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888poker Leaves Australian Market, Online Poker Under Threat in Oz
888poker has pulled out of the Australian market in anticipation of an imminent change in the country’s gambling laws. An amendment to the 2001 Interactive Gambling Act will shortly clarify that only operators holding a license in Australia will be able to...
Atlantic City Casinos Win $2.6 Billion, First Yearly Increase Since 2006
Atlantic City casinos won more than $2.6 billion in 2016, a 1.5 percent increase on 2015 and the region's first annual gain in a decade. It's been a turbulent, if not catastrophic, 10 years since the New Jersey gambling locale posted a...
Downtown Las Vegas Outpaces Rest of Nevada Gaming Markets
Downtown Las Vegas led the way during the 2016 fiscal year in terms of overall revenue percentage gain. Thanks largely to the Fremont Street Experience, the bustling entertainment and gaming hub home to the Golden Nugget, D Las Vegas, Downtown Grand and...
New York, South Carolina Introduce Sports Betting Bills
New York and South Carolina both introduced bills seeking to legalize sports betting this week. In New York, a bill sponsored by Senator Tony Avella (D-19th), and co-sponsored by four of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate, would authorize “gambling on professional sporting...
Chicago Casino Shot Down in State Senate, but Resuscitation Expected
A Chicago casino and five other gambling licenses were up for consideration in the Illinois General Assembly, but deliberations were quickly squashed, as legislators in Springfield opted to delay legislation until incoming lawmakers are sworn into office today. Illinois has been enduring...
Glenn Straub Says Former Revel Casino Reopening Next Month
Glenn Straub has had enough of governmental interference in Atlantic City and New Jersey as it relates to TEN, the new identity of the former Revel Casino Resort. The brazen and at times outspoken real estate developer from Florida says the property,...
Las Vegas Attracts Record 42.9 Million Visitors in 2016
Las Vegas tourism has smashed records for the past three years, and 2016 was no exception. Last year, 42.9 million flocked to Sin City, according to figures newly released by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Association (LVCVA). That’s up 1.5 percent...
Trump’s AG Pick Jeff Sessions “Shocked” by Regulated Online Gambling
Jeff Sessions, the senator from Alabama and Trump nominee for attorney general, professed himself to be “shocked” this week by a 2011 DOJ legal opinion that paved the way for regulated online gambling in the US. Sessions was answering questions on Tuesday...
Steve Wynn Reportedly Aiding FBI Probe of Japanese Billionaire Kazuo Okada
Steve Wynn has been reportedly assisting the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since the Las Vegas billionaire brought a lawsuit against Japanese businessman Kazuo Okada in early 2013. Okada's Universal Entertainment Corporation (UEC) was an early investor of Wynn's Las Vegas vision....
MGM Rattled as Connecticut Casino Destination Decided
A Connecticut casino to be built just across the state border from a $950 million MGM Resorts project in Massachusetts will likely be situated in East Windsor or the Windsor Locks areas, north of Hartford, MMCT has announced. MGM is not happy....
