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Kentucky House Committee Passes ‘Kill Bill’ to Ban Gray Machines Statewide
Call them skill games, or call them gray games. Their name doesn't matter in regard to a new bill aimed at banning the controversial gaming machines that advanced in the Kentucky General Assembly Thursday evening after more than an hour of highly...
Mirage Las Vegas Reportedly Suing Condo Developer Over $25K Gambling Debt
The Mirage Las Vegas recently headed to court in New York City to collect over $25,000 in gaming debt from Manhattan real estate developer Josh Schuster, according to a news report. Schuster is currently disputing the total amount owed to the casino....
Las Vegas Crime Roundup: Missing Cat Found in Excalibur, Mandalay Bay Fire Evacuation
A grey and black cat who spent six days alone in an Excalibur Hotel and Casino guest room has been reunited with his owners. The saga has gotten national attention after a TikTok video was viewed over a million times. The owners...
Chicago Bears Shopping Top Pick in 2023 NFL Draft
The Chicago Bears have the #1 pick in the upcoming NFL Draft, but they're listening to trade offers from the Carolina Panthers, Indianapolis Colts, Houston Texans, Las Vegas Raiders, and Atlanta Falcons. The Bears finished last season with the worst record in...
Bermuda Government Gives Casino Regulator $10M Guarantee, Despite No Casinos
Bermuda has recently seen repeated delays in the launch of its casino market. But now the government is giving the Bermuda Gaming Commission (BGC) $9.8 million, according to reports from Bermuda’s Royal Gazette. That amount is 20 times higher than what the regulator...
Brazil Plans to Tax Online Sports Betting and Gambling to Offset Income Tax Rates
Brazil's regulated national sports betting market isn’t live yet, but it just got one step closer to launch. The country’s finance minister, Fernando Haddad, said this week that he plans on taxing the online sports betting and casino sectors to offset changes...
Imperial Pacific International Owes Millions For Failed Casino, Commission Asks for Government Intervention
The Commonwealth Casino Commission (CCC) in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) continues to tread water. Imperial Pacific International (IPI) currently owes the regulator $55 million, according to the Saipan Tribune. And it has no indication that it will ever be able...
Offshore Company Out of Line in Urging College Students to Become Bookies – Opinion
Getting unsolicited emails is an occupational hazard in this profession. In most cases, they’re easy to ignore. It’s not as easy to ignore when your dog wakes you up at 3 am by licking your face so she can go outside. It...
Casino Crime Roundup: Iowa Casino Fight Leads to Hospitalization, Dog Drugged at Harrah’s Laughlin
A man allegedly kicked a woman in the head and punched her in the face last Thursday. That was shortly after she tossed a drink at him at Iowa’s Isle Casino Hotel Waterloo. The man, Nersius Adonliel Artisani, 50, of Waterloo, Iowa,...
UK Problem Gambling Rate Remains Low, New Research Shows
New evidence indicates that the UK and the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) might be allocating too many resources to problem gambling. The gaming regulator’s latest data shows that rates in the UK remain at around 0.2%. Depending on the source of the...