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Oneida Nation Sues New York State to Block Upstate Casino
The Oneida Nation has launched legal action to block the building of the newly licensed Lago Resort & Casino in Upstate New York. Lago was one of three licenses granted by the state to casino operators in December 2015, following a 2013...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Latest to Declare Daily Fantasy Sports Illegal
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is in agreement with opinions issued in New York, Illinois, and Nevada that daily fantasy sports (DFS) operators are in violation of state law and are operating illegal gambling enterprises. In his response to a query...
Macau Shaves Wynn Resorts Profits In 2015, As Las Vegas Continues to Pull Its Weight
Wynn Resorts has said that the economic squeeze in Macau hit hard in 2015, and that Q4 net revenue from its operations in the Chinese gambling hub could be halved from the same period in 2014. Despite this, a rosier outlook in...
Vermont DFS Bill Opposed by Assistant State AG
Vermont may not be a state you think about much in relation to daily fantasy sports (DFS). After all, there are plenty of viable outdoor activities for which the Green Mountain State is famous, skiing being the most obvious. So why would people...
Tennis World Rocked by Match-Fixing Cover-up Allegations
The tennis universe is reeling from allegations that 16 top-level players have been strongly suspected of throwing matches over the past ten years, while authorities failed to act. Documents passed to the UK's BBC television network and Buzzfeed News by anonymous whistleblowers...
Brian Sandoval Reconvenes Gaming Policy Committee in Nevada to Discuss Daily Fantasy Sports
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (R) issued an executive order late last week to reconvene the state's Gaming Policy Committee in order to confront the subject of daily fantasy sports (DFS). The action is in response to Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt's ruling...
MGM Resorts Axes Free Parking on the Las Vegas Strip
Some Las Vegas traditions are sacrosanct. All-you-can-eat buffets, free drinks for gamblers, the right to get absolutely plastered and have it seem perfectly normal are but a few of those. For visitors and locals alike, these principles have been set in stone...
New Jersey Lawmakers Call for Possible Atlantic City Takeover
New Jersey politicians in Trenton are focusing their attention on the financial disaster currently being experienced in Atlantic City. New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney D-District 3) brought a bill to his legislative chamber this week that would give control of Atlantic...
Céline Dion’s Husband, René Angélil, Dies at Home in Las Vegas
René Angélil, avid gambler and husband and former manager of Las Vegas perennial Céline Dion, has died after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 73. Angélil had been ill for many years. His cancer was first diagnosed in 1999, and...
GOP Debate Gets Heated as Trump and Cruz Spar Over “Birther” Claims and NYC Values
The sixth GOP debate welcomed seven Republican Party candidates to the main stage in Charleston, South Carolina on Thursday night, all sharing hopes and aspirations of taking on the likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton towards becoming the 45th president of the United...
