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Wynn Boston Harbor Land Deal Defendants Acquitted
The Wynn Everett land deal fraud case in Massachusetts ended with the acquittal of all three defendants by a federal jury in Boston on Friday. Charles Lightbody, Anthony Gattineri, and Dustin DeNunzio stood accused of fraudulently profiting from the sale of the...
Macau Casinos See Revenues Slide 9.5 Percent in April, Making for 23rd Straight Red Month
Macau casinos have now seen their revenues drop for the 23rd straight month, as the special administrative region in China continues to struggle to find ways to offset disappearing income from VIP junket operators being forced out by government policies. The Asian...
Isle of Man to License Bitcoin Currency Use, As “Satoshi Nakamoto” Is Finally Unmasked
The Isle of Man has become the first online gambling jurisdiction to adopt changes to its regulation that will permit the use of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies for online gambling. In the same week that Bitcoin’s shadowy creator, known as Satoshi...
Nevada Casino Revenue Falls Three Percent in March, Sportsbooks Set Betting Record but Poor Hold
Nevada casino revenue dropped three percent in March compared to the same month in 2015 as baccarat fell statewide and sportsbooks struggled to maintain reasonable holds on sports betting. Overall, the state's casinos won $922.2 million last month, $29 million less than in...
Station Casinos IPO Raises $531 Million
Station Casinos set sail on the NASDAQ on Wednesday, trading under its new corporate name Red Rock Resorts, with the ticker symbol “RRR.” The IPO has long been in the offing for the company, whose upturn in fortunes has coincided with the...
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...
