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California Online Poker Bill Unanimously Passes State Assembly Committee
A California online poker bill passed the State Assembly Governmental Organization (GO) Committee unanimously on Wednesday by a vote of 19-0. Authored by State Assemblyman Adam Gray (D-District 21) and co-signed by Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-District 59), Assembly Bill 2863, the "Internet...
Philippine Casino Industry Discusses Presidential Election and Country’s Trump-Like Frontrunner
The Philippine casino industry is thriving, and while it's not presently one of the top gaming markets worldwide, forecasts estimate the country will generate upwards of $6 billion annually by 2018. If that projection materializes, the Philippines would become one of the top...
Boyd Gaming to Acquire Cannery Casino Properties, as well as Aliante
Boyd Gaming’s real estate splurge continues as the company looks to expand its dominant position in the Las Vegas locals market into North Vegas. Boyd announced this week that it would acquire the Las Vegas assets of Cannery Casino Resorts for $230...
Obama Warning to UK Lengthens Odds on Brexit
President Obama’s declaration that the UK would be “in the back of the queue” for a trade deal with the United States should it choose to leave the EU appears to have had a dramatic effect on the betting markets. The UK...
Bookies Find 48 Suspicious Tennis Matches in First Three Months of Year
The Tennis Integrity Unit has been notified by the gambling industry of 48 instances of suspicious betting patterns on matches in the first quarter of the year alone, the anti-corruption body said this week. The TIU itself has come under criticism for...
Esports’ Match-fixing Problem Exposed by Korean Prosecutors Report
A Korean police report into a StarCraft match-fixing scandal makes depressing reading for followers of esports and the nascent betting industry that is growing up around professional video gaming. In January, Lee “Life” Seung Hyun, 19, the 2014 world champion and 2015...
Ted Cruz and John Kasich Unite to Improve Odds of Contested Republican Convention
Ted Cruz and John Kasich are coming together in the eleventh hour of the 2016 Republican Primary in a desperate attempt to impede the chances that frontrunner Donald Trump acquires the necessary 1,237 delegates to win the party's nomination outright. Late Sunday...
Mississippi and Tennessee Make Dramatic DFS U-turns
Mississippi and Tennessee legislatures passed daily fantasy sports bills to their respective governors this week, both of which are expected to be signed into law, much to the surprise of industry observers. Surprise is the word because it seemed lately that DFS...
Concern Mounts over Counter-Strike Teen Gambling
Unregulated e-sports gambling was under the spotlight this week. A Bloomberg article published Wednesday sheds light on the unregulated and often underage gambling market that has grown up around the trading of “skins” in the game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO). For those...
Lucchese Crime Family Boss Gets Three Years in New Jersey State Prison for Operating $2 Billion Gambling Ring
The Lucchese crime family is a boss short this week after New Jersey Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy announced that Joseph DiNapoli would spend the next three years in state prison for operating an illegal multibillion-dollar gambling ring that was uncovered by...
