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Best and Worst Gaming Industry Buyouts and Sell-Offs of 2016
The gaming industry in 2016 had its own version of Monopoly going, with buyouts, sell-offs, mergers, and acquisitions being the name of the game. Gambling's power players shook up business interests and realigned companies for the future. Billions of dollars were exchanged,...
Bitcoin Finds Its Place in the World in 2016, Sort Of
This was the year that Bitcoins grew up, or at least hit adolescence. Once considered subversive, the decentralized digital currency continued to gain mainstream acceptance throughout 2016. It even became a payment mechanism for legitimate goods and services, rather than a shady...
Daily Fantasy Sports in 2016: A Year of Wins, Losses, and a Mega-Merger
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) once again endured a stormy year in 2016. The emerging online betting market geared towards sports fanatics encountered plenty of controversy and scandal for the second straight year, but DFS also scored its own share of victories. And...
Strangest Gaming Bedfellows of 2016: Match Ups We Never Saw Coming (But Sometimes Saw Going)
No question, 2016 saw some strange partnerships, interesting deals, and all kinds of dramatic decisions hit the headlines when it came to the gaming industry worldwide. From the weird (an Australian billionaire gaming mogul and his overly dramatic diva) to the downright...
The 2016 Rio Olympics: Scandal, Triumph, and Bad Choices All Around
The 2016 Rio Olympics had all the ingredients for a memorable Summer Games, and memorable it was. Even before the games started, a swarm of issues plagued the host city of Rio de Janeiro. As Rio scrambled to finish arena and stadium...
The 2016 Caesars Bankruptcy Proceedings That Seemingly Would Never End
The bankruptcy of Caesars main operating unit, CEOC, was already a year old by the beginning of 2016 and apparently going nowhere fast. CEOC filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2015 in a bid to reorganize the lion’s share of its...
Atlantic City Betting on College Students to Spur Revitalization
Atlantic City locals are hoping a satellite campus being built by Stockton University will help reenergize the beachfront community and bring a new sense of optimism to the region. The gaming capital of the East Coast is struggling to retain that title...
Seminole Casinos Deck State with Upheld Ruling, Can Continue Offering Blackjack Until 2030
Seminole casinos can continue offering blackjack for at least the next 14 years at the tribe's six gambling venues in Florida. US District Judge Robert Hinkle denied the state's request to reconsider his earlier ruling that favored the powerful Native American group....
Esports Betting Markets Overtake A Major Sporting League
The esports betting markets were 10 percent more popular than markets on hockey in 2016, according to the Pinnacle online sports book. Marco Blume, a trading direct director at Pinnacle told video games website PVPLive.com this week that Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global...
Here We Go Again: Rodrigo Duterte Closing Down All Online Gambling
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has announced he will close all online gambling firms in the country. The president had, until now, appeared to have backtracked on his earlier anti-online gambling stance, which makes the messages coming out of the Philippines mixed, to...
