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Bwin.Party Not for Sale, Says Board
Bwin.Party is denying rumors that it is looking for an acquisition, or to sell off some of its assets. The company has been the subject of a flurry of speculation following an article this week by Bloomberg which claimed that it was...
Massachusetts Casino Repeal Question Approved by Court
In Massachusetts, casino companies have faced a series of battles in order to build resorts in the state. There have been town-by-town campaigns to win over local communities, and in the case of the Greater Boston area, a fierce competition for just...
Luis Suárez World Cup Bite Becomes Payday for Lucky Gamblers
When Luis Suárez bit Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay's World Cup match against Italy, 60 million Italians were outraged. When Diego Godin scored minutes later, 3.3 million Uruguayans celebrated their team's move into the tournament's knockout stages. And for perhaps 200 or so...
Ray Lesniak, New Jersey Not Giving Up on Sports Betting
Typically, an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States is a last resort. After all, there's no higher legal authority in the country. Even in the case of New Jersey's push to legalize sports betting in the state, it appeared...
Revel Casino in Atlantic City Files for Second Bankruptcy
When the Revel Casino Hotel opened in Atlantic City in 2012, the city saw it as the beginning of a new era for the local gambling industry. Now, it looks as though the resort may go down as one of the largest...
World Cup Illegal Betting Rings Busted by Macau Police
If you want to place a bet on a World Cup match, you can do so at hundreds of sites online, not to mention countless sportsbooks and betting shops in countries around the world. But as is often the case with major...
New Jersey Sports Betting Appeal Rejected by US Supreme Court
New Jersey's attempt to defy federal law and start offering sports betting through Atlantic City casinos was always a long shot: the kind of bet you make at the beginning of the year when your favorite team has no real chance to...
Belgian Regulators Push for More Gambling Restrictions
In a world where more and more nations are liberalizing their online gambling sectors to allow for increased competition, Belgium has been something of an outlier. While they haven't banned Internet casinos, they have been very aggressive about blacklisting sites that they...
New Jersey Clears Golden Nugget in Case of Unshuffled Cards
A New Jersey State Superior Court judge has ruled that the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City does not have to pay out almost $1 million in disputed winnings resulting from a deck mix-up during a game of mini-baccarat. The incident occurred...
IGT Rumored to Be Up For Sale to GTECH
International Game Technology (IGT) could be on the verge of a buyout by Italian gaming group GTECH SpA. IGT, the Nevada based company that manufactures roughly half of the gaming machines in the United States and owns online gaming software developer Wagerworks,...
