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Major Iowa Lottery Snafu: Thousands of Past Winners’ Social Security Numbers Get Released
Iowa Lottery officials are red-faced, and have apologized after accidentally releasing 2,967 social security numbers of winners from 2011 to a college professor doing lottery research that covered the past 30 years. Jeff Kelly Lowenstein, an assistant journalism instructor at Grand Valley...
Key Information Left Out of OJ Simpson Parole Hearing Spurs Gloria Allred to Push for Change to Nevada Law
Celebrity attorney Gloria Allred is seeing red over OJ Simpson's imminent release from a Nevada prison, and she's put in motion legislation to see to it that the state's laws change going forward as a result. OJ Simpson could be released from...
Four NCAA Basketball Coaches Arrested in Bribe and Kickback Scandal
The FBI arrested four assistant college basketball coaches on fraud and corruption charges Monday, exposing what Acting US Attorney Joon Kim of the Southern District of New York called "dark underbelly of college basketball." Former NBA star Chuck Person of Auburn, Oklahoma...
China’s ASF Threatens to Sue Queensland Government Over Rebuffed Casino Bid
The Chinese-backed ASF Consortium has said it is seeking a “suitable and equitable solution” to the government of Queensland, Australia’s decision to jettison its $2.4 billion project on the Gold Coast, a popular tourist destination. Failing that, it will sue, it said...
Pennsylvania Launches Investigation into Suspicious Lottery Wins
Pennsylvania’s Office of the Auditor General has launched an investigation into implausibly frequent lottery wins, following a PennLive article which found some that state lottery players were simply winning too much. PennLive discovered that, between 2000 and 2016, over 200 Pennsylvanians had...
Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun Diversify Connecticut Resorts With New Nongaming Amenities
The Native American tribes that own Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun are pushing ahead with continued investments at their respective casino resorts to attract new guests to southeastern Connecticut. Foxwoods announced this week that it's constructing a multi-level indoor go-kart track that is...
Raiders Negotiating Oakland Coliseum Lease Extension, as Las Vegas Stadium Suffers Setbacks
Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis is ready to move his NFL franchise to Las Vegas, but before that can happen, the team of course needs somewhere to play. With the typical red tape getting in the way, it now appears unlikely that...
Russia’s Primorye Casino Zone Auction Gets No Bids, Is North Korea Crisis to Blame?
Russia’s bid to attract more foreign casino capital to its Primorye special economic zone is falling on deaf ears. A auction launched by the federal government in July that offered up three separate plots of land for casino developers has not resulted...
Ex-Amaya Chief David Baazov Sued by Dubai Investment Firm for Alleged Fraud
Former Amaya chairman and ex-CEO David Baazov is being sued by the Dubai investment company he once claimed was financing his proposed takeover of the PokerStars parent. Baazov announced his intention to take Amaya private at the beginning of 2016, before a...
Macau Smoking Lounge Policies Issued, Casinos Must Comply by 2019
Regulations for Macau smoking lounges inside casinos have been released by Social Affairs and Culture Secretary Alexis Tam Chon Weng that will require resorts to alter their designated tobacco areas. Under the new smoking policies, gaming tables and slot machines must be...
