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Amaya Posts Q2 Growth, Baazov Resigns
David Baazov used the occasion of Amaya’s Q2 financial results announcement on Friday to offer his resignation from the company he co-founded in 2004. The besieged now-former-CEO will be replaced by Rafi Ashkenazi, who has acted as CEO during Baazov’s forced sabbatical....
William Hill Says “Thanks, But No Thanks” to 888-Rank Improved Offer
UK bookmaker William Hill has rejected a revised second offer from a consortium composed of 888 Holdings and the Rank Group, which proposes that the three companies combine to create a consolidated gambling powerhouse. Last week, William Hill rejected a cash and...
Michael Phelps Finishes Olympic Career With 23rd Gold Medal
Michael Phelps has swum his last Olympic race. That is if you believe the legendary athlete. Sixteen years since his first Olympiad and 28 medals later, Phelps says the 4x100m medley relay was the final leg in his storied career. The most...
Atlantic City Casino Revenue Soars in July, Borgata Enjoys Record Month
Atlantic City casino revenue jumped 6.9 percent in July compared to the same month in 2015. The city's eight casinos still in operation pulled in $275.2 million, $17.7 million more than a year earlier. The headliner of the revenue report is the...
Six-Year Prison Sentence for Ex-CEO Kennon Whaley in Alabama, Gambled Away $100K in Insurance Funds
Former Alabama steel magnate Kennon Whaley is headed to prison. This week, the Auburn resident was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison, after he was convicted in May for using an insurance payment to pay down over $100,000 in gambling debts....
Nevada Gaming Control Board Ponders Wagering Accounts
The Nevada Gaming Control Board (GCB) is calling on the state's land-based casinos to adapt e-commerce measures to make gaming more user-friendly. On August 11, the GCB held a public workshop in Carson City to receive input on possibly changing how slots...
British Tennis Player May Have Been Poisoned by Gambling Syndicate … with Rat Urine
A British tennis player who fell ill in the lead-up to her quarter final match at the Wimbledon Girls' Singles Tennis Championships last month may have been deliberately poisoned. Gabriella Taylor, 18, who is ranked 381 in the world, was struck down by a...
UK Gambling Commission Scrutinizes Esports and Skin Gambling
A new UK Gambling Commission discussion paper addressing the blurred lines between esports, social gaming and gambling was published this week. In the paper, the regulator outlines some of its concerns about the new gambling landscape that has emerged over the last...
Nebraska Casino Vote Threatened by Rejected Petition Signatures
Nebraska’s push for casino legalization is imperiled. Last month a pro-casino action group calling itself Keep the Money in Nebraska delivered 310,000 signatures in support of its cause to the state legislature. That cause is to force a public referendum this November...
Crown Melbourne Casino Workers Protest Weekend Wages
Crown Melbourne casino workers held a public demonstration Friday evening outside the Melbourne Convention Centre in protest of overnight weekend wages paying the same rate as weekday night shifts. The United Voice Casino Union has been negotiating with the casino for higher...
