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Riviera Will Come Down: Las Vegas CVA Decides to Make Room for More Conventions
The Riviera's swan song is now an almost inevitable funeral dirge: the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Association (LVCVA) has voted in favor of pulling down the fabled "Riv" on the Las Vegas Strip as soon as possible. The unanimous recommendation from...
Joseph Graziano Sentenced for Owning Illegal Gambling Website
New Jersey has famously become one of the first states to welcome online gambling with open arms, but that doesn’t mean that just anyone can run a betting site and get away with it. Joseph Graziano was sentenced to 18 months in...
Bookmakers Offer Blanket Self-exclusion Program to Glasgow Problem Gamblers
Gamblers in Glasgow, Scotland’s biggest city, now have the option to bar themselves from up to 36 bookmaking shops in the city center with just one phone call. Previously, gamblers were only able to exclude themselves from bookmakers on an individual, shop-by-shop...
Summer Olympics 2024 Won’t Be in Boston, Mayor Walsh Says Financial Risk Too Great
The 2024 Summer Olympics will not take place in Boston. Boston was once seen as a one of the favorites to be picked by US Olympic Committee (USOC) officials as America’s candidate city to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. Now, the city...
Florida Tells Seminoles To Prepare for End of Blackjack Games
The ongoing inability for Florida state officials and the Seminole Tribe to come to an agreement over the continuation of their gambling compact is coming to a head this week, as state gaming regulators are telling tribal leaders that they will need...
GVC Moves All-in for $1.5 Billion in Battle for Bwin.Party
GVC Holdings has pushed forward a shock bid of almost £1 billion ($1.55 billion) for bwin.party, this time without the financial assistance of Amaya Inc. Instead, GVC, which has a market cap just one-third of bwin’s, has nailed down funding for the...
Chinese Stock Market Tumble Could Impact Macau Casinos
The Chinese stock market declined by a worrying 8.5 percent on Monday, after a day of panic selling led to falling prices across the board. It was an event that had a ripple effect on markets around the world, and one that could...
GLPI Acquires Pinnacle Properties in $4.74 Billion Deal
Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc (GLPI), the gambling industry’s first real estate investment trust (REIT), will acquire all of Pinnacle Entertainment’s real estate’s assets in an all-stock transaction that values the holdings at $4.74 billion. Pinnacle rebuffed a GLPI offer in March...
Alleged Chinese Fears Over Sheldon Adelson And CIA Links Revealed
Chinese fears that Sheldon Adelson and the CIA were in cahoots to trap corrupt Beijing officials have been revealed in a report. The private investigator's report, commissioned in 2010 by Adelson's Sands China Ltd due to company concerns over the local government's...
Ladbrokes and Gala Coral Merging to Become Largest UK Bookmaker
Ladbrokes and Gala Coral were already both big names in the United Kingdom’s bookmaking industry, with both companies owning thousands of retail locations throughout the country. Now, the two foes are combining to form what will be the largest betting firm in...
