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Six-Year Prison Sentence for Ex-CEO Kennon Whaley in Alabama, Gambled Away $100K in Insurance Funds
Former Alabama steel magnate Kennon Whaley is headed to prison. This week, the Auburn resident was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison, after he was convicted in May for using an insurance payment to pay down over $100,000 in gambling debts....
Nevada Gaming Control Board Ponders Wagering Accounts
The Nevada Gaming Control Board (GCB) is calling on the state's land-based casinos to adapt e-commerce measures to make gaming more user-friendly. On August 11, the GCB held a public workshop in Carson City to receive input on possibly changing how slots...
British Tennis Player May Have Been Poisoned by Gambling Syndicate … with Rat Urine
A British tennis player who fell ill in the lead-up to her quarter final match at the Wimbledon Girls' Singles Tennis Championships last month may have been deliberately poisoned. Gabriella Taylor, 18, who is ranked 381 in the world, was struck down by a...
UK Gambling Commission Scrutinizes Esports and Skin Gambling
A new UK Gambling Commission discussion paper addressing the blurred lines between esports, social gaming and gambling was published this week. In the paper, the regulator outlines some of its concerns about the new gambling landscape that has emerged over the last...
Nebraska Casino Vote Threatened by Rejected Petition Signatures
Nebraska’s push for casino legalization is imperiled. Last month a pro-casino action group calling itself Keep the Money in Nebraska delivered 310,000 signatures in support of its cause to the state legislature. That cause is to force a public referendum this November...
Crown Melbourne Casino Workers Protest Weekend Wages
Crown Melbourne casino workers held a public demonstration Friday evening outside the Melbourne Convention Centre in protest of overnight weekend wages paying the same rate as weekday night shifts. The United Voice Casino Union has been negotiating with the casino for higher...
North Jersey Casino Ads Heat Up as November Referendum Approaches
North Jersey casino ads are making their way into homes in the Garden State. In November voters in New Jersey will decide whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton is best suited to lead the country as president, but also decide if it's...
Connecticut Airport Casino Wins Right-To-Know Case Against MGM
The Connecticut airport casino being planned behind closed doors doesn't need to reveal its objectives to MGM according to the state's Freedom of Information Commission (FIC). MGM Resorts is currently in the process of building a $950 million casino in Springfield, Massachusetts....
Massachusetts Regulates Daily Fantasy Sports
Massachusetts’s governor, Charlie Baker, yesterday signed into law an amendment proclaiming fantasy sports to be legal in Massachusetts, making it the eighth state to regulate the contests since the beginning of the year, and the second to do so this month. Just...
William Hill Takeover Talks Get Heated, as Parties Argue Valuation
For bookmaker William Hill, the takeover offer by 888 Holdings and Rank Group presented earlier this week has once again been rejected by the UK operator. As reported earlier this week, William Hill executives believe the £3.6 billion ($4.7 billion) joint bid...
