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Malta Gaming Authority Launches Mafia Crackdown
The Malta Gaming Authority is launching a wide-scale investigation into its Italian licensees for links to organized crime. According to “high-ranking Maltese sources” who spoke to Gambling Compliance this week, this is the first phase of a larger probe into all Italian...
Virginia Gambling Bill Passes Assembly Committee, Legislation Would Legalize Historical Racing Terminals
The Virginia House of Delegates Appropriations Committee has passed House Bill 1609, a gambling measure that would allow the currently shuttered Colonial Downs horse racetrack in New Kent County to incorporate historical wagering machines at the facility. Located about 30 miles east...
Tinian Dynasty Operator Broke, Can’t Afford Lawyer
Hong Kong Entertainment, owner of the Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino, told a federal judge this week that its financial situation was so bleak that it could no longer afford a lawyer to represent it in ongoing legal claims filed by creditors....
New Jersey Voters Favor Atlantic City Retaining Casino Monopoly, New Poll Finds
New Jersey voters do not want to end Atlantic City's monopoly on casinos and allow gambling resorts to come to northern parts of the state. That's according to a new poll paid for by Trenton's Bad Bet, an anti-gambling group. Likely voters...
Fontainebleau to Morph Into The Drew Las Vegas By 2020
The Drew Las Vegas could be the first new casino resort to rise on the Las Vegas Strip since the Cosmopolitan in 2010, if it beats Resorts World to the punch. Remodeled from the shiny blue wreck of the doomed Fontainebleau, The...
US Gross Gaming Revenue Nearly $41.2 Billion in 2017, as Casino Expansion Continues
Gross gaming revenue at US commercial casinos totaled roughly $41.2 billion last year, according to Reno-based market analyst Ken Adams. In his 2017 Adams Revenue Report, prepared for online gaming media outlet CDC Gaming Reports, the financial analyst says continued casino expansion...
Elaine Wynn Regains Control of Wynn Resort Shares in Aftermath of Ex-Husband’s Resignation
Elaine Wynn -- ex-wife of now-disgraced gaming tycoon Steve Wynn -- is getting the last laugh in one of the most antagonistic post-divorce court fights in gaming history. The former couple, who founded Wynn Resorts in 2002 with Japanese pachinko billionaire Kazuo...
WeChat Warns Users Not to Gamble Through Messaging App
WeChat, the most popular social media application in China, is warning users amid the current Lunar New Year holiday week to avoid gambling through the mobile network. Tencent Holdings, the developer of the app that has nearly one billion active users, says...
Toxic ‘Third-Hand’ Smoke Lingers in Casinos Long After Bans Are Enacted, Says Study
Smoking bans may have cleared the perennial fog hanging above the slot machines at your local casino, but a new study by San Diego State University (SDSU) suggests that lung-torturing “third-hand smoke” lingers for months after the bans come into force, and those...
New Jersey Lottery Game Hurts Atlantic City Casinos, State Lawmakers Contend
The New Jersey Lottery game Quick Draw poses a serious threat to Atlantic City casinos, so says two state lawmakers arguing this week before the Assembly Tourism, Gaming and Arts Committee. A keno-like format that costs $1-10 per play, Quick Draw debuted...
