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MGM Resorts Misses Fourth-Quarter Projections, but Springfield Casino Construction Ahead of Schedule
MGM Resorts posted improved fourth-quarter revenues in 2016 compared to the previous year, but the generated income fell far short of projections. The Las Vegas-headquartered gaming and hospitality company reported net income of nearly $70 million for the final three months of...
Trump Name Removed from Shuttered Taj Mahal In Atlantic City
President Donald Trump’s name has been removed from the Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, four months after it was closed by his friend and Special Adviser on Regulatory Reform, the billionaire corporate raider Carl Icahn. It was Icahn who had persuaded...
Pete Rose Still Loves Gambling, and Doesn’t Much Care What You Think
Gambling cost Pete Rose a place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and ruined his personal reputation. Banned from the game since reaching a plea deal with the league in 1989, the all-time hits leader said this week he still loves...
Tabcorp Hit with AU$45 Million Fine Over AML Failures
Australian betting giant Tabcorp has agreed to pay a AU$45 million ($34.6 million) penalty for violations of its anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) obligations. It’s by far the highest ever fine imposed for such transgressions by Australian authorities. The Australian...
Borgata to Get Just Half of Back-Owed Tax Refund from New Jersey Coffers
Atlantic City will pay its top-producing casino Borgata $72 million, less than half of the $165 million it owes the gaming operator in property tax refunds. The agreement, according to the Press of Atlantic City, was negotiated by New Jersey state overseers,...
Brandon Steven, 2010 WSOP Main Event Top-10 Poker Player, Subject of Federal Investigation
Kansas businessman and well-known poker player Brandon Steven is under surveillance by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), and he apparently wants the world to know about it. Media outlets in Kansas have published a letter this week provided by Steven that...
Chicago Cubs Favorite at Sportsbooks to Repeat as World Series Champs
The Chicago Cubs are the heavy favorite at Nevada sportsbooks to win the 2017 World Series and defend their Major League Baseball (MLB) title. Vegas always like a winner, and when it comes to writing odds on professional sports futures, the oddsmakers...
UK’s Youngest Lottery Winner to Sue Operator for Negligence
The UK’s youngest ever lottery winner is planning to sue the national lottery operator, Camelot, for enriching her and thus blighting her existence. Four years ago, Edinburgh native Jane Park won £1 million ($1.24 million) at the tender age of 17, an...
Elk Grove Casino Project Can Move Forward in California Following US Interior Decision
The proposed Elk Grove casino project just miles south of Sacramento can move forward. That's the result of the US Department of the Interior's decision to take into trust 36 acres of land the Wilton Rancheria tribe acquired just last month for...
North Korea Deals a Last Hand to Kim Jong Un’s Casino-Loving Half-Brother, Assassinated in Malaysia
North Korean dictator and anti-gambling hardliner Kim Jong Un's more fun-loving half-brother Kim Jong-nam was headed to Macau, presumably for a gambling junket, when he was reportedly assassinated on Tuesday at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. Though details of the...
