taiwan’s Kinmen Islands Overwhelmingly Reject Call for Legal Casinos
The people of Kinmen Island in Taiwan spoke loud and clear at the ballot box on what they thought about allowing casinos in their towns. They overwhelmingly rejected a referendum on the matter Saturday by a vote of 21,663 to 2,705. The...
Jack Lam Charged With Bribery in Philippines, Faces One to Five Years Imprisonment
Macau gambling tycoon and Chinese citizen Jack Lam quickly fled the Philippines after authorities raided his Fontana Hot Spring Leisure Parks casino resort in the Clark Freeport Zone in November of 2016 and arrested 1,316 Chinese nationals working illegally. Nearly a year...
SLS Las Vegas Sale Price Tussle Means Final Deal Likely Delayed Until Q1 2018
Sales price haggling over the SLS Las Vegas may have pushed back the deal's anticipated closing date, a spokesman for the transaction announced over the weekend. Negotiations between purchaser Alex Meruelo's company and seller Stockbridge Capital Partners were expected to be finalized by...
