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Canadian Sports Betting Bill Strikes Back
Canada’s single-event sports betting bill is back from the dead. New Democratic Party MP for Windsor West Brian Masse has announced he will reintroduce the bill, shelved in 2013, to the Canadian Parliament imminently. The original legislation, known as C-290, was presented...
Stockton University Atlantic City Campus Inches Closer to Opening in New Jersey
Stockton University in New Jersey is home to nearly 9,000 students and currently resides about 15 miles northwest of Atlantic City's famed Boardwalk. A higher education public institution, Stockton successfully petitioned to become a university and change its name from the Stockton...
Second PokerStars Boycott Struggles to Make Impact After First Effort Fizzled
A second PokerStars boycott by high-stakes and high-variance players is apparently failing to make a discernible dent, at least on the site’s traffic figures. Around 1,600 players signed up for the protest, according to organizers. Per industry number-cruncher PokerScout.com, while traffic dipped...
Bwin.party Back to Winning Ways as Takeover Date Approaches
Bwin.party has announced a five percent year-on-year net revenue increase for Q4 2015, the first time the company has reported year-on-year quarterly growth for well over two years. This was achieved despite the introduction of the UK point of consumption tax in...
India Supreme Court Panel Recommends Legalizing Sports Betting
India is one step closer to legalizing sports betting and gambling after a panel appointed by the country's Supreme Court recommended modifying the longstanding gaming ban in order to combat a growing epidemic of illegal wagering. Home to over 1.2 billion people,...
Massachusetts Lottery May Soon Offer DFS
The Massachusetts Lottery Commission is proposing sweeping modernization, and has formally stated its intent to adopt online ticket sales, as well as offering its own daily fantasy sports and social gaming products. Massachusetts has been making noises about adopting a comprehensive online...
New York AG Eric Schneiderman Threatens DFS Industry with $3 Billion in Fines
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has the DFS industry in his crosshairs and is itching to pull the trigger. Schneiderman’s pre-Christmas injunction to bar DraftKings and FanDuel from operating in New York State was lifted by an appeals court judge just...
Poker Dealer Illegally Pockets Chips Then Gets Fired
A poker dealer in South Kensington, West London, has been fired from the Cromwell Mint after casino security personnel discovered the croupier was secretly pocketing thousands of dollars worth of chips during his shifts. According to a report by the United Kingdom's...
Celebrities and Gambling Went Hand-In-Hand in 2015
Celebrities and gambling once again enjoyed a lively relationship in 2015, countless stars from the wide world of entertainment walking the red carpet into casino floors regularly. From Hollywood to professional sports, many of the globe's most recognizable personalities spent their free...
Massachusetts 2015: New Casinos, Old Issues, No Olympics
Massachusetts had one heck of a 2015, and though Fenway and the Garden were relatively quiet as the Red Sox and Celtics struggled, the Patriots provided plenty of excitement once again in Boston. Sports are held with the utmost respect in Massachusetts...
