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Oklahoma Tribe Targets Missouri for Native American Casino
A Native American tribe in Oklahoma wants to bring gambling off riverboats in Missouri by building the state's first land-based casino. In order to increase its odds of receiving approval, the Osage Nation has hired former Missouri House Speaker Steve Tilley (R)...
Zombies, Zombies Everywhere, as MGM Aims to Cash In on Virtual Undead
Zombies will soon be infesting downtown Las Vegas and the Strip. But before you stock up on canned foods, medicine, and weapons, rest assured these representatives of the ravenous undead are here purely to entertain. For a few weeks now, the “Fear...
Las Vegas not Seeing Same Hype Around Mayweather-McGregor Fight
While Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor have done their best to promote Saturday’s fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, local casinos and other businesses are not seeing the same excitement as it did two years ago when Mayweather fought last. Friday...
Massive Typhoon Hato Hits Macau, Kills Five, Temporarily Closes Casinos
Typhoon Hato ripped through Macau on Wednesday. The maximum “category 10” storm, the worst Macau has seen in 18 years, has left at least five dead while wreaking widespread havoc and destruction across the casino capital of Asia. According to local media,...
Gambling Strong in Atlantic City, But Tourism Stagnates In First Half of 2017
The seven remaining Atlantic City casinos are taking in far more money on their gambling floors in 2017 than they did a year ago, but the overall tourism industry remains stagnant. For the first six months of 2017, Atlantic City casinos saw...
Cleveland Cavs Trade Kyrie Irving to Boston for Isaiah Thomas, Las Vegas Doesn’t Care
The Cleveland Cavaliers have reached a deal with Boston that sends perennial all-star Kyrie Irving to the Celtics in exchange for point guard Isaiah Thomas, forward Jae Crowder, center Ante Zizic, and Brooklyn's unprotected 2018 first-round draft pick. While the trade will...
Wayne Rooney’s 200th Goal Helping to Erase Memory of Difficult Year
Last year was a season soccer star Wayne Rooney would like to forget and so far he is doing just that. The former Manchester United star scored his 200th Premier League goal on Monday with his new team Everton. He is only...
GVC Bid to Acquire Ladbrokes Coral for $4.6 Billion Falls Through
GVC Holdings was reportedly ready to offer 3.6 billion pounds ($4.62 billion) to acquire rival British gambling company and bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral, but the two sides couldn't agree on a selling price. The recent takeover talks were reported by the Financial Times,...
How to Beat Slots for Hundreds of Millions: Mastermind Russian Hacker Tells All
A Russian mastermind behind an international slots-hacking operation that bilked casinos across the globe for hundreds of millions of dollars gave an interview this week, in which he revealed just how he and his team pulled off such a sophisticated scam for...
Las Vegas Oddsmakers Admit Unease Over Mayweather vs. McGregor
Las Vegas oddsmakers will watch Floyd Mayweather make quick work of UFC champion Conor McGregor when the two finally come to blows at T-Mobile Arena this Saturday, August 26. Mayweather will cap off his career at a perfect 50-0, and all of...
