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Daily Fantasy Sports Illegal in Michigan, Says Regulator
Daily Fantasy Sports is “illegal under current Michigan law,” according to Rick Kalm, executive director of Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB), the state gambling regulator. The opinion, offered to Gambling Compliance this week, suggests that those offering and participating in DFS for...
Bwin.party Goes to GVC Holdings, 888 Throws in the Towel
Bwin.party has accepted a ring, and it's a honker. At long last, suitor GVC Holdings has won the heart of bwin.party with a $1.6 billion bid. Long-time rival 888 Holdings says it is no longer willing to contest the outcome, and has walked...
Donald Trump Brings on Steve Wynn as Unofficial Campaign Adviser: Strange Bedfellows Indeed
Donald Trump and Steve Wynn haven’t always been the best of friends, to say the least. But the two men are now reportedly working together on a project far bigger than a casino in Atlantic City or Las Vegas. According to a...
Australia Takes on Interactive Gambling Act, Saying Online Laws Need Clarification
Australia’s online gambling market has been governed for the past 14 years by the Interactive Gambling Act, a piece of legislation passed in 2001. It’s a law that has left much about the status of Internet gaming in the country unclear, and...
Atlantic City Casinos Push New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to Sign Financial Assistance Bills
Atlantic City casinos are pressuring Governor Chris Christie to step off the political campaign trail for a minute and hike back to Trenton to sign a package of rescue bills. The measures were approved by both the Assembly and State Senate in...
Texas Racetracks Bets are Off Following Standoff with Legislature
Texas racetracks may not have lost the race yet, but their odds are not looking good. The Lone Star State's horse and dog racing tracks remained closed to bettors on Wednesday due to an ongoing funding dispute between the Texas Racing Commission (TRC)...
Baccarat Revenue Down in Vegas, Chinese Economic Troubles May be to Blame
Is the Chinese economic slowdown killing the action at the world’s baccarat tables? While there may certainly be more pressing things to worry about following Beijing’s recent decision to devalue the Yeun, such as destabilization of the global financial markets and potential...
Macau Gambling Revenues Continue Sharp Decline
Macau was supposed to be recovering from its casino struggles by now, with the Chinese territory now well over a year into declines brought on by an anti-corruption drive in Beijing and other factors. But there seems to be no change in...
Katrina Recovery Still Continues Ten Years Later, and Casino Industry Does Its Part
Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast ten years ago, and for obvious reasons, most of the discussion about the storm, its aftermath, and its impact on the region has been on the very real human stories that impacted those in New Orleans,...
Betting on US Presidential Campaign Outcome for 2016: Okay Anywhere Except in America
The current US presidential campaign is anything but boring, that's for sure. And you can bet it will continue to unfold in an interesting way. Well, you can bet anywhere except in its country of origin, that is. The race for president...
