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James Packer Crowns Australian Betfair as Latest Business Conquest
Looks like James Packer has his eye on the lucrative Australian online sportsbetting market. The chairman of Australia's high-profile Crown Ltd casino group is rumored to be buying up 50 percent of online betting exchange Betfair's Australian operation - namely, the 50...
Empire Resorts Reveals Plans for Potential Catskills Casino
Empire Resorts already has a hand in the New York gambling scene; after all, they currently run the slots parlor at the Monticello racetrack, which has proven to be a popular (if small) operation. But the company is now thinking bigger, as...
Bwin Looks to US as Online Poker Falters in Europe
Bwin - the world's largest online publicly traded betting site - says it expects to return to a period of sustainable growth following a difficult year, which saw revenue across all gambling operations tumble 19 percent to €652.4m ($908,623,000). The company blamed...
Rhode Island Faces Competition from Impending Massachusetts Gaming
Gamblers and state officials in Massachusetts are starting to getting excited; after all, in the next few months, licenses will be awarded to up to three casino operators in different regions of the state to join the slots parlor in Plainville, and...
New Hampshire House Defeats Casino Gambling Bill
When it comes to casino gambling, the house always wins. But in some cases, that doesn’t necessarily refer to the casino itself. New Hampshire’s House of Representatives voted down a bill that would have allowed the state to license a single casino...
Florida Tries to Unban Arcades, Discovers New Gambling Law Problems
If you’re not sure whether Florida’s gambling laws need a complete overhaul, then take a look at how they affect Chuck E. Cheese. That’s right: the popular pizza and arcade venue was an unintended victim last year when legislators outlawed Internet sweepstakes...
Former US Rep Mike Oxley Says Online Gambling Ban Would Be Misguided
Former Republican US Representative Mike Oxley has issued a stern warning that the full-scale banning of online gambling in the US would be the “wrong policy” and misguided, and that it would leave Americans exposed to the potential dangers of using unregulated...
New Jersey Eases State Border Regulations for Online Gambling
Good news: while you’ll still have to be in New Jersey to play on the Garden State’s online gambling sites – you won't have to be as inside them as you would have at the launch of the Internet casinos a few...
Ultimate Gaming Adds Grist to the Reno Peppermill with Marketing Deal
In the gaming industry, it's all about who you know, and now a new deal struck between Station Casinos' Ultimate Gaming online poker site and some Northern Nevada casinos will drive traffic two ways, just the way casino executives like it. The...
First Pennsylvania Tavern Gaming License Awarded, But Few Bars Line Up
Okay, so maybe tavern gambling isn’t coming to thousands of establishments in Pennsylvania quite yet. But at least there’s one tavern that has been approved to offer small games of chance in the near future. Tavern #1 The Midway Tavern in Hanover,...
