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UFC Fighter Nick Diaz Attacked at Bellagio’s Hyde Nightclub
UFC fighter Nick Diaz got into an altercation at the Bellagio's Hyde nightclub this week with three men, and if you know Nick Diaz, you also know who won the fight. TMZ Sports, the athletics arm of the celebrity media outlet, reports...
Daily Fantasy Sports Goes Hollywood as Movie Plans Develop
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) has been filled with plenty of drama over the last several years. From a DraftKings employee allegedly winning $350,000 on rival FanDuel by utilizing insider data, to state attorneys general ruling that the wildly popular DFS contests violate...
Colorado Springs Mayor Calls For Stronger State Constitution Laws to Block Casinos
Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers (R) is reaching out statewide to voters urging them to support a November referendum that would make it drastically harder to amend the state's Constitution. If passed, the odds for any sort of future gambling expansion would...
Alabama Lottery Vote Narrowly Passes State House, Governor Bentley Denies Secret Casino Plans
The Alabama lottery bill supported by Governor Robert Bentley (R) narrowly passed the State House of Representatives late Thursday night by a vote of 64-35. The tally of the 99 legislators squeaked by the 63 minimum vote requirement to pass the legislation...
MGM Resorts Launches Ad Campaign Attacking Connecticut Airport Casino
MGM Resorts International has launched an online ad campaign attacking plans for a casino at Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport, across the border from its $950 million resort, currently under construction in Springfield, Massachusetts. The plans for a casino at Bradley International have...
Paddy Power Pays Out on Rio Olympics Boxing Controversy
Irish bookie Paddy Power has paid out on all bets that backed Michael Conlan to win the bantamweight quarter-final at the Rio Olympics, even though, officially at least, he didn’t. Conlan believed he had done enough to soundly beat Russia’s Vladimir Nikitin...
Illegal Gambling Room Murder Suspect Arrested in Austin, Texas
A suspect in an illegal gambling room murder in North Austin, Texas, has been apprehended. On August 8, a botched robbery of a criminal gaming enterprise ended with one woman dead and two men injured. A male suspect remained at large until...
Paddy Power Betfair Reports £47.5 Million Loss Due to Costs of Merger
Paddy Power Betfair has reported operating losses of £47.5 million ($62.6 million) for the first half of 2016 in comparison with profits of £106.5 million ($140.5) for the corresponding period of 2015. CEO Breon Corcoran this week attributed the losses to one-off...
Indiana Casino Union Does What Trump Taj Mahal Workers Couldn’t: Reaches New Deal with Majestic Star Riverboats
Indiana Governor Mike Pence, the current GOP vice-presidential contender, has put his state on the map for financial gains and growth during his administration. Now a new casino union contract in the Hoosier State is also showing up its sister chapter in...
Duterte Takes Shock U-turn on Online Gambling
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s hardline crackdown on online gambling took an unexpected twist this this week. On Tuesday the government’s gambling operator-regulator, PAGCOR, announced that it was prepared to license online gambling firms that targeted “non-locals” and that it was in the...
