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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...
Tribal Gaming Growth Hurts Laughlin and Reno, But Vegas Still Bulletproof, Says Analyst
The National Indian Gaming Commission reported this week that America’s tribal gaming operators collectively generated $31.2 billion in gross gaming revenue, a 4.4 percent increase over 2015. The biggest growth, year over year, for tribal gaming nationwide was the Sacramento, California region,...
Philanderer Dan Bilzerian in Monogamous Relationship, Not Sure How Long He’ll Keep It Up
Dan Bilzerian, the "King of Instagram" who assumed his reign by posting thousands of pictures of his frolics with scantily clad women, high powered firearms, and luxury jets and cars, says he's finally entering a monogamous relationship with a woman 16 years...
Mystery Duo Sets Up ‘Camp’ in $2 Billion Future Las Vegas Raiders Stadium Lot
The Las Vegas Raiders might need to evict two homeless people off the land they paid $77.5 million for earlier this year. The 62.6-acre plot will become the location of the NFL team's $1.9 billion football stadium, but for now, the highly...
NBA Summer League Total Hit With Fans
Even though the scores don’t count, fans flocked to Las Vegas to check out this year’s top draft picks and, in the process, set an attendance record for the NBA Summer League. Thomas and Mack Center on the campus of the University...
Philippines Introduces AML Controls for Casinos in Response to Fed Bank Heist
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte this week enacted legislation that will impose new anti-money-laundering directives (AML) on a previously very relaxed area of the regulated casino sector. The country was left red-faced by the federal reserve cyber-heist, which focused the world’s attention on...
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Believes Sports Betting Legalization a Slam Dunk in Coming Years
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is the strongest proponent of legalizing sports gambling of the four major professional sports leagues, and this week he predicted that a federal repeal to the current ban will come in the next few years. Appearing on a...
OJ Simpson Parole Odds Favor the Juice Getting Loose
If OJ Simpson's parole odds are correct at online sportsbook Bovada, he will be released from Nevada's Lovelock Correctional Center as early as October 1. "Will OJ Simpson be granted parole in 2017?" is the question posed to bettors on the internet...