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Revel Will Be Sold To Straub, Rules Judge
The Revel Casino in Atlantic City will be sold to Florida property developer Glenn Straub for $82 million, despite a last ditch flurry of bids for the property, including one for $88 million from an East Coast development group. Lawyers for Revel’s...
Dan Bilzerian PSA Performance for BLM Is Non-Explosive
Dan Bilzerian, the high-stakes poker player, playboy, weapons enthusiast, and undisputed King of Instagram, now stars in a most unlikely public service announcement (PSA) for the Bureau of Land Management (BML). The 34-year-old, who we’re more accustomed to seeing cavorting on yachts...
China Makes Biggest Online Gambling Bust Ever
China has made the biggest online gambling bust in the nation’s history, as over 1,000 suspects were detained by Guangdong police in connection to a gambling network that allowed people to place bets on hundreds of different websites. “It is, so far,...
Macau Casino Revenues Dive 39 Percent in March
Macau casinos are still waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel. And while they might not see any real stabilization for a few months yet, some analysts believe the worst may be over, though it’s strange to say that...
Indiana Casinos No Fans of Controversial “Religious Freedom” Law
Opponents of Indiana’s new so-called "religious freedom" law have found an unlikely champion in the state’s ailing casino industry. The bill, which permits state business owners to cite “religious freedom” as a legal defense, has spawned a wave of opprobrium across the...
Morgan Stanley Halves US iGaming Market Forecast
Morgan Stanley has halved its estimation of the long-term value of American online gambling market in just six months. The firm said in a report released on Tuesday that it predicted the market would be worth $2.7 billion by 2020, down by...
Amaya CEO David Baazov Says PokerStars New Jersey Coming Q3 2015
It's big news for online gamblers and poker players: Amaya Inc. CEO David Baazov says that he expects PokerStars to enter the New Jersey market by the third financial quarter of 2015. Baazov was commenting on the company's record 2014 Q4 revenues...
Sweden Looking to Crack Down on Unlicensed Gambling Sites
Sweden has always tried to keep a tight hold on the online gambling industry in the country, and it looks like the government there is about to take further steps to crack down on unlicensed operators. Sweden has proposed an amendment to...
Agents Investigating Silk Road Charged with Money Laundering, Fraud
Silk Road was a site on the dark web that allowed people to make numerous transactions ranging from the unusual to the shady to the downright illegal. These purchases and sales were largely made with Bitcoins and other digital currencies to help...
Joe Barton Announces Plans for Federal Online Poker Bill with Opt In Measures
Joe Barton of Texas wants to push Jason Chaffetz of Utah out of the spotlight with his own federal online poker bill. Mind you, online poker opponents may not be close to having their bill, the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA),...
