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Raiders’ Mark Davis Pledges “Lifetime Commitment” and $500 Million to Las Vegas
“Las Vegas Raiders” has a certain ring to it, does it? Raider’s boss Mark Davis was in town this week to offer the most concrete assurance yet that Vegas could be about to get its first major league sports team. "We need...
Massachusetts Gaming Commission Denies Brockton Casino License
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) voted 4-1 against a $677 million Brockton casino being proposed by Mass Gaming & Entertainment, a partnership company formed by Rush Street Gaming Chairman Neil Bluhm and Brockton Fairgrounds owner George Carney. The decision culminates a yearlong...
Australian Government Bans In-Play Betting, Bookies Carry On Regardless
The Australian government has ordered online bookmakers to cease offering in-play betting as it moves to permanently ban the practice in which bettors can make real-time wagers while a game is in play. But it’s an order that the country’s top betting...
Pennsylvania Casinos Fined by State Gaming Control Board for Self-Exclusion Violations
Four Pennsylvania casinos will pay a total of $103,000 to the state's Gaming Control Board (PGCB) for violations stemming from involuntary and self-exclusion programs, underage gambling, and allowing an unlicensed employee to work inside a casino. The violators include the SugarHouse Casino...
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...
