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Valve Trying to Save Skin, as Gaming Company Begins Blocking Team Fortress Exchanges
Valve is advising its player base to avoid using third-party websites that exchange skins, and while the gaming company has long held that position, the developer is recognizing the growing issue of buying and selling in-game items. In a post published to...
L.A.’s Hawaiian Gardens Casino, Still Saddled with Anti-Money Laundering Shadows, Seeks New License
Hawaiian Gardens, the small city on the outskirts of Los Angeles County, is waiting anxiously to hear the fate of the casino that also bears its name. Last October, Hawaiian Gardens Casino was fined $2.8 million for repeated anti-money laundering (AML) violations...
Georgia Representative Trey Kelley Behind DFS Regulation Push, Insists Skill Is Involved
Gambling bills are coming thick and fast in Georgia. Two casino bills presented to the legislature in Atlanta this week have been joined by “The Fantasy Contest Act,” which offers the state a second crack of the whip at legalizing daily fantasy...
Super Bowl Prop Bets Cover Everything From Lady Gaga to Donald Trump
Super Bowl prop bets have just about every single one of the more than 110 million expected viewers covered. Oddsmakers at both land-based casinos and online sportsbooks have assembled a bounty of lines that give bettors propositions on everything from the actual...
Las Vegas Casinos Wooing Potential Japanese Business Partners
Las Vegas casino companies are rolling out the red carpet for potential businesses partners based in Japan. In December, Japan's parliament passed the Integrated Resorts Promotion bill, a piece of legislation that paves the way for the country to welcome full-fledged resort-style...
LA’s Porn Industry Sees Las Vegas as a Good Bet, More Productions Moving to Sin City
The West Coast porn industry is going for 21, but not necessarily in the age of its XXX female stars. Nope, it's hoping to hit blackjack by edging into Sin City, riding on Las Vegas' already salacious reputation and more lax, less stringent...
Macau Casinos Filled for Chinese New Year, Wynn Posts Strong Earnings
Macau casinos are booked solid for the Chinese New Year, a telling sign that the city's efforts to market towards the more casual gambler and visitor are finally paying off. The most important holiday in the world's most populated country, the Chinese...
Wynn Resorts Hoping to Break Ground on $1.5 Billion “Paradise Park” This Year
Wynn Resorts is wasting no time in building its own version of paradise on earth. Steve Wynn announced he hopes to begin construction of his “Paradise Park” before the end of this year, as he reiterated that his company’s future lies in...
Blackjack Bank Robber Pleads Guilty to Robbery
A bank robber with a penchant for blackjack and recreational drugs pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery in a West Virginia courtroom on Wednesday. Kerry Johnson, 52, the owner of a marketing company in Charleston, told authorities after his arrest he had consumed...
Brent Musburger Retiring From ESPN to Focus on Vegas Sports Betting Network
Brent Musburger is going off the air at the end of the month. The famed sports broadcaster has been calling games since 1973, but will call it quits on January 31 after he does the play-by-play for the Kentucky Wildcats and Georgia...