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Macau Casinos Post 15th Straight Month of Gains, October Revenue Best in Three Years
Macau casinos took full advantage of China's Golden Week holiday last month, as the country's special gaming enclave reported its highest gross revenue win in three years. The Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau reported that the region's casinos won 26.6 billion...
New York Assemblyman Gary Pretlow Calls for Upstate Casino Review, as Revenues Fall Short of Expectations
New York Assemblyman Gary Pretlow (D-Mount Vernon) has requested State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to try and figure out why three upstate casinos that recently opened are far from meeting their pre-market revenue expectations. Pretlow, one of New York's most active gaming expansion...
‘Demonstration Mode Only’ Brazil Casino Feels the Sting When Police Raid Venue for Switching to Real Money Slots
An attempt by a Brazil casino to offer the first legal gambling in the South American country came to a crashing halt when police raided the venue on Monday, after it began taking real money bets. The operators had been given "demo...
Georgia Tops Alabama in First College Football Playoff Rankings
The sportsbooks and pollsters preferred Alabama, but in the first college football playoff rankings Georgia was placed at the top spot. Both teams are undefeated, but flopped positions in Tuesday’s rankings. Alabama has been at No. 1 in the Associated Press Top...
Nevada Sportsbooks Collect Record Handle in September, Casino Revenue Increases 3.3 Percent
Nevada sportsbooks pulled in $558.4 million in wagers during September, the largest handle in state sports betting history. It tops the previous mark by $1 million, which was set in November of 2015. Oddsmakers performed well, keeping $44.4 million of the money,...
Mystery Vegas Gambler Keeps Betting It All on World Series, Up to $14M Riding on Game 7
It’s Game 7 of the World Series, and everything is on the line. But forget the Dodgers and Astros players, for one mystery gambler in Las Vegas, this game could determine if a betting streak of historic proportions will pay out for...
Player Sniffs Out, Partypoker Snuffs Out High-Stakes Tournament Collusion Ring
A Partypoker representative confirmed that the online poker room had found a series of accounts that were working together to collude in high stakes tournaments. The admission came following a thread posted on the Two Plus Two forums in which a frequent...
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...
