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New Version Of Connecticut Casino Bill To See Voting This Week
Connecticut desperately wants to find a way to battle back against the coming casino expansion in Massachusetts and New York. This week, it seems as though the state Senate will consider a bill that would do just that. A new version of...
Alabama Senate Committee Approves Gambling Expansion
An Alabama casino gambling bill narrowly passed through committee last week, giving the legislation the chance to be heard by the full State Senate. The bill, known as SB 453, passed through the Tourism and Marketing Committee by a five to three...
Qatar World Cup Worker Abuse Allegations Follow BBC Journalists Arrest
The 2022 Qater World Cup appeared to be on shaky ground ever since it was first announced. Even when voting took place to select a host country in 2010, there were questions of corruption and bribery when Qatar was chosen over what...
Casino Magnate James Packer Says Macau Downturn Worse Than Anyone Imagined
James Packer, the Australian billionaire and casino mogul, has admitted that Macau’s economic downturn has been “more severe” than any of the gambling hub's operators could have foreseen. Packer’s Crown Resorts derives 50 percent of its revenue from a 34 percent stake...
Battle for Bwin.party Heats Up as 888 Enters Fray and Amaya Teams with GVC
Looks like bwin.party is the debutante at the online gaming ball who has all the names on her dance card. A major bidding war has heated up following some initial suitor announcements late last week. The latest bid came from 888 Holdings,...
New York State Senators Ask Congressional Delegation To Oppose RAWA
New York hasn’t been at the forefront of the movement to regulate online gambling in the United States, but it hasn’t exactly been ignoring the issue entirely, either. While Nevada, Delaware and neighboring New Jersey have already regulated Internet gaming, New York...
Internet Gaming Revenues Up In New Jersey
Online gambling in New Jersey got off to a slow start, leading some to wonder if state-by-state regulation of Internet gaming would ever bring in the type of revenues lawmakers had been hoping for. On the other hand, maybe we only needed...
Nevada Skill Gaming Bill Hailed As “Monumental Moment” For Gambling Industry
A new bill that could revolutionize the Nevada gambling industry by adding skill-gaming elements to slot machines has sailed through the State Assembly and now just needs a signature from Governor Sandoval to be passed into law. Senate Bill 9, which was...
GVC Launches Bid for Bwin.party
GVC Holdings, the company that owns Sportingbet, announced today that it had made a bid to acquire its larger rival, bwin.party, for an undisclosed sum. Should the sale go ahead, GVC said it would be a reverse takeover, as bwin.party’s market value,...
Feds Slam Paul Phua with Conspiracy Charge in Effort to Convict
Paul Phua, the Malaysian high-stakes poker player and businessman accused of masterminding a million-dollar World Cup betting operation in Las Vegas last summer, is due to stand trial on June 1. The prosecution’s case appeared to have been eviscerated when a federal...
