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Nevada Gaming Revenue Falls to $888 Million in October, Baccarat Hit Hard
Nevada gaming revenue dropped 2.9 percent statewide in October to $887.8 million and more than five percent on the Las Vegas Strip largely due to poor numbers at the baccarat tables. The Nevada Gaming Control Board (GCB) released the statistics on Monday...
Fashion Designer for Marc Nelson Denim Pleads Guilty to Operating Multimillion Dollar Gambling Ring
Marc Nelson Denim, a clothing wholesaler, is getting some free publicity, but probably not the kind the company would really want. Business owner Marcus Hall, who is also its fashion designer and lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, has plead guilty to operating an...
Betsson Affiliate Manager Charged with Embezzling $162,000
A Betsson senior affiliate manager has been charged with fraud and money-laundering in Malta, after it was alleged that he stole €153,000 ($162,000) from his employer. Christiaan Alexander Van Dalen, 41, who lives in the online gambling hub of Malta but holds...
Gala Coral Posts Strong Financials, Combats Ladbrokes Deal Criticism
The Gala Coral Group announced Monday that its Internet gaming arm is the "fastest growing in the UK online gambling market," net revenues for the division a full 36 percent higher than the previous year. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization...
PokerStars Boycotted by Players in Protest at VIP Changes
PokerStars will feel the wrath of player power over the next few days, as a small but significant portion of its customers will sit out in protest at the proposed changes to its VIP program. The online poker giant says that the...
Macau Casinos: How Can They Turn the Economic Downturn Around Now?
Gambling in Macau casinos has really suffered over the past year or so. A clampdown on corruption from the mainland has led to a drastic fall in VIP traffic flowing through the Asian gambling region's casinos. That has led to junkets being...
New Jersey iGaming: Do Falling Profits Give Cause for Pause for Online’s Future in the Garden State?
Is New Jersey iGaming in trouble? That's the worrying question many people are now asking following the latest round of financial reports. The first piece of news to rock the gaming industry in the Garden State was that Atlantic City's brick-and-mortar venues...
Russian Mega Resort Tigre de Cristal Faces Backlash Over Heavily Drugged Tiger Cub
Tigre de Cristal, the first Las Vegas-style casino to open in Russia’s Primorsky Krai special economic zone, was packed to the rafters on the opening night of its soft launch last month. Dignitaries mingled with Russian celebs and journalists from Moscow, all...
American Gaming Association Study Seeks “Rational Alternative” to US Sports Betting Regulation
The American Gaming Association (AGA) has vowed to devote its resources throughout 2016 to the pursuit of “a rational alternative” to the US sports betting status quo. The trade association said it would “build a broad coalition” that would explore different approaches...
PricewaterhouseCoopers 2015 Outlook Missed Macau Meltdown and DFS Emergence
PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC) Global Gaming Outlook, published in 2011 forecasting the half-decade leading to the present, hit the nail on the head regarding much of the gambling industry's economics, but the firm missed the mark on two key issues. PwC got a lot...
