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Pennsylvania House Adds Non-Specific Gambling Expansion to Budget Plan
Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a long-awaited budget plan on Wednesday night, and gambling expansion, having been left out of earlier drafts, is now part of the deal. However, this doesn't mean online gambling legalization is a certainty. The provision adding...
Oklahoma Gambling Expansion Seems Unlikely, Despite State Budget Gaps
An Oklahoma gambling expansion plan that could cover a substantial budget shortfall isn't gaining much traction in the Oklahoma City capital. The state legislature is scheduled to return for a special session on September 25, and when it does, lawmakers will be...
With Hurricane Irma Now History, Florida Casinos Offer Locals Somewhere to Cool Off
With five million southwest Florida residents still without power following the weekend ravages of Hurricane Irma, the state's casinos may have a new marketing tool: air conditioning. As triple-digit temps and stultifying humidity cripple repair teams and residents alike, the lure of...
Cardmaker Gemaco Refutes Borgata’s Claim That Design Flaw Led to Phil Ivey’s $10M Edge-Sorting Win
In poker pro Phil Ivey’s ongoing battle with the Borgata casino in Atlantic City over $10 million “won” at the mini-baccarat tables in 2012, it’s become a three-way blame game. In a statement filed in a New Jersey court on Monday, playing...
State-Run Casino in South Korea Admits to Scale of Its Own Corruption
The largest casino in South Korea, Kangwon Land, has admitted to committing acts of nepotism on an industrial scale. The mea culpa appears to be an effort to show the state-owned casino’s new commitment to transparency, after it was rocked by...
Luckiest Drunk in Las Vegas Swims Across Hoover Dam Power Generator, Avoids Death But Not Arrest
At the Hoover Dam, which traverses Clark County, Nevada and Mohave County, Arizona, well over 100 workers gave their lives to see it come to completion. And unofficial estimates have suggested that hundreds more may have jumped to their deaths there since....
Pennsylvania Budget Crisis Keeps Online Gambling Hopes Alive, Michigan Introduces Bill
The Pennsylvania legislature is back in session this week, as lawmakers reconvene to resume squabbling about an ever-elusive budget agreement that could, eventually, legalize online gambling. Urgency is growing, though, as the state could go broke on Friday for the first time...
Fight Over Choctaw’s Red Water Casino Project will be Decided by Voters
The fate of Choctaw Nation’s fourth casino in Mississippi will be decided by its more than 10,000 members and not tribal leadership. After a brief legal battle those opposed to the project were able to get a referendum for November 17. Chief...
MGM Buys Back 10 Million Shares From Late Founder Kirk Kerkorian’s Estate
MGM Resorts is acquiring 10 million common shares of its own company from the estate of late billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, the man who founded the gaming and hospitality company in 1986. The deal values each share at $32.75, a one percent discount...
UK Bookies Stand to Lose £150 Million Per Year in Likely Outcome of FOBT Review
UK bookmakers will take a £150 million annual hit as a result of the UK’s regulatory review into fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). That’s based on the most likely outcome of the review, which is expected to slash maximum stakes on the machines...
