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Boston City Councilor Sal Mattina Blasts Wynn for Ignoring Charlestown
April 7, 2014

Boston City Councilor Sal Mattina Blasts Wynn for Ignoring Charlestown

Another twist in the ongoing Massachusetts casino saga, as Boston City Councilor Sal LaMattina hit out at Wynn Resorts last week for being "downright dismissive, disorganized and uncooperative." LaMattina expressed exasperation during a Casino Commission...

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Garden City Group Pays Out Another $5M to US Full Tilt Victims
April 5, 2014

Garden City Group Pays Out Another $5M to US Full Tilt Victims

At one time poker players might have thought it was part of a cruel April Fool's hoax. However, the news that the claims administration firm Garden City Group initiated the second round of Full Tilt...

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Maryland MGM National Harbor Close to Breaking Ground
April 4, 2014

Maryland MGM National Harbor Close to Breaking Ground

Let it not be said that MGM Resorts sits around and knits doilies;  the Nevada-based gaming giant announced it will start work on its new Maryland casino imminently - just four months after the state...

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Macau Profits Continue to Rule the Casino Universe
April 4, 2014

Macau Profits Continue to Rule the Casino Universe

Ten years ago, when Las Vegas Sands chairman and i-gaming-hater Sheldon Adelson first invested in Macau, he claimed it would become the "Vegas of the East". Today, it looks like it's gone a step farther....

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Springfield Massachusetts Debates MGM Casino Plan One Last Time
April 3, 2014

Springfield Massachusetts Debates MGM Casino Plan One Last Time

When a city debates whether or not to host a casino, you can feel pretty confident that the same issues will come up time and again. And so it was no surprise that a community...

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New York State Casino License Applications Coming In at Top Dollar
April 3, 2014

New York State Casino License Applications Coming In at Top Dollar

If you want to run a casino in New York State, you'd better have a healthy bank account accessible. Okay, so you probably already knew that: it's not like building and operating a casino can...

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Table Games Beat Out Baccarat as Nevada Revenues Drop for February
April 2, 2014

Table Games Beat Out Baccarat as Nevada Revenues Drop for February

It's hard to beat a record – and once you do, it's even harder to do it a second time. That was the problem facing the state of Nevada in February, as they had set...

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Fraternal Order of Police Declares Opposition to Online Gambling Ban
April 2, 2014

Fraternal Order of Police Declares Opposition to Online Gambling Ban

If there's one group of citizens you'd expect to be in favor of law and order, it would have to be police officers. That's why it may surprise some to hear that the Fraternal Order...

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New York State Online Poker Bill Introduced by Bonacic
April 1, 2014

New York State Online Poker Bill Introduced by Bonacic

Start spreading the news: New York may be the next state to take a serious run at regulating online poker. A bill that would do just that was introduced in the New York Senate on...

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Caesars to Close Harrah’s Tunica in Mississippi
April 1, 2014

Caesars to Close Harrah’s Tunica in Mississippi

Harrah's Tunica - the largest casino resort between Las Vegas and Atlantic City - is to close in early summer, Caesars Entertainment announced this week; the action will leave 1,300 of their casino employees jobless....

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