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Reno Sparks Nugget Fined $1 Million for Lax Money-Laundering Controls
The Sparks Nugget in northern Nevada has been fined $1 million for “systematic and egregious” violation of its anti-money laundering (AML) laws, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) said this week. The violations occurred while the casino was under the management of...
Sheldon Adelson Hyperventilates over Hyperlink, While Steve and Elaine Wynn War of the Roses Goes Ballistic
Sheldon Adelson’s latest defamation suit hinges on a hyperlink. Notoriously litigious , the Las Vegas Sands (LVS) CEO is also currently suing a Wall Street Journal journalist who called him a “scrappy, foul-mouthed billionaire from working-class Dorchester." Now, Adelson is eager to...
Brazil Gambling Laws Come Too Late for 2016 Summer Olympic Games
Brazil gambling laws currently being pushed through the government won't be implemented in time for tourists to place wagers on the August 5-12 Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Political leaders in Brazil are to blame for the country hosting the Games while remaining...
Donald Trump Gets Heat from Las Vegas Hotel Workers as GOP Race Moves Towards Contested Convention
GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's chances of avoiding a contested convention have narrowed, following a pounding from Ted Cruz in Wisconsin in Tuesday’s primaries. Cruz took down the Badger State in commanding fashion with nearly one in two Wisconsin voters picking the...
DraftKings and FanDuel Agree with NCAA to Suspend Amateur and College Sports Contests
While the 2016 Men's NCAA National Championship ended in spellbinding drama last night and Kris Jenkins’ sizzling, match-winning shot in the final micro-second of the blew our tiny little minds, this is probably the last year ever that fans will be able...
2016 Men’s NCAA National Championship Ends on Back-to-Back Buzzer-Beaters, Villanova Caps Historic Season With Win
The 2016 Men's NCAA National Championship might go down as one of the greatest March Madness finales since the basketball tournament was first played in 1939. With eight seconds left to play, UNC senior guard Marcus Paige made what seemed like an...
TMobile Arena in Las Vegas Gets Ready to Kill It with The Killers
The TMobile Arena, MGM’s new $350 million Las Vegas entertainment and sports arena, opens officially this Wednesday with a concert by local boys-done-good rock band The Killers. Meanwhile, the Oakland Raiders’ boss Mark Davis was back in town on Friday, touring the...
Quebec Net Neutrality Advocates Decry Planned Block of Online Gambling Sites
Net neutrality supporters in the Canadian province of Quebec are outraged over the regional government’s plans to force Internet service providers (ISP’s) to block access to unlicensed online gambling sites. Critics of the plan say it is an unconstitutional violation of the...
Italian Anti-Mafia Police Bust “Rigged” Online Gambling Network
Italian police have broken up a vast Mafia-linked online gambling operation, based in Salerno, which prosecutors say was rigging games to make it “impossible for players to make significant winnings.” In all, eighteen people have been arrested, with 64 in total still...
Money Laundering and Suspicious Activity at Casinos Continues to Rise, FinCEN Reports
Money laundering is serious business. Unfortunately for those in the casino industry, criminals have long relished the attractiveness of the floor cage as being the perfect instrument to clean dirty money into purportedly legitimate funds. Since 1996, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...
