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DFS site Fantasy Hub Ceases Operations

DFS Site FantasyHub Suspends Operations, Leaving Players Unable to Access Balances

DFS site FantasyHub appears to have bitten the dust, leaving players unable to access their funds. The daily fantasy sports operator left customers unable to access their funds over the weekend. From Friday on, DFS players saw this message when they logged...

Casino.org Staff Writer February 22, 2016
Trump Clinton 2005 wedding

Hillary Clinton Wins Crucial Nevada Caucus, While Donald Trump Sweeps South Carolina

Hillary Clinton restored order to her 2016 Democratic presidential campaign bid over the weekend, as she edged out challenger Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders 52.6 percent to 47.3 percent in the Nevada caucus. For her victory, Clinton received 19 of the 34 delegates....

Casino.org Staff Writer February 22, 2016
Astrophysicists lose gravitational waves bet

UK Astrophysicists Miss Out on Winning $35, 748 “Gravitational Waves” Bet by Five Years 

Most of us wouldn’t put UK astrophysicists and bookmakers in the same sentence. But that’s just because we lack imagination, apparently. Because two British scientists recently proved their bets were on the money, if a few years too soon. As we all...

Casino.org Staff Writer February 21, 2016
Pennsylvania Auditor General gambling control board

Pennsylvania Auditor General Lambastes State Gambling Commission Expenditures, as Governor Guns for More Casino Taxes

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale (D) says in his audit of the state's Gaming Control Board (PGCB) that while the commission has made significant improvements since his previous examination, the group needs to take additional action to reign in unnecessary spending. DePasquale's...

Casino.org Staff Writer February 20, 2016
Pope Francis and Donald Trump Mexico US border wall

Donald Trump Backpedals on Border Wall Clash With Pope Francis

Donald Trump was in the middle of an unprecedented political battle on Thursday with a man historically thought to be off-limits for diplomatic bickering: the Pope. However, Trump toned down his rhetorical attacks on his criticism of Pope Francis' “who is a...

Casino.org Staff Writer February 19, 2016
NYPD creator David Milch gambles away $100 million

NYPD Blue Creator Gambled Away $100 Million Over Eleven Years, Wife Suing Business Managers

NYPD Blue creator David Milch, the mastermind of several hit TV series, including Deadwood, gambled away a multimillion-dollar fortune between 2000 and 2011, according to court documents. The Emmy award-winning writer-producer lost $100 million during that period, mainly on horses, and is...

Casino.org Staff Writer February 19, 2016
Ted Olson New Jersey sports betting en banc case

New Jersey Sports Betting Case Gets Last-Chance Court Hearing

The New Jersey sports betting crusade is at a critical point. Yesterday, its arguments were reheard in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, as the state made its latest, and possibly final, case to be allowed to offer sports betting within its...

Casino.org Staff Writer February 18, 2016
Powerball lottery winners David Kaltschmidt Maureen Smith

Latest Powerball Couple Was Sleepless in Florida Over $328 Million Lottery Win

A Florida couple who yesterday came forward to claim their share of the biggest lottery jackpot of all time admitted that the whole experience has been “stressful” and has caused them to lose sleep. David Kaltschmidt, 55, and Maureen Smith, 70, originally...

Casino.org Staff Writer February 18, 2016
Kanye West debt paydown offers

Kanye West Offered Debt-Reducing Lifeline by D Casino in Downtown Las Vegas

Kanye West has a hard, hard life. And the rapper isn’t afraid to let the world know about it, either. Or ask for help with his undue burden, which, we all learned recently, includes some $53 million in debt load. While the...

Casino.org Staff Writer February 18, 2016
Caesars Entertainment bankruptcy issues

Caesars Entertainment Bankruptcy in Disarray as Senior Creditors File Against Gaming Operator

Caesars Entertainment’s bankruptcy headache intensified into a nightmarish migraine this week, after a group of its top-tier creditors threatened to bail on the company’s debt restructuring plan. Caesars is seeking chapter 11 bankruptcy for its chief operating unit, CEOC, as it looks...

Casino.org Staff Writer February 17, 2016