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Sheldon Adelson Still Targeting South Korea for Next Casino
Sheldon Adelson still has his eyes set on the untapped market of Busan, South Korea. The Las Vegas Sands Chairman remains rather bearish on the US gambling sector, but the 83-year-old billionaire is bullish on the international casino market. Outside of his...
Hillary Clinton Health Scare Causes UK Bookies to Cut Odds on Trump Victory
The odds of Hillary Clinton reaching the White House lengthened overnight, after an apparent fainting spell while watching Sept. 11 ceremonies forced her party's hand in revealing that the former secretary of state is suffering from pneumonia. Irish bookmaker Paddy Power dropped...
Social Gaming Needs Regulation, Panel at World Regulatory Briefing Says
Social gaming isn't exactly gambling, but it's also not free of similar risks, according to a recent discussion by experts on the topic. Social gaming refers to any sort of online game that incorporates social interaction such as internet multiplayer video games...
Caesars to Launch Skill-Based Gambling Next Month
Caesars Entertainment may become the first gaming company in the world to introduce new skill-based video gambling machines (VGMs) to their casino floors in California and Vegas this October. That’s if Atlantic City doesn’t get their own video gambling machines first. Last...
FOBT’s “Crack Cocaine” Label a Myth, says Conservative Think Tank
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) published a paper this week debunking what it claims are persistent myths surrounding the UK’s controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). IEA is a conservative free-market think tank whose mission statement is to “improve understanding of the...
Jimmy Kimmel’s Cousin Sal Announces NFL Sports Betting Show
Cousin Sal, as his older cousin Jimmy Kimmel affectionately calls him, is launching his own NFL sports betting and daily fantasy sports (DFS) show on Facebook. The NFL season kicked off Thursday night with the reigning champion Denver Broncos once again defeating...
Quebec Regulator Accuses Ex-Amaya Chief David Baazov of Taking Kickbacks
It's been a rough year for David Baazov. The former golden boy and chief executive officer of Canada's Amaya Inc., was charged by Quebec's financial regulatory arm, the AMF, of insider trading. Although he has denied all the charges vehemently, he first...
Alleged Mob Kingpin Joey Merlino Banned from All Pennsylvania Casinos
Joey Merlino, the man who the FBI believes to be the head of the Philadelphia Mob, has been banned from entering the state’s 12 casinos. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) voted unanimously this week to designate “Skinny Joey” persona non grata,...
Serena Williams Suffers Shocking Loss at US Open
Serena Williams entered Thursday evening's semifinal match at the US Open in Queens, New York, as the overall top seed in the women's tournament. Williams holds 22 Grand Slam singles titles to go along with 14 majors in doubles. Williams had made...
US Open Match-Fixing Scandal Once Again Plagues Tennis
The US Open match-fixing scandal in New York has once again put the sport front and center in the media, with critics calling the sport's integrity into question. On August 30, 15th-ranked Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland beat Russia's Vitalia Diatchenko in straight...
