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Atlantic City Cops Search for Clues in Fatal Fall at Ocean Casino Parking Garage
Atlantic City police are trying to find out why an unnamed woman fell from an upper floor of the Ocean Casino Resort parking garage onto the street below Wednesday night. Cops found the body of the 29-year-old Philadelphia woman after 8:30 pm...
Las Vegas Sands Hires 51 Lobbyists in Texas as Casino Legalization Debate Continues
Las Vegas Sands Corp. has 51 paid lobbyists working in Texas to promote the legalization of commercial gaming in the Lone Star State. Late last year, before the recent death of CEO Sheldon Adelson, Sands employed 10 lobbyists in Texas. The latest...
GameStop the Market: Big Bets on Stock Make Wall Street Look Like a ‘Casino’
The biggest bets made over the past couple days haven’t been placed in a casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Instead, the action’s taken place on Wall Street, as a group of stock traders on Reddit have aimed at hedge fund traders,...
Connecticut Cops Arrest Three More Men for Alleged Illegal Gaming Operation
Three Connecticut men are the latest suspects charged in the state’s ongoing inquiry into illegal gambling at local stores. The trio was arrested earlier this month in connection with a Connecticut state police investigation of illegal gaming at several bodegas, according to...
Geolocation Data Shows Record Weekend for Legal US Online Sports Betting Markets
The penultimate weekend for the NFL was a busy one for US mobile sports bettors. Conscious Gaming announced late Sunday night there were more than 30 million geolocation transactions. It's the most ever recorded in one weekend. Mobile sports betting apps use...
Nevada’s Casino-Centric Economy Needs Further Diversity, Leading Economists Warn
Nevada's economy must expand beyond its gaming industry reliance and add other types of industries, two economists said. Their prescription comes in response to a recent call by Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) to diversify the industries in the state, given the coronavirus...
888’s Sherman Says US Online Poker May Benefit in Latest Wire Act Ruling
A recent federal appeals court’s decision against a Trump Administration-era opinion on the Wire Act will almost certainly lead to exponential growth in online poker in the US. That’s according to 888 Holdings Yaniv Sherman, who talked with Casino.org after the ruling....
Mobile Sports Betting in New York May End Up Modeled After Pennsylvania: ANALYSIS
Mobile sports betting in New York is closer now to reality than it ever has been. That said, it's a far cry from a slam dunk at this point. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has come out in support of expanding sports betting. However,...
Phil Mickelson Disputes White House Claim He Supported Billy Walters Clemency Case
So, about that part of the Billy Walters clemency case where pro golfer Phil Mickelson wrote a letter in support of the retired gambler...turns out, the Trump Administration didn’t quite get that right. An attorney for the 44-time winner on the PGA...
HHR Opponents Want Parlors Shut Down After Kentucky Supreme Court Declines Rehearing
The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday announced it would not revisit an opinion it gave last fall that select historical horse racing (HHR) machines did not meet the definition of pari-mutuel betting. That decision leaves one of the state’s signature industries at...
