5349 stories by Casino.org Staff Writer
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...
DoubleDown Social Casino Illinois Customer Lawsuit Dismissed, Angry Patron Lost $1K in Virtual Chips
IGT’s DoubleDown multiplatform social casino site has survived a class action lawsuit attempt from a disgruntled Illinois customer who claimed that the free gaming platform offers “nothing more than camouflaged unlawful games of chance.” Plaintiff Margo Phillips blew $1,000 in real money...
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Calls for Atlantic City Budget Slim Down for Municipal Workers
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is no longer crisscrossing the country on the presidential campaign trail, and as such the Republican, now in his second gubernatorial term, has more time to refocus his efforts on issues facing his own state. No concern...
Arizona Tribe Can Move Forward with Glendale Casino Expansion Following US Appeals Court Decision
An Arizona tribe received the blessing of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals this week to expand its Glendale casino to include Class III gaming and incorporate slot machines and table games. In a lawsuit between the Tohono O'odham Nation vs....
Phil Mickelson Gambling Pal Gregory Silveira Withdraws Guilty Plea in Money Laundering Case
Gambler Gregory Silveira, known to have ties to golfer (and gambler) Phil Mickelson, has been facing charges of money laundering in a Los Angeles court. But now Silveriera, who had previously plead guilty to the charges, wants to change his plea to...
