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Caesars, Genting File Applications for New York Casino Licenses
If you want to operate a casino in New York State, you're going to have to compete against some real heavyweights to do so. Major casino firms including Caesars Entertainment, the Genting Group and Penn National Gaming are among 17 applications that...
Thailand Military Coup Provokes Mini Casino Boom in Cambodia
While last month's military coup in Thailand, which toppled the democratically elected government, may be a cause for concern to the international community, it’s reportedly been a huge boon to the small Cambodian gambling town of Poipet, just across the border. Poipet...
IRS Steps Up Investigation of Macau Casinos
The amount of money that is passed around in a single day in Macau would boggle most minds. While the growth of Macau casinos has slowed, revenues continue to rise, with the enclave's gaming take coming in at $45.2 billion. But some...
World Cup 2014 Circus: Suarez Loses 888, While Neymar Briefs
It's all over but the shouting: as we reported earlier this week, the Bite That Rocked the World Cup, aka Luis Suarez loses his mind, now has 888poker officially cutting ties with the Uruguayan striker. Following a four-month playing ban by FIFA...
PokerStars Could Return to New Jersey Market by Fall
PokerStars' carefully orchestrated sale to Amaya Gaming for $4.9 billion looks like it might well pay off for the world's biggest poker site. The ink was still running down the page on that $4.9 billion contract when New Jersey gaming officials announced...
Bwin.Party Not for Sale, Says Board
Bwin.Party is denying rumors that it is looking for an acquisition, or to sell off some of its assets. The company has been the subject of a flurry of speculation following an article this week by Bloomberg which claimed that it was...
Massachusetts Casino Repeal Question Approved by Court
In Massachusetts, casino companies have faced a series of battles in order to build resorts in the state. There have been town-by-town campaigns to win over local communities, and in the case of the Greater Boston area, a fierce competition for just...
Luis Suárez World Cup Bite Becomes Payday for Lucky Gamblers
When Luis Suárez bit Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's World Cup match against Italy, 60 million Italians were outraged. When Diego Godin scored minutes later, 3.3 million Uruguayans celebrated their team's move into the tournament's knockout stages. And for perhaps 200 or so...
Ray Lesniak, New Jersey Not Giving Up on Sports Betting
Typically, an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States is a last resort. After all, there's no higher legal authority in the country. Even in the case of New Jersey's push to legalize sports betting in the state, it appeared...
Revel Casino in Atlantic City Files for Second Bankruptcy
When the Revel Casino Hotel opened in Atlantic City in 2012, the city saw it as the beginning of a new era for the local gambling industry. Now, it looks as though the resort may go down as one of the largest...
