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Poker Player Travell Thomas Charged With Operating Fraudulent $31 Million Debt Collection Racket
Travell Thomas, a two-time WSOP Circuit gold ring winner, has been accused of operating the largest fraudulent debt-collecting scheme ever prosecuted. Borrowing and lending may be part of the culture of the live poker scene, but we’re not sure we’d want to...
Daily Fantasy Sports Players File Lawsuit Against Credit Card Industry
The legality of daily fantasy sports (DFS) has developed into a national debate over the last six months, numerous groups petitioning for its own personal interpretation of the law to be deemed correct. Nevada's Gaming Control Board ordered market leaders DraftKings and...
New York DFS Bill Aims to Rescue DraftKings and FanDuel
A new New York gambling bill introduced this week by Senator Michael Ranzenhofer (R-Erie County) seeks to classify daily fantasy sports as a game of skill, thus exempting the activity from the state’s prohibition of gambling. The bill, filed on Monday, appears...
Wynn Palace Macau Opening Delayed, as Angry Mogul Waits for His Tables
Wynn Palace Macau, the $4.1 billion mega-resort currently under construction on the Cotai Strip in the Asian gambling region, is running three months behind schedule. Wynn Resorts said this week that the property will now open on June 25, 2016, due to...
Pennsylvania Online Gambling Push Receives Boost from House Committee
The Pennsylvania online gambling effort received renewed hope today, as the Gaming Oversight Committee passed a bill that would legalize online casino gaming and poker by a majority of 18-8. Bill HB 649, introduced in February by Representative John Payne, would regulate...
Amaya CEO David Baazov is Bullish on Company’s Stocks, Snaps Up Paper Following Price Drop
David Baazov has been called the "King of Online Gambling" by Forbes, and now the 35-year-old Amaya CEO is hoping to prove his business savvy and managing of the largest poker network in the world will translate to big gains on Wall...
$78 Billion Online Gambling Ring Smashed by Chinese Police
A $78 billion online gambling syndicate with tentacles spreading across Asia has been smashed by Chinese police. Authorities said that the ring oversaw more than 500 websites with over a million signed-up customers on the Chinese mainland. The websites mainly operated illegal...
John Oliver Spends Majority of His Show Ranting About Daily Fantasy Sports
John Oliver has full creative reign for his HBO Sunday program "Last Week Tonight," and he devoted the overwhelming majority of his most recent episode to the controversy surrounding daily fantasy sports (DFS) and its connection to gambling. The former fill-in for...
New York AG Eric Schneiderman Asks Judge to Thwart DraftKings and FanDuels Ops in Empire State
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman moved the daily fantasy sports battle to a new level today, asking an Empire State judge to force industry leaders FanDuel and DraftKings to shut down in his state. This, just a day after the...
Hacker Group “Anonymous” Targets Terrorists Over Payment Processors
Call them Terrorist Haters Anonymous, if you will. But the group that lives up to its name is for once planning to bring down the bad guys with their own bad boy hacking skills. Yup, the vigilante collective known as "Anonymous" is...
