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Las Vegas Wranglers Hockey Team to Ice Plaza Hotel Downtown
What could be more surreal than ice-skating in the desert? How about ice-skating on the roof of a very tall building in the desert? Yep, that’ll do it. Vegas has long been a center of major sporting arenas - from championship...
Nevada Senator Dean Heller to Introduce Anti-Online Gambling Bill
Federal legislation to prohibit all forms of online gambling except poker will be introduced “within the month or so”, U.S. Senator Dean Heller (R-Nev) told sources this week. Heller has been working with his colleague Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev) to restore the...
South Point in Las Vegas Kicks Off Online Poker with RealGaming.com
Step by step and inch by inch, the online poker industry in the US is returning. Following the launch of Ultimate Poker and WSOP.com in Nevada last year, a third operator has now made the leap to begin offering real-money gaming in...
New Mexico Approves New Navajo Nation Gambling Compact
The Navajo Nation was already in the gambling game, but now they’re set to become a powerhouse. The New Mexico House of Representatives has approved a compact between the Navajos and the state, putting the tribe one step closer to greatly expanding...
Poll Says Americans Want States, Not Feds, to Handle Online Gambling
In the online gambling debate, just about every faction says they know what Americans want, not to mention what’s best for them. But what happens when the American people are actually asked about the subject themselves? According to a new survey, U.S....
Volleys Continue in War Between Mohegan Sun and Wynn for Massachusetts
Don’t you just love a good squabble? The rivalry between the two casino groups vying for the coveted license to build a resort in Massachusetts took on a new dimension recently, as the Mohegan Sun offered sharp criticism of its competitor, Wynn...
EGBA Moves In to Change Swedish National Gambling Monopoly
If Sweden wants to stay out of court, the Scandinavian country may have to make some significant changes to its gambling laws. That’s the word from the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA), which has warned the nation that they’ll be facing...
Peppermill Casino in Reno Fined $1 Million for Regulatory Snafus
The Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) is discovering what the U.S. Department of Justice has known for a while now: huge regulatory misdeeds mean big bucks for the oversight agencies in question. In the outfit's second seven-figure punitive action in just the past...
Florida Attorney Gets Six Years for Role in Sweepstakes Cafes Ring
You’d think that a lawyer would know better, but the big money generated by gambling can be tempting for just about anyone. Now, a Florida attorney could be spending time in prison after using a charity organization as a front for an...
UK Mobile App Gambling Growth Going Strong
What goes up, must come down. But in the case of the UK gambling market, two recent studies have made it seem that the industry is both up and down at the same time. In reality, it’s just a matter of what...
