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Laughlin’s Pioneer Casino-Hotel Listed for Online Sale, But Quickly Removed
Laughlin, Nev.’s New Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall was listed for sale recently, with a $39 million asking price. The one problem was the listing for the 200,000 square-foot property reportedly was never authorized for sale, and it was withdrawn. The listing...
Aspinalls Casino Ex-Worker Claims Racist Workplace, Management Denies UK Charges
Black employees at London’s Aspinalls gaming club worked in a racially hostile environment, a former dealer alleged during a tribunal Thursday. White players were kept away from Black workers -- and Blacks were forced to hear racial slurs, she claimed. In testimony...
New Jersey Gambling Treatment Court Proposal Supported by Nevada Jurist
A Nevada judge who set up and oversaw that state’s alternative court for gambling-related cases wants to see a similar program adopted in New Jersey. Recently retired Judge Cheryl Moss told Casino.org she backs the proposal, which would establish the New Jersey...
Bob Baffert Wins Injunction to Race Horses at New York Tracks
Bob Baffert got a victory in the courtroom Wednesday when a federal judge blocked a suspension against him handed down by the New York Racing Association (NYRA). Baffert is best known as the legendary thoroughbred racehorse trainer whose reputation is in tatters...
WynnBET Scores Ambassador Deals with Former NFL Cincinnati Bengals, NY Jets, and Soccer Stars
WynnBET on Wednesday announced the signing of three well-known former pro athletes. They will serve as brand ambassadors for the mobile sports betting app. The Wynn Interactive product, which is currently available in Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Virginia, brought...
Suspicious Betting Activity Triggers Alerts for Two Wimbledon Tennis Matches
A German newspaper has reported that two matches at Wimbledon have been referred to the International Tennis Integrity Agency over concerns of match-fixing. WELT said it learned a men’s doubles first-round match and a singles match were the targets of aberrant betting...
MLB Commissioner: Athletics Not Trying to “Bluff” Oakland With Las Vegas Talks
The effort to bring Major League Baseball to Las Vegas picked up steam Tuesday, when Commissioner Rob Manfred said no one should consider the Oakland A’s interest there as just a “bluff.” The commissioner spoke to members of the Baseball Writers Association...
Las Vegas Strip Assault of Young Asian Boy Leads to Hate Crime Allegation
A 57-year-old woman is due in Las Vegas criminal court today for allegedly striking a six-year-old Asian child in the head while on the Las Vegas Strip. The boy was accompanied by his mother while the two were shopping on July 5....
Goa Casinos Still Closed By India’s COVID-19 Risk, Sikkim Reopens
India’s Delta Corp has reopened a land-based gaming property in the northeastern state of Sikkim. But Delta casinos in the western coastal state of Goa remain shuttered because of risk from India’s second wave of COVID-19. Delta operates a land-based casino in...
Gambling Debt Led Brooklyn, NY Man To Allegedly Murder Father, Reports Reveal
Gambling debt reportedly was the motive behind a Brooklyn, N.Y. man fatally stabbing a father in the chest on July 4, according to published reports. The suspect was apprehended on Sunday in the borough’s latest deadly crime tied to gambling. Police said...
