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Former USC Football Player Pleads Guilty to Running Illegal Gambling Network
Former USC football player Owen Hanson is looking at 20 years in prison after confessing to running an illegal offshore gambling operation that also sold narcotics and performance-enhancing drugs to athletes. The 34-year-old admitted this week to being the leader of ODOG...
888poker Leaves Australian Market, Online Poker Under Threat in Oz
888poker has pulled out of the Australian market in anticipation of an imminent change in the country’s gambling laws. An amendment to the 2001 Interactive Gambling Act will shortly clarify that only operators holding a license in Australia will be able to...
Atlantic City Casinos Win $2.6 Billion, First Yearly Increase Since 2006
Atlantic City casinos won more than $2.6 billion in 2016, a 1.5 percent increase on 2015 and the region's first annual gain in a decade. It's been a turbulent, if not catastrophic, 10 years since the New Jersey gambling locale posted a...
Downtown Las Vegas Outpaces Rest of Nevada Gaming Markets
Downtown Las Vegas led the way during the 2016 fiscal year in terms of overall revenue percentage gain. Thanks largely to the Fremont Street Experience, the bustling entertainment and gaming hub home to the Golden Nugget, D Las Vegas, Downtown Grand and...
New York, South Carolina Introduce Sports Betting Bills
New York and South Carolina both introduced bills seeking to legalize sports betting this week. In New York, a bill sponsored by Senator Tony Avella (D-19th), and co-sponsored by four of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate, would authorize “gambling on professional sporting...
Floyd Mayweather Offers UFC Champ Conor McGregor $15 Million to Fight
Floyd Mayweather retired for a second time in 2015 after defeating challenger Andre Berto. The bout finished off Pretty Boy's career unbeaten at 49-0 with 26 wins by knockout. While it's been more than a year since he's stepped in the ring,...
Amid Fake News Assertions, Ladbrokes Brings Donald Trump Impeachment Odds Down to a Coinflip
UK bookmaker Ladbrokes has slashed the odds of a Donald Trump impeachment to just around even money, or a 50-50 proposition. The British bookie changed the odds in the wake of a firestorm following publication of a dossier, controversially presented by Buzzfeed on...
Chicago Casino Shot Down in State Senate, but Resuscitation Expected
A Chicago casino and five other gambling licenses were up for consideration in the Illinois General Assembly, but deliberations were quickly squashed, as legislators in Springfield opted to delay legislation until incoming lawmakers are sworn into office today. Illinois has been enduring...
Glenn Straub Says Former Revel Casino Reopening Next Month
Glenn Straub has had enough of governmental interference in Atlantic City and New Jersey as it relates to TEN, the new identity of the former Revel Casino Resort. The brazen and at times outspoken real estate developer from Florida says the property,...
Las Vegas Attracts Record 42.9 Million Visitors in 2016
Las Vegas tourism has smashed records for the past three years, and 2016 was no exception. Last year, 42.9 million flocked to Sin City, according to figures newly released by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Association (LVCVA). That’s up 1.5 percent...
