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Gaming Control Board Holds Businesses’ Fate in Their Hands
It was just another monthly meeting of the Nevada Gaming Control Board on May 1, 2013. But for big businesses like Aristocrat Technologies, Pinnacle Entertainment, and GambleID, it might have been a nail-biter: the GCB has the power to approve or deny...
Gambling Execs Living Large as Highest-Paid CEOs for Public Companies
Wanna make the big bucks? Maybe your mom told you to go into law or medicine, but the real money is in gambling. Not as a high-roller; as a casino executive. If you don't believe us, check out these staggering paychecks recently...
UltimatePoker.com Off to Good Start with Online Poker in Nevada
Even though technically you have to be in Nevada to play the first legal online poker ever in the U.S., that hasn't stopped people in every state in America, and from 20 other countries abroad, from signing up to be part of...
Vegas Strip and Macau Push MGM Resorts into the Black
Things are looking green over at MGM Resorts International: after some dicey P & L statements for the past few years, the first quarter of 2013 put the casino conglomerate in the black. They can applaud performances by their Las Vegas Strip...
Harder to Get into Nevada’s Black Book Than to Win an Oscar
The list is so select, only 33 active names are on it, and the nominees are so sparse, Roderick William Dee II is the first to be recommended for it by the three-member Gaming Control Board (GCB) in four years. But this...
Amaya Gaming Expands, But Ends Year in the Red
Montreal-based Amaya Gaming Group Incorporated, an entertainment solutions provider for the gaming industry, has released financial results showing an increase of just below 292 percent in overall revenues for the last three months of 2012 to $37.19 million (Canadian). The gaming firm...
“All In for Hope” Celeb Poker Tourney to Benefit Cancer Patients
City of Hope, a Los Angeles cancer research hospital and treatment facility, has announced an upcoming celebrity poker tournament that will raise money for its foundation, funds from which help treat cancer sufferers. The "All In For Hope" Celebrity Poker Tournament kicks...
Alleged Illegal Poker Ring Connections Dash Marc Lasry’s Embassy Hopes
Marc Lasry, founder of the investment firm Avenue Capital, had been considered a contender to become the next U.S. ambassador to France, but has withdrawn his name from the running after revelations of his connections to an alleged illegal poker ring run...
Las Vegas Sands Breaks Ties with PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Following dissatisfaction and an uneasy feeling towards the Las Vegas Sands Corporation’s ongoing legal issues, PricerwaterhouseCoopers has resigned as the official auditor of the casino empire, ending a partnership which spanned 25 years in the industry. No Reason Given The Wall Street...
Support Grows for Canadian Sports Betting Bill
The bill to legalize single sports betting in Canada may look tired and defeated at this point, but the support for the Bill C-290 is still seeing growth throughout the country as the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce has now voiced their...
