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Golden Nugget Revamps Online Software as New Jersey Market Readies for Expansion
The Golden Nugget online casino in the regulated market of New Jersey has completed its digital makeover. Bringing in NYX Gaming Group to provide software and content, the Nugget has launched its refurbished platform with 19 new games and an additional 30...
Crown Resorts’ Vegas Project a Risky Gamble for Packer
James Packer's Las Vegas gamble might end up costing him more than he anticipated after investor interest in his Alon project hit a new low. Crown Resort's Alon project is set to cost $1.9 billion and will bring a new casino and...
Brazil Special Senate Committee Recommends Legalizing Gambling
Brazil is once again mulling gambling legalization, lawmakers in the cash-strapped country in the midst of economic devastation scrambling to find ways to fund the government without placing additional tariffs on citizens. The Brazilian Senate Commission for Regional Development and Tourism voted...
Court Bars DraftKings and FanDuel from Operating in New York
DraftKings and FanDuel have suffered a huge blow in their legal battle to continue to operate in the state of New York. A judge today granted the injunction sought by the New York Attorney General’s Office that prevents the operators from taking...
Meyer Lansky Heirs Seek Compensation Claim for Cuban Casino
When Meyer Lansky built the Habana Riviera Hotel and Casino in 1957, Havana was swinging. It was, at the time, the largest purpose-built hotel in the world and Ginger Rogers played on the opening night. Lansky complained that while Rogers could “wiggle...
RAWA House Hearing Not a Big Hit with OGR Members
RAWA gets around more, yet remains as unloved, as that one girl you went to school with. AKA the Restoration of America's Wire Act, RAWA was heard in the House of Representatives on Wednesday during an Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) session...
DraftDay Gaming Group Announces Consumer Protection Safeguards
DraftDay Gaming Group, co-owned by Sportech and Viggle, announced plans this week to implement an "industry-defining consumer protection initiative" that will mimic the regulatory safeguards utilized by online gambling markets in the United States. After consulting with the National Council on Problem...
Alleged Bitcoin Creator Craig Wright Gets Home Police Raid in Sydney
For years, Bitcoins were rumored to be the brainchild of one Satoshi Nakamoto, a man who mysteriously never seemed to emerge into polite society. But a recent home raid in Sydney has thrown a bit of a wrench into that theory, and has...
Australia Records Record Gambling Figures, But Does it have a Gambling Problem?
Australia’s love of gambling, is often perhaps too quickly dismissed as an endearing part of the national character, and it's beginning to cause alarm among the country’s politicians and media. Recently Australians were revealed to be the biggest “losers” in the world, in...
Pennsylvania to Include Online Gambling in State’s House Budget
Pennsylvania could be standing on the brink of legal online gambling, at least if the state's House gets its way. Two budget plans have emerged as the state legislature seeks a speedy end to its five-month-long budget impasse, one of which, proposed...
