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MGM Resorts Ups Connecticut Ante with PR Blitz for Bridgeport Casino
The MGM Bridgeport, a proposed casino in southwestern Connecticut, is beginning to look less like “a stunt” and more like casino hardball, as MGM Resorts has unleashed a marketing blitz to win local hearts and minds for their unlikely casino project. According...
Morningstar: Japan’s Integrated Casino Resort Market Should Be Less Restricted
Japan's forthcoming integrated casino market won't be able to achieve its maximum revenue potential should the federal government implement various restrictions as expected. That's according to global investment firm Morningstar, which voiced various concerns over the regulations in a note issued this...
Atlantic City Casino Tax Appeal Settlements Covered Through Municipal Bonds
Atlantic City reached property tax appeal settlements with numerous casinos last month, and the state government says it's funding the payments through the issuance of municipal bonds. Bally's, Caesars, Golden Nugget, Harrah's, Tropicana, and the former Trump Taj Mahal and Trump Plaza...
Inventor of Automatic Shuffler Among Casino Visionaries Named to Gaming Hall of Fame
The 2017 Global Gaming Expo (G2E) is almost upon us and, to celebrate, the American Gaming Association announced this week it has inducted four new members into its Gaming Hall of Fame. The “Class of 2017” comprises John Breeding, the brains behind...
Minnesota Super Bowl Pop-Up Nightclub Announced at Nearby Majestic Lake Casino
Super Bowl LII, or 52nd for those not versed in their Roman numerals, will take place on February 4, 2018, at the domed US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Home of the Minnesota Vikings, the big game will bring the American sporting world...
Paddy Power’s Trump-Designated Oddsmaker Covers Contingencies You Never Imagined
Donald Trump odds at Irish bookmaker Paddy Power cover just about every conceivable happening these days, with a "Head of Trump Betting" at the online operator tasked with setting lines on everything from his relationship with Melania to the measurements of his...
Atlantic City Strip Club Stakes Its Pole in Former Trump Taj Mahal, New Owner Hard Rock Files Suit
Atlantic City strip club Scores says when Hard Rock is finished with its $500 million reimagining of the former Trump Taj Mahal, it has the legal right to reopen inside the resort. The gentlemen's club makes that claim that it still holds...
Boxer Jake LaMotta, Subject of ‘Raging Bull,’ Dies at 95
Giacobbe "Jake" LaMotta’s battles outside the boxing ring were almost as vicious as his fights that raged in it. The subject of the movie “Raging Bull,” LaMotta died Tuesday at age 95, of complications from pneumonia, at a nursing home near Miami,...
Scientific Games Buys Online Gambling Platform Provider NYX Gaming for $632 Million
Las Vegas-based Scientific Games (SG) announced on Wednesday that it was acquiring competitor NYX Gaming in a deal valued at $632 million. The purchase further extends Scientific's dominating presence in the slots market. Scientific Games will buy all outstanding ordinary shares of...
Billy Walters Ordered to Pay $25 Million Penalty Following Securities Fraud Conviction
Legendary Las Vegas figures can be found winning big all over the city, but legendary sports betting icon Billy Walters would like to forget his recent history, now that he has been ordered by a federal judge to pay a $25.4 million penalty...
