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$1.6 Billion Powerball Lottery Prize Split Three Ways
The record $1.6 billion Powerball Lottery jackpot will be split between three winners. Lottery officials said this morning that three winning tickets had been sold respectively in Tennessee, California, and Florida, although as of Thursday morning, none of the winners had come...
Washington State Online Poker and DFS Bills Introduced
Washington State’s online poker and daily fantasy sports (DFS) bills have been resurrected today, on the very first day of the state’s legislative session, January 13th. The two bills are identical to legislation introduced a year ago that failed to gain traction...
Lamar Odom Cocaine Charges No Slam Dunk for Nevada Brothel Brouhaha
Lamar Odom will not face any legal ramifications for the incidents of October 13th of last year, in which the former NBA star was discovered unconscious with cocaine in his system at a legal brothel in the ironically named town of Crystal,...
New Jersey Lawmakers Agree to Vote Deal for North NJ Casinos
New Jersey residents are likely to vote on the issue of whether to break Atlantic City’s longstanding casino gaming monopoly and expand the industry to North Jersey. State lawmakers have put aside their differences to agree to a deal that demands a...
Powerball Fever as Jackpot Reaches $1.5 Billion World Record
The Powerball Lottery in the US has reached a heart-stopping $1.5 billion, a lottery world record, and Powerball fever is now taking hold across the globe. That's because while ticket sales are legal in 44 American states, there are no restrictions at...
James Packer Involved in Fracas with Crown Security Guard
James Packer’s New Year’s Day “altercation” with one of own security guards was played down by Crown Resorts this week. Dr Iskandar Chaban, 60, a security guard at the Crown Casino, Melbourne, says that he was threatened, verbally abused and pushed after...
BetCoin Debuts Multiplayer Poker Platform as Malta Considers Recognizing Bitcoin
BetCoin is venturing into multiplayer poker. The online Bitcoin casino, backed by an investment firm in Hong Kong, announced this week that its Internet card room will be compatible with any device, due to its HTML5 functionality. Not to be confused with...
DFS Sites Win Right to Operate in New York State, For Now
DraftKings and FanDuel have received a temporary stay of execution in New York State. Today, an appellate division of the Supreme Court ruled that the daily fantasy sports sites can continue to offer their services until their case versus the New York...
Dutch Online Gambling Reforms Get Sudden Tax Migraine
Holland’s gambling reforms, which aim to modernize the Dutch online and land-based gaming markets, have been slow-moving, to say the least. Drawn up in 2013 to overhaul the country’s 50-year-old existing laws, they were initially expected to be rubber-stamped in late 2014,...
Mark Cuban Invests in Daily Fantasy Sports Data Company
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban is the outspoken owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and renowned for appearing on ABC's "Shark Tank." The tycoon made his fortune by being ahead of the tech curve, and now Cuban's focusing his attention on another burgeoning...
