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YouTube Stars Charged for Promoting Gambling by UKGC
YouTube stars Craig Douglas and Dylan Rigby have been charged by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) for encouraging underage video gamers to gamble. In what are first-of-its-kind charges, the Gambling Commission alleges the two vloggers inspired children to gamble and provided instructions...
Caesars Private Equity Backers Must Show their Bank Statements, Rules Bankruptcy Judge
Caesars’ junior creditors have successfully forced the casino group’s controlling private equity backers to reveal details of their wealth. The request was granted on Wednesday by the judge presiding over the $18 billion dollar bankruptcy of Caesars’ main operating unit, Caesars Operating...
Mike Pence’s Successor in Indiana Will Likely Support Gambling Expansion
Indiana Governor Mike Pence (R) withdrew his reelection bid in mid-July to focus on his efforts to put Donald Trump in the Oval Office and himself in the position of vice president. That opened the door for two other candidates, and possibly...
Nevada Senator Harry Reid Attacks Donald Trump, Calls Him A “Human Leech”
Nevada Senator Harry Reid (D) was an amateur boxer in his youth, and this week the Senate Minority Leader came out swinging at Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. On Wednesday, September 15, Reid said on the Senate Floor, "He's (Trump) a spoiled...
California Indian Casino Project Near Napa Causes Turf War
The California Indian casino project in Vallejo proposed by the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians is generating a turf war between neighboring counties that differ on whether casino-style gambling should be permitted in the wine-rich area. Napa County supervisors are currently...
David Baazov’s Lawyer Grills AMF, Claims Regulator’s Case Is Full of Holes
Former Amaya CEO David Baazov’s ongoing insider trading case received a two-day independent administrative hearing this week in Montreal, and it brought up some strange twists and turns, however you look at it. In hearings this week, which none of the accused...
SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia Launches New Jersey Gaming Site
The SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia has been more than neighborly to gamblers in New Jersey since it opened in 2010. Located two just miles from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge that connects Philadelphia with Camden, the SugarHouse has long welcomed New Jerseyans to...
Potential Las Vegas NFL Stadium Receives $750 Million in Public Funding
The Las Vegas NFL stadium being proposed by billionaire Sheldon Adelson and Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis received a critical vote in its favor this week. On September 15, the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee (SNTIC) voted unanimously to provide the football...
Candidates’ Foundations Draw Scrutiny as Polls Tighten Between Clinton and Trump
The presidential candidates' foundations are quickly becoming an imperative factor in the 2016 election. The Clinton Foundation and the Donald J. Trump Foundation have both come under fire in recent weeks, and opponents on both sides of the aisle are trying to...
Online Betting To Top One Trillion Dollars by 2021, Driven by Mobile and VR
The online gambling industry will process almost $1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion dollars) in bets per year by 2021, according to a whitepaper published this week by analyst Juniper Research. That equates to a 42 percent increase on the $550 billion expected this year....
