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Hard Rock International Wins Right to Build Ottawa Casino
The Seminole Tribe of Florida, fresh from expanding into New Jersey through the purchase of the Trump Taj Mahal, is set to export its Hard Rock Casino brand even further north, to Canada, specifically the nation’s capital, Ottawa. The Seminoles announced on...
Gaming Regulator’s Secret Recording Exposes Unsavory Effort to Assist Adelson
One of Nevada’s top gaming regulators contacted the FBI after the state’s attorney general, Adam Laxalt, attempted to call in a favor on behalf of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. The Nevada Independent released a transcript on Tuesday of a March 2016 conversation between...
Korean Pop Star Jung Jin-woo Pops Into Prison for Illegal Gambling
Korean pop star Jung Jin-woo was once a promising musician with hundreds of thousands of fans in his home country. He rose to fame on the fifth season of "K-pop Star," South Korea's version of "American Idol," but a weakness for gambling...
Maine Lawmakers Fight Back Against “Deceptive” Casino Ballot Question
A controversial Maine casino referendum, which lawmakers say is designed to deceive voters for the benefit of a shadowy casino developer, will be fought tooth and nail in the legislature. That’s the promise of Senate Majority Leader Garrett Mason (R-Lisbon) and Representative...
G2E Asia Focuses on Resort Experience Beyond Gaming
As the global gaming industry evolves, and a new generation of gamblers come of age, Asian countries are seeing the benefits of trying to entice more people to resorts, and are using Las Vegas as a blueprint on how to do it....
New Jersey’s Frank Pallone Petitions Trump Administration to Support PASPA Review
New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone is continuing his efforts to bring legalized sports gambling to Atlantic City casinos and horse racetracks in the Garden State. In a letter this week to Acting Solicitor General Jeff Wall, Pallone (D-District 6) encouraged the third...
Las Vegas Hospital Installs Video Poker Machines to Help Parkinson’s Rehab
You can’t go very far in Las Vegas without bumping into a video poker machine, but now, it seems, they’re installing them in the hospitals. Or at least in one hospital. Fox News reported this week that the HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital has...
World Series of Poker Abandons November Nine Concept
The World Series of Poker is ditching the “November Nine” format. It’s an acknowledgment that today people are consuming and engaging with poker in very different ways than they were nine years ago, when the concept was introduced. The November Nine...
Willy Wonka’s $1 Billion Golden Lottery Ticket Challenges Imagination to Win
Willy Wonka is the subject of a new $1 billion multi-state lottery offering from Scientific Games. We're willing to bet no one will win that much. Titled "Willy Wonka Golden Ticket," the scratch-off game brings the plotline of the famed 1971 film...
Amaya to Change Name to “The Stars Group” and Move to Toronto, Eventually
PokerStars’ parent company Amaya has announced it intends to take the name of its most valuable child. The online gaming company that’s home to the world’s largest poker site will call itself “The Stars Group Inc.” The move seeks to capitalize on...
