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MGM Resorts Won’t Make the Fun Stop for Those Using GameSense
MGM Resorts will soon offer guests access to GameSense, a program that purports to put the power back into players' hands when it comes to how much and for how long they can gamble. To be set up in casino kiosks to...
DraftKings Eyeing Ireland as Next Hotspot for Global Expansion
DraftKings is setting its sights on expansion into Ireland. The DFS giant has not set a launch date for its Irish platform, but confirmed this week through Chief International Officer Jeffery Haas that it expects to roll out services to citizens of...
Pennsylvania Lawmaker Pleads Guilty to Aiding Illegal Gambling Ring
Pennsylvania lawmaker Rep. Marc Gergely (D-Allegheny County) has pled guilty to charges of conspiracy and accepting an illegal campaign contribution in relation to his role in a gambling ring that unlawfully placed wagering terminals inside dozens of restaurants, bars, and bowling alley...
Trump Bid to Operate Sydney Casino Was Killed by Alleged ‘Mafia Connections’
US President Donald Trump was denied the chance to operate in Sydney, Australia’s first casino in the eighties because a report by the New South Wales Police Board concluded he had “Mafia connections,” according to newly released documents obtained by The Australian...
Blackjack Too Mathematically Challenging? New Format Simplifies Game
Blackjack is the most popular table game in American casinos, due at least in part to its basic structure of trying to beat the dealer's hand without going over 21, and because of its low house edge. But a student at UNLV's...
Disney Ups Spend to Defeat Casino Expansion in Florida
Disney donated $500,000 to a campaign opposing casino expansion in Florida last month, according to the state’s Division of Elections website. The beneficiary of the windfall, political action committee “Voters in Charge,” is pushing to pass a constitutional amendment that would give...
Minnesota Charitable Gambling Delivers More Money to Government Than Nonprofits
Revenue from charitable gambling in Minnesota is growing for a seventh consecutive year, but associated taxes and fees might cost more than what's ultimately left for the nonprofit beneficiaries. Revenues from charitable gambling in Minnesota are on pace to eclipse the $1.7...
Marcus Hutchins Pleads Not Guilty in Milwaukee to Malware Creation Charges, Following FBI Las Vegas Arrest
Marcus Hutchins has found out the hard way that what happens in Vegas definitely does not stay in Vegas. After being arrested by FBI agents on August 2nd while waiting for a flight out of McCarran International to go back home to...
Spoiler Alert: Game of Thrones Leaks Kill Entertainment Betting Markets
Game of Thrones Season 7 has suffered more leaks than Stannis Baratheon’s fleet at the Battle of the Blackwater, thanks to unknown hackers only too willing to spill the beans. If you’re just dying to know this season’s plot in advance, countless...
Atlantic City Gambling Revenue Report Shows Mixed Results in July
Atlantic City has entered the dog days of summer, and that's leading to mixed results at the casino resorts. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) announced this week that overall gambling win decreased in July by 2.7 percent compared to...
