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TEN Atlantic City Receives $220 Million Offer, But Owner Glenn Straub Knows Nothing About It
TEN Atlantic City owner Glenn Straub claims he's unaware of a $220 million offer to acquire his shuttered Boardwalk resort, despite media reports that a bid has indeed been made. The Press of Atlantic City says an unnamed private equity firm in...
Rodrigo Duterte Favorite To Break Ground on Philippines’ First Casino Outside Manila
Plans to build the first Philippine casino resort outside Manila appear to be coming to fruition for businessman Dennis Uy’s Udenna Development Corp. Udenna wants to build to a 12-hectare beachfront resort on the holiday island of Mactan, in the province of...
Vegas Legend Bobby Baldwin Severely Injured in Aria Freefall with Multiple Broken Bones
Bobby Baldwin, whose career in Las Vegas spans decades with his rise from World Series of Poker Main Event winner to casino executive, was seriously injured when he fell down two flights of stairs at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas...
Pennsylvania’s Sands Bethlehem Admits Allowing Entrance to Underage Gamblers
Sands Bethlehem is cutting another check to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) after the casino resort once again failed to adequately stop underage gamblers from accessing its floor. Las Vegas Sands' only domestic property not located in Nevada, Sands Bethlehem self-reported...
Federal Sports Betting Changes Must Involve Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred Says
PASPA, the federal sports betting law that bans the activity in all but four states, is set to be heard by the US Supreme Court this fall or early next year. Major League Baseball will have a seat in the courtroom, as...
New Jersey’s Online Poker Market Hits Rock Bottom
New Jersey’s online casino operations continued to go from strength to strength in June, but online poker fell off a cliff. According to figures newly released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE), while online casino winnings were up over...
Democratic Senator Mark Warner of Virginia Joins Pro-RAWA Chorus
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) has written to US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, requesting that he review the DOJ’s 2011 interpretation of the Wire Act. That's the legal opinion that the 1961 act applied only to sports betting, not the as-yet-to-exist realities of...
Gulfport Casino Workers Who Lost Jobs After Hurricane Katrina Schedule Reunion
Former casino workers who lost more than just their homes and communities during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 are planning a reunion later this month. The gathering set for July 26 at the Biloxi Community Center will reunite former colleagues and friends that...
Mayweather vs. McGregor a Likely Knockout for Las Vegas Business
The Mayweather vs. McGregor fight on August 26 kicked off its media circus in Los Angeles this week, and it quickly became apparent that this supposed boxing fight is more of a spectacle. The two traded jabs and insults on stage at...
World Series of Poker Main Event Players Clash Over Texting, Earning Both Suspensions
The fireworks at the 2017 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event were still going on Sunday, July 8th, even with Independence Day well past, when two of the more than 7,200 ultimate players to enter went at it with a verbal...
