5357 stories by Casino.org Staff Writer
Mandalay Bay Power Outage Shocks Visitors and Illuminates the Ghost of Danny Ocean
The Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas went without power for about 40 minutes on Wednesday around noon, and naturally patrons and casino officials quickly thought of one man: Danny Ocean. Reminiscent of the famous "Ocean's 11" Hollywood classic and reboot, when...
Station Casinos to Acquire Palms in Las Vegas for $312.5 Million
Station Casinos will buy the Palms Hotel and Casino Resort in Las Vegas for $312.5 million, the company announced during an earnings call on Tuesday, May 10. Earlier this month, Station, trading under its new corporate name Red Rock Resorts, raised $531.4...
FIFA 2026 World Cup Bidding Process Overhauled as Soccer Body Continues Repairing Public Image
The FIFA 2026 World Cup bidding process will be a four-phase process that is designed to better vet potential host cities and countries on a series of conditions. The bidding procedure overhaul is the latest change at soccer's governing body devised to...
Riviera Presents $16 Billion Hurdle to Las Vegas Economy If Famed Venue Demolition Blocked
The Riviera closed its doors on May 4, 2015, bringing to end a sixty-year history. The famed icon of the Las Vegas Strip represented the glitz and glamour of Sin City during its storied run, but today the property presents an economic...
Lindsey Graham Sneaks RAWA-Like Measure Into Senate Appropriations Bill, Still Hopeful for Passage
The Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA), the bill that seeks to prohibit online gambling at a federal level, may have died a death on the legislative rocks late last year, but its proponents are by no means finished. Which is why...
Online Gambling Fugitive Haden Ware Spared Prison
Haden Ware, a co-founder of sports betting site World Sports Exchange (WSEX) who spent 13 years as a fugitive from the US government, has been spared a prison sentence by a federal judge. Ware was a pioneer of online gambling through his...
Bernie Sanders Goes After Casino Industry and Donald Trump While Campaigning in Atlantic City
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (D) paid a visit to Atlantic City on Monday while campaigning in New Jersey, and the Vermont senator had few good things to say about the seaside town. Speaking at Boardwalk Hall, Sanders told his supporters that...
Amaya Online Poker Platform Full Tilt Reaches End of the Road on May 17
Full Tilt Poker, once a kingpin of the American online poker scene during the game’s Internet heyday, will soon be fading into history. As of Tuesday, May 17, 2016, the Full Tilt poker platform will cease to exist, as site owner Amaya...
TVG Makes Hash of Kentucky Derby
Betting handle on Saturday’s Kentucky Derby was the second highest in the race’s history. Some $192.6 million passed through the bookie’s hands, just short of the record set in 2015 when American Pharaoh took his first step on the road to Triple...
Donald Trump Receives Presidential Support From Fellow Billionaire Sheldon Adelson
Donald Trump is rich. Sheldon Adelson is a lot richer. Trump is estimated to be worth $3 to $10 billion, depending on who's counting, and the New York businessman has largely self-funded his primary campaign. But now that he's the presumptive GOP...
