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Massachusetts MGM Springfield Upgraded to $960 Million Resort, Northampton Gets Promotional Grant
The MGM Springfield in Massachusetts will cost $10 million more than previously expected, as officials revealed that the price tag for the integrated resort will now total $960 million. Springfield officials accepted updated design documents from MGM on Thursday, which brings the...
Tiger Woods Admits His Playing Career Might Be Done, Oddsmakers Still Offering Bets
Tiger Woods has finally admitted what many golf fans have been saying for years: he's finished. Or, at least he might be. Woods, 41, is outside Manhattan this week in Jersey City at Liberty National Golf Club where he's serving as an...
PAC-MAN to Break Onto the Casino Floor in New Skill-based Gambling Game
PAC-MAN, everyone’s favorite insatiably dot-munching, eternally haunted pop culture icon, is finally making its his way to the casino floor, courtesy of a tie up between skill-gaming pioneers Gamblit and Japan’s Bandai Namco, which owns the rights to the legendary arcade game...
Pennsylvania Casino Revenue Drops During Last Fiscal Year, Poll Claims Residents Want Smoke-Free Gaming
Pennsylvania casino win was down during the 2016/2017 fiscal year, albeit marginally at just 0.8 percent. The 12 brick-and-mortar casinos collected $3.203 billion from slot machines and table games between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017. That marks the Keystone State...
Sheldon Adelson Loses Prostitution-Related Defamation Appeal, Nevada Supreme Court Sides With Jewish Democratic Group
Las Vegas Sands founder Sheldon Adelson has lost his legal challenge against the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), after the Nevada Supreme Court ruled this week that the political organization is immune from civil liability in the defamation case. During the 2012...
Paddy Power Betfair Accused of Backstabbing Betting Industry Over FOBTs
PaddyPower Betfair has broken ranks with the UK betting industry and the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB), of which it is member, by declaring its support of the slashing the stakes of fixed-odds betting terminals. In a letter from PaddyPower Betfair CEO...
Colleges Dealing with Federal Bribery Investigation; Louisville’s Rick Pitino Removed
The other shoes are dropping all over the country as college basketball programs are dealing with the fallout over the FBI investigation into alleged illegal relationships with Adidas representatives and sports agents. On Wednesday legendary Louisville Coach Rick Pitino was put on...
Gambling Ship in Hot Water for Refusing to ‘Outrun’ Hurricane Irma
US Coast Guard authorities are investigating why a casino cruise ship remained docked at Port Canaveral during Hurricane Irma, despite having been ordered to leave well before the storm hit the Florida coast. Port Canaveral Chief Executive Officer John Murray said that...
Caesars Clears Final Regulatory Hurdles to Emerge from Bankruptcy in October
Louisiana and Missouri gaming regulators have given regulatory approval to Caesars Entertainment and its related companies’ restructuring plans, finally putting to bed one of the messiest corporate bankruptcies in recent memory. These two states that are home to Caesars casino properties represented...
Playboy Founder Hugh Hefner, Frequent Las Vegas Visitor and Former Casino Owner, Dead at 91
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has gone to that great lingerie party in the sky. The multimillionaire who brought to life the soft-core, meticulously photoshopped genre of impossibly beautiful women died Wednesday at his Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, according to the lifestyle...
