5349 stories by Casino.org Staff Writer
Las Vegas Preps for Influx of July 4th Partiers with Visitor Safety in Mind
More than 323,000 tourists are expected to descend on Las Vegas for the Fourth of July weekend. And the hope is that every one of them makes it home safely after an extra-long weekend in Sin City. With this year's holiday falling...
Colombia Licenses First-Ever Regulated Online Gambling Company in South America, Blacklists 325 Others
Colombia’s new online gambling regime began ordering ISPs to block unregulated operators today (Friday), just 24-hours after it issued its first license, the first online gambling license ever awarded in Latin America. On Thursday Wplay.co, a subsidiary of Aquila Global Group, a...
James Packer Focus of Israeli Netanyahu Probe, Ex-Fiancee Mariah Carey Not Feeling Any Pain
Australian billionaire casino mogul James Packer probably hasn't had his best week ever. First, 19 employees of his company, Crown Resorts, were sent to prison in China for committing “gambling crimes” on behalf of the company, a fact that has severely embarrassed...
Mashpee Wampanoag’s Massachusetts Casino Ambitions Dealt ‘Mortal Blow’
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe’s controversial quest to build a casino in Taunton, Massachusetts hit a major snag this week as the tribe abandoned its efforts to get the land surrounding the casino designated its sovereign territory by the Department of the Interior....
Thailand Mulls Casino Legislation, But Restoring Democracy Takes Priority
Thailand’s politicos have long harbored an interest in legalizing casinos and there is a very real sense they will take the plunge soon, although probably not before the much-anticipated general election, which is expected to take place in late 2008. This will...
The Killers’ Brandon Flowers is ‘The Man’ in Las Vegas, New Music Video Celebrates Sin City’s Bad Boy Image
Las Vegas homegrown rockers The Killers pay homage to their roots in a new music video that puts front man Brandon Flowers into numerous roles that revere him for being "The Man" in Sin City. The band's first music video in two...
Coin.mx Operator Anthony Murgio Sentenced to 5 1/2 Years for Ransomware Conversions
Bitcoin exchange operator Anthony Murgio, who facilitated illegal transactions for cyber fraudsters and illegal online gambling websites, was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison this week. Murgio also had links to the JP Morgan data breach of 2014. In an interesting...
Hard Rock Calls Japan Casino Licensing Process “Unprecedented” in Difficulty
Hard Rock executives preparing the company's pitch for a Japanese integrated resort (IR) license say the country's inexperience in the casino industry is making the process "unprecedented" in complexity. Daniel Cheng, senior vice president for business development, explained before the Japan Tourism Research...
Vegas Sports Books Rooting For New Jersey in Supreme Court Case
Las Vegas sports books were largely cheering the news on Tuesday that the Supreme Court had agreed to hear New Jersey’s plea to legalize sports betting. In fact, they’re probably already crunching the odds of the Garden State winning the whole case....
Teddy Sagi Slashes Stake in Playtech, Ceding Control While Cashing Out
Israeli Billionaire Teddy Sagi sold $430 million worth of shares in the online gaming software giant Playtech on Tuesday, giving up his majority stake in the company he founded in 1999. The sell-off caused Playtech’s shares to tumble nearly 3.4 percent in...
