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Macau Casinos Comped Fewer Rooms in 2015, as VIP Crackdown Blocked High Roller Arrivals
Macau casinos reported expenditures of MOP8.8 billion ($1.1 billion) from complimentary guestrooms and free food and beverage service in 2015. That represents a 12.9 percent decline from 2014, the special gaming enclave's final year before Chinese President Xi Jinping initiated his anti-corruption...
California Amendment Would Legalize Sports Betting … if New Jersey Pulls off SCOTUS Win
California is looking to capitalize on sports betting if New Jersey wins a case currently pending in the US Supreme Court. Governmental Organization Committee Chair Adam Gray introduced a state constitutional amendment that would authorize sports betting in California should the Supreme...
Florida Regulators Allow Magic City to Ditch Dog Racing in Landmark Ruling
The Magic City Casino in Miami has been grated permission by gaming regulators to scrap greyhound races while retaining its more-profitable slot machines and card games. It’s an ironic quirk of Florida’s gambling laws that, while greyhound racing has been banned in...
Pennsylvania Satellite Casinos Latest Gambling Ploy Floated by State Lawmakers, Small Cities Targeted
Authorizing 10 Pennsylvania satellite casinos is the most recent potential money grab state lawmakers are considering in their efforts to bridge a $2.2 billion spending gap. Governor Tom Wolf (D) has allowed a $32 billion budget approved by the Republican-controlled legislature to...
Is Michael Phelps Faster Than a Great White Shark? Oddsmakers Say No
Michael Phelps finds himself in the most unusual position. Not only is he the underdog in a swimming event, but his opponent is one of the deadliest creates in the ocean: a great white shark. Phelps, the most decorated Olympic athlete of...
Massachussets Governor Signs Budget Bill that Allows Casinos to Serve Booze until 4 am
Last call? Not so fast in future Massachusetts casinos, which recently had their drinking hours extended with a quick signature from the governor. But before anything officially takes effect, some lawmakers are calling for the measure to be put on ice. Republican...
Oddsmakers Get It Right: OJ Simpson Granted Parole, Claims He’s Lived a ‘Conflict-Free Life’
Disgraced football star O.J. Simpson will be released from northern Nevada's Lovelock Correctional Center this fall, nine years after he was sentenced to prison on kidnapping and robbery charges for a 2007 incident that took place in Las Vegas at the Palace...
Sacramento Casino Project Clears Major Hurdle, Governor Brown Signs Tribal Gaming Compact
A Sacramento casino in the neighboring community of Elk Grove is one step closer to reality. On Wednesday, California Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed off on a gaming compact with the Wilton Rancheria tribe, which all but assures a $400 million gambling...
Three Wimbledon Matches Investigated For Possible Corruption
Three Wimbledon 2017 matches are under investigation for possible match-fixing, the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) announced this week. The London-based agency said two matches in the qualifying event and one from the main draw had been flagged after regulators and bookmakers reported...
2017 WSOP Main Event Final Table: All You Need to Know
The final table of the World Series of Poker’s Main Event was set in the early hours of Tuesday morning. In the third largest WSOP main event in history, four Americans, two Brits, two Frenchmen and an Argentinian survived from a field...
