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Tiger Woods Masters Odds Shorter Than Jordan Spieth, Jon Rahm, and Defending Champion Sergio Garcia
Tiger Woods is now just 10/1 to win next month's Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia. The four-time green jacket winner hasn't even played in the tournament since 2015 where he finished T17. But after a strong T2 performance at last weekend's Valspar...
Las Vegas Sands Resort Fees Jump to $45 a Day at Venetian and Palazzo, Joining Surcharge Bump Trend
Resort fees in Las Vegas keep going up and up, and Las Vegas Sands is the latest operator to jump on the raised surcharge bandwagon. At a $6 hike, from $39 to $45 a day at the company's two chichi properties the...
Pennsylvania Online Gambling Market to Launch Before Year’s End
Pennsylvania is on schedule to launch its online gambling market before the end of the year. That’s the latest from the executive director of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB), Kevin O’Toole, who told the House budget hearing that applications for licensing would...
Florida Gambling Legislation Dead for 2018, Power Might Soon Be Delivered to the People
Florida gambling legislation is once again being shelved after Sunshine State lawmakers failed to come to new terms with the Seminole Tribe. Hundreds of millions of tax dollars are at stake, and a constitutional ballot referendum question will be put before voters...
Could Shinzo Abe Corruption Scandal Derail Casino Process?
Late last week, the Japanese lawmakers building a framework of regulation for the country’s future casino industry said they would petition the national government to speed up the legislative process. With a mid-April deadline looming, the ruling Liberal Democrat Party (LDP) task-force...
The 13 Macau Owner Changing Name to South Shore Holdings, Hotel Targets April Opening
The 13 Macau casino saga continues. In a notice filed this week with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the parent company to the project says it's renaming its investment firm South Shore Holdings Ltd. Located south of the Cotai Strip in Macau's...
GVC Gets Shareholder Approval for Takeover of Ladbrokes Coral
GVC Holdings received nearly unanimous approval from its shareholders to proceed with a planned takeover of bookmaker Ladbrokes Coral, a transaction that will create one of the world’s largest gaming entities. GVC first announced its intention to add Ladbrokes Coral to the...
Paddy Power Betfair Accuses Betting Industry of FOBT Scare Tactics
Peter Jackson, the newly appointed CEO of Paddy Power Betfair, has suggested the rest of the betting industry is employing “scare stories” over the impact of impending FOBT regulations on the retail betting sector. “The FOBT issue needs to be dealt with,”...
Lawsuit Claims Prescription Drug Abilify Caused Compulsive Gambling
Five individuals in Nevada are suing companies that manufacture and distribute the prescription drug Abilify, saying that the labeling on the medication didn’t adequately warn users that it could cause compulsive behaviors such as gambling. A complaint filed in Washoe County District...
MGM Resorts Cannot Intervene in Connecticut Tribal Casino Decision: Department of Interior Weighs In
MGM Resorts is a commercial casino operator, and thus has no legal grounds to weigh in on Connecticut tribal gaming matters: that's the view of the Department of the Interior (DOI). In filings submitted to the US District Court in Washington, DC, this week,...
