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Kansas Attorney General Says Fantasy Sports Are Legal in State
Kansas has been one of the trickiest states for the daily fantasy sports industry to navigate. While it wasn’t among the five states that major sites like DraftKings and FanDuel routinely excluded from their real money contests, it wasn’t exactly clear that...
Revel Casino License Can’t Be Transferred to Straub
Glenn Straub can’t seem to catch a break in Atlantic City. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has now said that Straub and his firm, the Polo North Country Club, cannot take ownership of the Revel’s casino license through bankruptcy...
Gambling on eSports Becoming Mainstream
Competitive video games, or eSports, have seen their popularity grow by leaps and bounds in the last few years. Online streaming sites like Twitch have made the games more accessible to fans, and even ESPN has broadcast a handful of championship matches...
Developing Targeting East Hartford for Connecticut Casino
Connecticut is now knee-deep in plans to build new casinos, even if there’s no assurance that anything will actually be built (and even less about where they would be located). It’s all part of an effort by lawmakers and officials at the...
90-year-old Woman Denied $41.7 Million Jackpot from “Malfunctioning” Slot
The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a local casino does not have to pay a $41.7 million jackpot to one of its customers following a slot machine malfunction. Instead, 90-year-old grandmother Pauline Mckee, of Antioch, will have to be content with...
FanDuel Signs Partnerships with 15 NFL Teams
FanDuel and DraftKings seem to be locked into a battle over which daily fantasy sports site can find bigger and better partners for their brand. This week, it was FanDuel making waves, as the larger of the two major daily fantasy brands...
Netherland’s Gambling Reforms Attacked After Unibet Court Ruling
The Netherland’s sweeping new online gambling reforms have come under fire because of a court case which ruled that unlicensed operators have no responsibility to refund players’ losses. Last month a judge in Amsterdam rejected an attempt by a Dutch online gambler...
Profits and Revenues Both Down for Las Vegas Sands
The Las Vegas Sands Corp. has been a major thorn in the sides of those who want to see online gambling regulated in the United States. So it may come as some consolation to supporters of Internet gaming that the company seems...
South Korea Mohegan Sun Mega Casino Bid Would Land Near Incheon Airport in Seoul
Mohegan Sun may have lost the battle for a Massachusetts casino, but that hasn’t stopped the company from bidding for a wildly ambitious $l.6 billion new project in South Korea. The tribal gaming operator is proposing to construct the country’s largest gambling...
Minors a Major Problem for Underage French Gambling
Underage French gambling is adding fuel to the chemin de fer in the ongoing global debate about how many folks not yet "of age" are actually able to gamble, albeit illegally. France allows plenty of gambling within its borders, but it seems...
