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James Packer Tackling Las Vegas, Again
Australian casino mogul James Packer has had rough experiences investing in the American gaming market in the past. But that hasn't dissuaded the dynamo from Down Under from placing another bet in Las Vegas. Packer's Crown Resorts has bought a vacant plot...
Amaya Completes Acquisition of Rational Group
Ever since the Amaya Gaming Group announced their proposed buyout of the Rational Group, including PokerStars and Full Tilt, it's been expected that the transaction would go through without any real problems. Sure enough, the hurdles were surpassed one by one, and...
Las Vegas Bounces Back, But US Markets Flounder Elsewhere
Las Vegas is officially on the up, but that didn't stop Moody’s Investors Service from downgrading its view of the US casino gaming market from "stable" to "negative" recently. Yes, while the Las Vegas Strip is about to experience its fifth annual...
Senators Appeal to DoJ for Reinterpretation of Wire Act
Three US senators have written to Attorney General Eric Holder, appealing to him to support the Restoration of America's Wire Act. The bill, introduced earlier this year, seeks to outlaw all forms of online gambling at a federal level by adopting a...
Fremont Street Draws More Tourists and More Cops
As Las Vegas continues to bounce back from the economic downturn, with the Strip posting its fifth annual revenue increase in a row, Sin City's Fremont Street area downtown is experiencing a renaissance as well. In fact, the recent regeneration of Fremont...
Texas Lottery Demise Could Be Bingo Beginning
Could it really, finally, be curtains for the Texas Lottery? Its abolition has been debated for many years in the Texas Legislature, ever since 1991, in fact, when voters opted to amend the Constitution in order to permit lottery sales for the...
Pinnacle Sports Stanley Tomchin Avoids Felony Charges
Stanley Tomchin has some stake in the online bookmaker Pinnacle Sports, but it's unclear if he's a primary owner of the site. He was certainly a talented games player, though it's hard to say just how impressive his accomplishments really are. But...
Minnesota E-Gambling Industry Undergoing Major Changes
To say that Minnesota's experiment with electronic gaming machines (or e-gambling, as it is usually referred to in the state) has been disappointing would be a major understatement. The original plan was for the electronic pull tabs to pay for the state's...
Sheldon Adelson Outspent by Online Gambling Lobbying
Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson may see online gambling as a threat to his land-based casinos, but online gambling proponents see Sheldon Adelson as a threat to their existence as well. Perhaps that explains why both sides of the Internet gambling...
Councilwoman Withdraws Support for Upstate New York Casino
With so many different firms and projects competing for a limited number of casino licenses in upstate New York, it's going to take some very impressive credentials in order to win out over the competition. That means that any little slip up...
