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Feinstein Lends Surprise Support to Federal Online Gambling Ban
When Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) introduced their bills that would ban most online gambling to Congress, they were all but certain to get some support from fellow Republicans. After all, the bills had been written by the...
Garden City Group Pays Out Another $5M to US Full Tilt Victims
At one time poker players might have thought it was part of a cruel April Fool's hoax. However, the news that the claims administration firm Garden City Group initiated the second round of Full Tilt payments on April 1st will be heartening...
Maryland MGM National Harbor Close to Breaking Ground
Let it not be said that MGM Resorts sits around and knits doilies; the Nevada-based gaming giant announced it will start work on its new Maryland casino imminently - just four months after the state granted it a license to build the...
Macau Profits Continue to Rule the Casino Universe
Ten years ago, when Las Vegas Sands chairman and i-gaming-hater Sheldon Adelson first invested in Macau, he claimed it would become the "Vegas of the East". Today, it looks like it's gone a step farther. While gambling revenue in Las Vegas has...
Springfield Massachusetts Debates MGM Casino Plan One Last Time
When a city debates whether or not to host a casino, you can feel pretty confident that the same issues will come up time and again. And so it was no surprise that a community meeting on April 1 at the MassMutual...
New York State Casino License Applications Coming In at Top Dollar
If you want to run a casino in New York State, you'd better have a healthy bank account accessible. Okay, so you probably already knew that: it's not like building and operating a casino can be done with a few thousand dollars,...
Table Games Beat Out Baccarat as Nevada Revenues Drop for February
It's hard to beat a record – and once you do, it's even harder to do it a second time. That was the problem facing the state of Nevada in February, as they had set an all-time record in baccarat revenue in...
Fraternal Order of Police Declares Opposition to Online Gambling Ban
If there's one group of citizens you'd expect to be in favor of law and order, it would have to be police officers. That's why it may surprise some to hear that the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) has come out on...
New York State Online Poker Bill Introduced by Bonacic
Start spreading the news: New York may be the next state to take a serious run at regulating online poker. A bill that would do just that was introduced in the New York Senate on Friday, opening the door to Internet poker...
Caesars to Close Harrah’s Tunica in Mississippi
Harrah's Tunica - the largest casino resort between Las Vegas and Atlantic City - is to close in early summer, Caesars Entertainment announced this week; the action will leave 1,300 of their casino employees jobless. Caesars has attempted to sell the underperforming...
