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Del Lago Casino Wants Credit for Local Unemployment Dip, Resort’s Hotel Receives Tax Breaks
December 12, 2017

Del Lago Casino Wants Credit for Local Unemployment Dip, Resort’s Hotel Receives Tax Breaks

The del Lago Resort and Casino in Upstate New York says it's to credit for the local dip in the unemployment rate. The New York Department of Labor recently revealed that the statewide unemployment rate...

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Family of Vegas Shooting Victim Seek $45 Million from Gunman’s Estate
December 12, 2017

Family of Vegas Shooting Victim Seek $45 Million from Gunman’s Estate

Relatives of one of the victims of the October 1 mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas are seeking to recover $45 million from the estate of shooter Stephen Paddock....

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Australian Lottery Giant Tatts Gets Shareholder Approval for Tabcorp Merger
December 12, 2017

Australian Lottery Giant Tatts Gets Shareholder Approval for Tabcorp Merger

Australia’s largest gaming company, Tabcorp Holdings, is just one court appearance away from completing an $11.3 billion merger with lottery operator Tatts Group. Tatts’ shareholders overwhelmingly agreed to the takeover on Tuesday, voting 99 percent...

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Burnett Stepping Down as Chairman of Nevada Gaming Control Board
December 12, 2017

Burnett Stepping Down as Chairman of Nevada Gaming Control Board

Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G. Burnett announced on Monday that he was resigning from his post to take a job in the private sector. Burnett had served on the Gaming Control Board since 2011,...

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Las Vegas Strip Restaurateur Mario Batali Admits to Groping Female Employees
December 12, 2017

Las Vegas Strip Restaurateur Mario Batali Admits to Groping Female Employees

Haute cuisine impresario Mario Batali says he's stepping aside from the day-to-day operations of his more than two dozen restaurants, which include three on the Las Vegas Strip, after admitting that sexual misconduct allegations made...

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More Revel Atlantic City Sale Rumors Emerge, Owner Glenn Straub Continues to Deflect
December 12, 2017

More Revel Atlantic City Sale Rumors Emerge, Owner Glenn Straub Continues to Deflect

Revel Atlantic City, the $2.4 billion Boardwalk resort that's been shuttered since 2014, will reopen in May 2018 under new ownership and presumably a new identity. That's according to Moody's Investors Service, which said this...

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Two Women Find Lottery So Nice, They Won It Twice in a Day
December 11, 2017

Two Women Find Lottery So Nice, They Won It Twice in a Day

Two women did the statistically improbable and won significant amounts of money on not one, but two lottery scratchers in the same day. The state lottery windfalls were in different states but both in the...

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Online Political Bettors Think PASPA Days Are Numbered, Predict Sports Betting Ban Repeal
December 11, 2017

Online Political Bettors Think PASPA Days Are Numbered, Predict Sports Betting Ban Repeal

The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992 is going to be repealed by the US Supreme Court by spring: that's the consensus of online political bettors who are wagering on the issue's...

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MGM Resorts Stock a Collective Buy Among Financial Analysts
December 11, 2017

MGM Resorts Stock a Collective Buy Among Financial Analysts

MGM Resorts stock is up nearly 10 percent from its October 2 trading price, which was the day after the Las Vegas shooting that left 58 victims dead. Comparatively, the S&P 500, which MGM is...

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Bitcoin Gamblers See Earnings Grow, as Digital Currency Jumps on Futures Exchange
December 11, 2017

Bitcoin Gamblers See Earnings Grow, as Digital Currency Jumps on Futures Exchange

In one of the craziest days for cybercurrency trading in history, the price of a single bitcoin jumped from $16,700 to $16,748 in a matter of seconds on Monday. The decentralized digital currency has been...

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