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DraftKings and FanDuel Pull Out of Idaho Following AG Ruling
DraftKings and FanDuel have pulled out of Idaho, following a ruling by State Attorney General Lawrence Wasden that the contests they provide constitute illegal gambling under state law. The move by the two leading DFS companies comes after three months of negotiations,...
Deadwood, South Dakota Invites US Attorneys General to Internet Gambling Summit, Legalization Pulse Taken
Deadwood, South Dakota, best-known as the scene of the infamous Dead Man’s Hand of Wild Bill Hickok fame nearly 150 years ago, hosted the Presidential Initiative Summit with the National Association of Attorneys General on Monday. Internet gambling was a topic of...
Leicester Wins English Premier League and Bookmakers Lose Millions
Leicester City won the English Premier League on Monday night as Tottenham’s title challenge melted into mathematical impossibility following a bad-tempered 2-2 draw with Chelsea. The Foxes championship win is being hailed, without very much hyperbole at all, as “the greatest sporting...
Wynn Boston Harbor Land Deal Defendants Acquitted
The Wynn Everett land deal fraud case in Massachusetts ended with the acquittal of all three defendants by a federal jury in Boston on Friday. Charles Lightbody, Anthony Gattineri, and Dustin DeNunzio stood accused of fraudulently profiting from the sale of the...
Macau Casinos See Revenues Slide 9.5 Percent in April, Making for 23rd Straight Red Month
Macau casinos have now seen their revenues drop for the 23rd straight month, as the special administrative region in China continues to struggle to find ways to offset disappearing income from VIP junket operators being forced out by government policies. The Asian...
Isle of Man to License Bitcoin Currency Use, As “Satoshi Nakamoto” Is Finally Unmasked
The Isle of Man has become the first online gambling jurisdiction to adopt changes to its regulation that will permit the use of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies for online gambling. In the same week that Bitcoin’s shadowy creator, known as Satoshi...
Nevada Casino Revenue Falls Three Percent in March, Sportsbooks Set Betting Record but Poor Hold
Nevada casino revenue dropped three percent in March compared to the same month in 2015 as baccarat fell statewide and sportsbooks struggled to maintain reasonable holds on sports betting. Overall, the state's casinos won $922.2 million last month, $29 million less than in...
Station Casinos IPO Raises $531 Million
Station Casinos set sail on the NASDAQ on Wednesday, trading under its new corporate name Red Rock Resorts, with the ticker symbol “RRR.” The IPO has long been in the offing for the company, whose upturn in fortunes has coincided with the...
Raiders’ Mark Davis Pledges “Lifetime Commitment” and $500 Million to Las Vegas
“Las Vegas Raiders” has a certain ring to it, does it? Raider’s boss Mark Davis was in town this week to offer the most concrete assurance yet that Vegas could be about to get its first major league sports team. "We need...
Massachusetts Gaming Commission Denies Brockton Casino License
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) voted 4-1 against a $677 million Brockton casino being proposed by Mass Gaming & Entertainment, a partnership company formed by Rush Street Gaming Chairman Neil Bluhm and Brockton Fairgrounds owner George Carney. The decision culminates a yearlong...
