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Federal Online Poker Bill Back on Table, While California Has Its Own Plans
Just when you thought the corpse of federal gaming regulations was dead and cold, along comes New York State Representative Peter King (R-Long Island) with a new federal online poker bill that he intends to present to Congress shortly. Apparently frightened at...
$218 Million Cash Back Possible for Betfair Investors
After saying "thanks, but no thanks" to a buyout offering from CVC Capital Partners (citing their valuations of their company as far too low), online sports betting outfit Betfair has come up with a new plan that they think will keep their...
Right Hand Could Be Problem for Mayweather September Fight
We hope he has it insured by Lloyd's of London for a couple trillion bucks: we're referring to Floyd Mayweather's right hand, of course. His punches did some damage to opponent Robert Guerrero in their big WBC welterweight match last week, but...
How to Lose Ten Million Bucks in Ten Years
Admit it: you've fantasized on occasion about what you would do if you won the World Series of Poker, or Megabucks, or heck, even the Publisher's Clearinghouse, haven't you? Sure, we all have. But we hear story after story of people who...
Gaming Control Board Holds Businesses’ Fate in Their Hands
It was just another monthly meeting of the Nevada Gaming Control Board on May 1, 2013. But for big businesses like Aristocrat Technologies, Pinnacle Entertainment, and GambleID, it might have been a nail-biter: the GCB has the power to approve or deny...
Gambling Execs Living Large as Highest-Paid CEOs for Public Companies
Wanna make the big bucks? Maybe your mom told you to go into law or medicine, but the real money is in gambling. Not as a high-roller; as a casino executive. If you don't believe us, check out these staggering paychecks recently...
UltimatePoker.com Off to Good Start with Online Poker in Nevada
Even though technically you have to be in Nevada to play the first legal online poker ever in the U.S., that hasn't stopped people in every state in America, and from 20 other countries abroad, from signing up to be part of...
Vegas Strip and Macau Push MGM Resorts into the Black
Things are looking green over at MGM Resorts International: after some dicey P & L statements for the past few years, the first quarter of 2013 put the casino conglomerate in the black. They can applaud performances by their Las Vegas Strip...
Harder to Get into Nevada’s Black Book Than to Win an Oscar
The list is so select, only 33 active names are on it, and the nominees are so sparse, Roderick William Dee II is the first to be recommended for it by the three-member Gaming Control Board (GCB) in four years. But this...
Amaya Gaming Expands, But Ends Year in the Red
Montreal-based Amaya Gaming Group Incorporated, an entertainment solutions provider for the gaming industry, has released financial results showing an increase of just below 292 percent in overall revenues for the last three months of 2012 to $37.19 million (Canadian). The gaming firm...
