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Japan Casino Bill Could Face Long Wait
Japan's long-awaited casino legislation is now dead for 2014, as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dissolved parliament on Friday and called for new elections. That means that there is essentially no chance that the required regulatory legislation would be able to...
French Tennis Official Given Lifetime Ban for Match Fixing
French tennis official Morgan Lamri was given a lifetime ban by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) on Tuesday, which found that Lamri had violated four articles of the TIU's anti-corruption statutes between 2012 and 2013. Lamri, who was a chair umpire that...
Admiral Linked to Counterfeit Chips Thanks to DNA Evidence
Navy Rear Admiral Timothy Giardina not only used three counterfeit poker chips at the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa, last year, but may also have actually made them himself. Those allegations come from a Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) report that...
MGM and Wynn to Take on Over $1 Billion Each in New Debt
MGM Resorts and Wynn Resorts have announced, in separate financial filings, that they are looking to take on over $1 billion each in new debt to help pay for upcoming casino projects in Massachusetts, and in MGM’s case, Maryland. MGM initially said...
PokerStars Enters Casino and Sports Betting Business
PokerStars is upping the ante when it comes to online dominance, as the leading poker room has announced its plans to establish table games and sports betting at its global site PokerStars.com. Blackjack and roulette will lead the introduction of casino offerings,...
Paragon Gaming Investigation Could Jeopardize Vancouver Edgewater Casino
Las Vegas-based developers Paragon Gaming, whose ability to “meet the conditions of its registration” has been called into question, could put the future of the $535-million Edgewater casino project in downtown Vancouver into doubt. At the center of the probe by the...
New York State Could Scale Back Casinos Due to Tightening Market
New York State's four upstate casino licenses could be awarded as soon as next month. But there's now talk that the state may not yet be committed to awarding all four, especially as officials begin to see the effects of a tightening...
Revel Buyer Bails Over Energy Costs in Atlantic City, as Trump Taj Mahal Standoff Worsens
More misery for the shuttered Revel Casino in Atlantic City, as Brookfield Asset Management, the company that successfully bid to buy the property for $110 million at bankruptcy auction, has backed out of the deal. The Toronto-based company planned to reopen it...
First New Jersey $1 Million Online Casino Prize Gets Paid Out
The very first New Jersey $1 million online casino prize has now made history, as a Garden State woman took home a prize of over $1.3 million, becoming the first person in the state to win a seven-figure payday in the New...
Live! Hotel and Casino Wins South Philadelphia License
Live! Hotel & Casino has been awarded Philadelphia’s second casino license. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board awarded the license on Tuesday. A joint project between Cordish Companies and Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment Inc., which owns the Parx Casino in Bensalem, the proposed...
