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California Tribe Leasing Land to Marijuana Growers After Casino Goes to Pot
When the relatively tiny Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel in San Diego County lost their casino in February 2014 to bankruptcy, the tiny Native American group looked for a new revenue source. They now believe they found it, turning the building that...
Japan Casinos Expected to Embrace Slot Machines, But Pachinko a No-Go
At minimum, two Japan casinos are expected to be authorized by the National Diet when the governing body comes to terms on its integrated resorts bill sometime this fall. And when casino companies make their pitches to the government to acquire one...
BGO.com Fined Six Figures for Ad Violations in Landmark UKGC Ruling
BGO Entertainment became the first online gambling company to be sanctioned and fined under the UK Gambling Commission’s new social responsibility code this week. The online casino operator, which has a strong brand presence in the UK market, thanks to a TV...
Hope for Crown Resorts Employees Caged in China, Charges Could be “Low Level”
Fourteen Crown Resorts employees arrested in China, who have languished since October without charges in a grim detention center in Shanghai, have at last been presented with a glimmer of hope. According to the Australian Financial Review, the police investigation into the...
Pennsylvania Gaming Expansion Push Comes Sponsored by Amish County Rep
The latest Pennsylvania gaming expansion measure would allow bars, taverns, bowling alleys, fire halls, social clubs, truck stops, off-track betting parlors, and even strip malls to offer slot-like video gaming machines inside their establishments. It's a new week, and that means new...
Britain’s “Body in a Suitcase” Gambler Packs His Bags for Prison
Known in the UK's tabloid media as the "body in a suitcase" killer, gambler Ming Jiang was sentenced to life imprisonment by a British judge on Tuesday. Jiang murdered his high-rolling friend Yiang Lui last fall in order to assume his identity...
Fontainebleau Las Vegas to (Finally) Cover Up Exposed Eyesore on Strip
The mystery of the Fontainebleau is about to get shrouded in more intrigue. Owner Carl Icahn plans to install a “wrap” around the bottom three floors of the abandoned construction project that serves as an unpleasant reminder of the Great Recession of...
MGM Rolls Out Gamblit Skill Games in Effort to Capture Millennial Patrons
MGM Resorts is upping the ante in its "LEVEL UP" gaming lounge inside the MGM Grand in Las Vegas by introducing innovative skill-based gaming machines developed by Gamblit Gaming. MGM, the Nevada-based casino giant said in a press release issued last week that...
India’s Push to Legalize Sport Betting Reaches Supreme Court
India’s Supreme Court is considering the question of legalizing sports betting. Last Friday, the court agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation that pushes for the regulation of sports betting. This would break a longstanding prohibition of sports betting in the country and...
Feds Play Civil Forfeiture Card in Texas Car Dealer’s Alleged Illegal Sports Betting Ring Asset Grab
Beaumont, Texas car dealer Larry Tillery has allegedly been operating an illegal underground sports gambling ring and laundering tens of millions of illicitly acquired funds for at least three years. That's according to the United States Department of Justice's Eastern District of...
