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Virginia Warming Up to Legal Daily Fantasy Sports
Yes, Virginia, there really is legal daily fantasy sports (DFS) and it could be coming your way soon. And if legalization for the popular pastime does happen, you'll be the very first US state to do so. On Tuesday, a subcommittee in...
Bridge Over Troubled Waters as Thai Gambling Crackdown Snares 32 Foreign Senior Citizens
The Thai military junta that seized power from the democratically elected government in 2014 has been unswerving in its crackdown on illegal gambling, which, in Thailand, is all gambling. But while that might mean actually betting on something to you and me,...
Daily Fantasy Sports Should Be Regulated in Nevada, Says Sheldon Adelson-Owned Las Vegas Review-Journal
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) is getting more talk time these days than the Kardashians. Now an editorial with no specific writer attribution in the Las Vegas Review-Journal (LVRJ) has jumped on the bandwagon, calling for a regulatory framework to be established by...
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Get Heated in New Hampshire at Latest Democratic Debate
Hillary Clinton was once considered a slam dunk as the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate. But with opponent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders gaining more and more momentum, the gloves have been coming off of late, as the two contenders lock horns. The two...
AGA Says That Eighty Percent of Super Bowl Viewers Support Legal Sports Betting
Eighty percent of Americans who plan to tune into the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos at Super Bowl 50 this weekend wish they could bet on it legally, too. That’s according to a survey conducted on behalf of the American Gaming...
Brazil Summer Olympics in Jeopardy from Spread of Zika Virus
Brazil Summer Olympic authorities are downplaying fears that the Zika virus will disrupt this summer's Games, scheduled to kick off in Rio de Janeiro in just six months’ time. The Olympics are a huge event for bookmakers, who handled some £80 million...
Pornhub Casino Launches Online with Less-Than-Clothed Live Female Dealers
Pornhub, the world’s largest pornographic video-sharing website, is moving into the online casino industry. Mixing two of the world's favorite pastimes apparently seemed like a win-win concept, and who are we to argue? Pornhub Casino launched earlier this week with live female...
GVC Bwin.Party Deal Could Stir the Pot for Borgata in Atlantic City
GVC Holding’s $1.6 billion takeover of bwin.party was completed on February 1st, as expected, and shares in the newly formed company began trading on the London Stock Exchange the very next day, under the ‘GVC’ ticker symbol. The enlarged group is tipped...
Mississippi AG Joins US Trend by Declaring Daily Fantasy Sports Illegal
Mississippi’s attorney general (AG) has added his voice to a growing chorus of US state attorneys general that have declared daily fantasy sports an illegal infringement of their gambling laws. Responding to a request for clarification from the Mississippi Gaming Commission, the...
Hawaii Proposes Lottery and DFS as Old Gambling Attitudes Thaw
Could Hawaii, rivaled only by Utah as America’s least gambling-friendly state, be on the verge of legalizing lottery and DFS contests? Some lawmakers seem to think so, and a sudden deluge of bills have been introduced over the past two weeks that...
