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Las Vegas Shooting Victim Sues MGM, Gunman’s Estate, and Bump Stock Manufacturer in First Post-Tragedy Lawsuit
Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting survivor Paige Gasper is taking the lead in filing a lawsuit against companies she believes are at fault for allowing perpetrator Stephen Paddock to carry out the deadliest gun attack in modern US history....
Casino Stocks Stable, But Miss Out on Bullish Wall Street After Las Vegas Shooting
Publicly traded casino stocks associated with Las Vegas seem to be missing out on a wildly bullish phase for Wall Street. While shares haven't dropped as much as some analysts predicted in the week following the Oct. 1 Mandalay Bay shooting that...
Georgia GOP Governor Hopefuls Stand United in Opposition to Gambling
They might not have agreed on much, but the four leading Republican candidates for governor of Georgia were in unison about their opposition to casinos. Participating in an election forum on Saturday, all four in the Georgia GOP quartet voiced their commitment...
Average Macau Casino Visitor is 36, Male, Earns $34,000 Per Year
Macau’s average gambler is a 36-year-old male, hails from one of China’s most economically developed cities (such as Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou or Shenzhen) and earns 19,000 Chinese yuan, or US$2,900 per month. His gambling budget is US$3,035 per trip. That’s according to...
Japanese Financial Giant Nomura Eyes Yokohama’s Casino Potential
Japanese banking giant Nomura said this week that the cities of Osaka and Yokohama were the “prime-candidate” destinations for the country’s planned new casinos. Nomura is particularly interested in the potential of Yokohama, where it is building a passenger ship terminal, complete...
MGM Resorts Disputes Las Vegas Metro Revised October 1 Shooting Timeline
MGM Resorts, the parent company of Mandalay Bay where the October 1 shooting that killed 58 people took place, is now taking issue with the latest timeline of events as laid out by Las Vegas Metro police head and Clark County Sheriff...
High-Stakes Belgian Cops Stole Identities for Online Gambling
In Belgium, at least 30 police officers are under investigation by the country’s gambling commission over allegations they stole the identities of hundreds Belgian citizens to open online gambling accounts. Law enforcement agents are prohibited from participating in all forms of gambling...
Massachusetts Lottery Could Become Sixth State Lotto to Go Online
The Massachusetts Lottery is worried that neighboring New Hampshire's legalization of online keno will hamper sales, and that's why numerous state senate candidates are backing efforts to also enact internet lotto scratch offs and games. Before she resigned from her seat this...
Regulator Memo: Organized Crime Using Vancouver Casinos for Money Laundering
Organized crime in British Columbia’s casinos is a “viable threat to public safety,” according to a memo sent by Gaming Policy Enforcement Branch intelligence to a minister of the provincial government in April. The memo was obtained this week by Canada’s Postmedia...
Las Vegas Casinos, Police Working Together to Assess Security in Shooting Aftermath
As Las Vegas tries to move forward after last week's massacre on the Strip, police are still investigating what happened while working with casino security operations to figure out what happens next. Changes to security tactics are inevitable, and determining best practices...
