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Boston Suing Gaming Commission Over Everett Casino
The city of Boston has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in the hopes of scuttling the proposed Wynn Resorts casino in Everett. The suit, which makes several claims against the state gaming commission, was filed in Suffolk Superior Court...
GTECH Wins Rights To Mexican Lottery Deal
Lottery supplier GTECH has entered into a six-year deal to provide lottery products in conjunction with partner Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública, the main online lottery operator in Mexico. The deal will see GTECH provide a number of instant ticket and draw-based games...
Online Gaming in New Jersey a Success, Says DGE
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has declared the first year of online gaming in the Garden State to be a success, despite revenue being much lower than pre-regulation projections. The first platforms went live in New Jersey in November...
Melco Crown Delists on Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Melco Crown Entertainment, a major casino operator with holdings in Macau and throughout Asia, has announced that they plan to delist their share from the Hong Kong stock market. According to the company, the move is being made because there is little...
Bwin.party to Sell Social Gaming Business Win
Bwin.party has announced the imminent sale of its loss-making social casino gaming arm, Win, to an as-yet-unnamed company. Despite the meteoric rise of the social gaming sector, which has become a multi-billion-dollar global industry in just a handful of years, Win has...
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Calls For Fourth NY State Casino License
Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo has written to his state’s Gaming Commission to suggest bidding should be reopened for a fourth casino gaming license, to encompass the Southern Tier area of upstate New York. The area was overlooked by the Gaming Commission...
Macau Junket Operators Under Scrutiny as Area’s Revenues Freefall
Macau junket operators, once the darlings of the gaming region's casino industry, have been slammed recently as part of a broader corruption crackdown in the gambling hub. Macau’s lucrative junket industry will face tighter controls, following the news that the Gaming Inspection...
Paul Phua Not 14K Triad, Says Malaysian Government
Paul Phua, the Malaysian high-stakes poker player and businessman accused by the FBI of operating an illegal World Cup sports betting ring out of three luxury villas at Caesars Palace this past summer, is not a 14K Triad member, as has been...
The Top Celebrity Gambling Scandals of 2014
Celebrities like to gamble just like everyone else. In fact, given that they're usually not short on funds, they're often found at high-stakes tables or in exclusive games that most of us will never be allowed into. That inevitably leads to the...
The Year in Asian Gambling
Asian gambling markets have become the hottest gaming centers in the world. Whether it's the established powerhouse that is Macau, hot properties like South Korea and the Philippines, or untapped markets such as Japan, Asia is the biggest target for all of...