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Steve Wynn Backs Las Vegas Raiders as Projected Stadium Cost Balloons
Steve Wynn wants to see NFL football played on Sundays in Las Vegas. TMZ recently caught up with the Wynn Resorts billionaire in Los Angeles who told the celebrity news outlet that he's working hard to bring the Oakland Raiders franchise to...
MGM Attacks Connecticut with Defense Bill
MGM Resorts is currently engaged in a legal battle with Connecticut over the state’s plans to authorize a tribal satellite casino just across the border from MGM’s proposed $950 million resort in Massachusetts. The casino giant is suing the State of Connecticut,...
UFC Sold for an Eye-Gouging $4 Billion
The Ultimate Fighting Championship, which Station Casinos’ Fertitta brothers took from a fringe organization once described by John McCain as “human cockfighting,” to a global sports empire, has been sold by the brothers for $4 billion. The championships new owner is US...
New Jersey Online Poker Market Seeks to Share UK Player Pools, as Shuttered Casinos Quietly Reopen
The New Jersey online poker market hopes to solve its all-too-often inadequate traffic by going overseas and partnering with the United Kingdom. Late last week, New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) Director David Rebuck announced an agreement, in principle at least,...
Nebraska Close to Vote on Casino Gambling
Nebraska could soon be voting on whether to legalize casino gaming within its borders after a pro-casino action group delivered 310,000 signatures in support of a referendum to the state legislature this week. The group, known as “Keep the Money in Nebraska,”...
New South Wales Bans “Cruel” Greyhound Racing Industry
Greyhound racing is to be banned in the Australian state of New South Wales following a government investigation that found that animal cruelty within the industry was widespread and systemic. NSW Premier Mike Baird said that the findings of the report were...
North Korea Online Gambling Enterprises Gross Over $800 Million Despite Country’s Strict Anti-Gambling Laws
Accessing North Korea online gambling websites from within the borders of the totalitarian dictatorship state is an offense punishable by death. But that isn't stopping leader Kim Jong-un's government in Pyongyang from capitalizing off the illegal market. According to Korea Institute of...
Rep. Jason Chaffetz Grills FBI’s Comey, as State Dept. Resumes Internal Clinton Audit
United States Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said he was a "kid in a candy store" on July 7, as he chaired the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee's hearing with FBI Director James Comey. The meeting focused on Comey's recommendation on Tuesday...
Genting Resorts World Queens, New York Expansion Will Run $400M
Genting Group's Resorts World Casino in Queens, New York is expanding. The first and only casino in one of the Big Apple's five boroughs, the property is part of the Aqueduct Racetrack. Genting recently announced plans to build a 400-room hotel and...
China Gambling Laws Bypassed By Prediction Betting Markets
China's gambling laws are some of the strictest in the world, but like most legal statutes, there's a loophole for those looking hard enough. China's Criminal Law states, "Whoever for the purpose of profit gathers people to engage in gambling, runs a...
