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Community Security Guard in Peru Shot in Face During Casino Robbery
A man is fighting for his life after trying to stop a group of thieves on Wednesday afternoon as they left a casino they had just robbed in Puente Piedra, Peru. Herless Saldívar Cieza, working...
IGaming Fueling Revenue Growth in Michigan
The Great Lakes State is setting a strong pace for online casinos and sports betting revenues so far in 2023. IGaming and sports betting combined increased 24% in June 2023, compared to the same month...
New Hampshire City Moves Forward on Casino, Sportsbook Proposals
Rochester, New Hampshire’s City Council this week pushed ahead with a plan to place a sportsbook in the city. A possibly linked charitable casino also has been proposed for a local mall. On Tuesday, the...
York Fire Now 63% Contained, Wildfire Involves Almost 97K Acres
The massive wildfire that has expanded from California into Nevada is about 63% contained as of Thursday morning, officials reported. That is a major increase from about one-third of the blaze reportedly being contained as...
Illicit Gambling Den Raid Leads to Four Arrests in Oakland
The raid of an illegal gaming joint in Oakland, Calif. last month led to the arrest of four men on weapons charges. It's part of the city’s continuing crackdown against illicit gambling. Each suspect was...
Lawmakers in Brazil Sound Alarm Over Sports Betting Tax Rate
For the longest time, as Brazil was trying to figure out how to introduce regulated sports betting, the idea was to charge operators a 5% tax on their gross gaming revenue, which then became 16%....
Twitch Adds Blaze, Gamdom to Gambling Content Blacklist
In light of the introduction of a new gambling policy last October, Amazon-owned Twitch prohibited the streaming of content related to four specific websites, including Stake.com. Twitch has now expanded this ban to include the...
PAGCOR Admits Failures in Monitoring POGOs, Strengthens Crackdown
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR), the country's gaming regulator and current operator of state-run casinos, is fulfilling a promise it made less than a month ago. In an effort to clean up the...
Las Vegas Teen Murder Suspect Arrested for Prior Robbery, Cops Reveal
A teenager accused of a murder near the Las Vegas Strip has also been charged in connection with the armed robbery of pricey merchandise from an upscale Las Vegas store. Robtravion Lee, 19, allegedly stole...
Gold Coast Casino Robberies Target Older Asian Women, Suspect Nabbed in Vegas
A man was arrested recently for allegedly repeatedly robbing elderly Asian women at, or close to, Las Vegas’ Gold Coast Hotel and Casino. Jephery Steward, 25, was apprehended on July 26 for the string of...
