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$5 Billion in Skins Wagered in 2016 Despite Valve Shutdown
Skins gambling is still alive and well, despite the Valve Corporation clamping down on the third-party websites that allow players to bet with the virtual in-game items. According to new research by Eilers and Krejcik Gaming and Narus Advisors, some $5 billion-worth...
Steve Wynn Proves the Rich Get Richer, Gets $12.5M Payday, Thanks to Macau and Vegas Rebounds
Steve Wynn is $12.5 million richer this week, after his Wynn Resorts awarded the founder and CEO a generous stock package distribution. According to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, the billionaire received 137,468 shares of the hotel and casino corporation, which...
Tribal Gaming Expansion Continues Across United States
Tribal gaming expansion continues sweeping across the United States, as the federal Department of the Interior (DOI) continues declaring land as sovereign property. The most recent Native American casino to open in the US is the Cherokee Casino Grove in northeast Oklahoma...
Brains vs AI: Humans Taking a Pounding By Libratus
The Brains vs AI poker contest has reached its halfway point at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh and it doesn’t make pretty reading for humankind. With 60,000 hands played in the match-up between four of poker’s finest and the latest in artificial...
Pennsylvania Casinos Smash Revenue Records in 2016, Driven by Table Games
Pennsylvania’s casino sector is booming with overall revenue topping $3.2 billion in 2016, according to new figures, a record for the state. The upward trend has been driven largely by table games, particularly at the Sands Bethlehem. While slot machine revenues remained...
Floyd Mayweather Flaunts Sports Betting Streak, Green Bay Packers Ride Ends
Floyd Mayweather isn't known for being humble, and considering his all-time 49-0 boxing record, perhaps that's warranted. Affectionately known as "Pretty Boy" and "Money," the boxing GOAT (greatest of all time) is spending his hard-earned retirement fortune by placing some not-so-casual sports...
Mafia-Backed Casinos Tried to Kill Me, Claims Edward O Thorp, the Father of Card-counting
Edward O Thorp, the 84-year-old inventor of card-counting, was once the target of a suspected Mob hit. The revelation comes in Thorp’s new autobiography, A Man for All Markets, published this week. In 1964, Thorp believes that Mafia-connected owners of the Dunes...
DOJ Accuses Western Union of Anti-Money Laundering Violations, $586M Fine Tendered
Western Union will pay US federal authorities $586 million for anti-money laundering (AML) violations, the largest forfeiture ever imposed on a money services business by the Department of Justice (DOJ). The wire service company’s transgressions ranged from facilitating illegal Costa Rica-based sports...
Donald Trump Inauguration Speech Not a Big Pay Day for Online Gamblers
President Donald Trump's inauguration speech last Friday delivered plenty of fist-pumping excitement to those who voted for him, but for gamblers who took odds on precisely what he would say, the address didn't deliver much in the way of profits. The entire...
Super Bowl Odds: New England Patriots Slight Favorite Over Atlanta Falcons
The early Super Bowl odds give the New England Patriots a slight edge over the Atlanta Falcons. Vegas' prominent sportsbooks have the AFC Champions giving three points to the NFC's best. Online sportsbook Bovada, as well as land-based books in Nevada including...
