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Massachusetts Lottery Could Become Sixth State Lotto to Go Online
October 10, 2017

Massachusetts Lottery Could Become Sixth State Lotto to Go Online

The Massachusetts Lottery is worried that neighboring New Hampshire's legalization of online keno will hamper sales, and that's why numerous state senate candidates are backing efforts to also enact internet lotto scratch offs and games....

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Regulator Memo: Organized Crime Using Vancouver Casinos for Money Laundering
October 10, 2017

Regulator Memo: Organized Crime Using Vancouver Casinos for Money Laundering

Organized crime in British Columbia’s casinos is a “viable threat to public safety,” according to a memo sent by Gaming Policy Enforcement Branch intelligence to a minister of the provincial government in April. The memo...

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Las Vegas Casinos, Police Working Together to Assess Security in Shooting Aftermath
October 10, 2017

Las Vegas Casinos, Police Working Together to Assess Security in Shooting Aftermath

As Las Vegas tries to move forward after last week's massacre on the Strip, police are still investigating what happened while working with casino security operations to figure out what happens next. Changes to security...

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NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights Play Historic First Home Game at T-Mobile, Sportsbooks Celebrate
October 10, 2017

NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights Play Historic First Home Game at T-Mobile, Sportsbooks Celebrate

The National Hockey League’s Vegas Golden Knights make their home debut Tuesday night and not only are fans celebrating the city’s first major professional sports team, but so are overjoyed bettors. The expansion squad has...

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Atlantic City Could See Two Casinos Reopen in 2018, Atlantic Club Deal Reportedly in Works
October 10, 2017

Atlantic City Could See Two Casinos Reopen in 2018, Atlantic Club Deal Reportedly in Works

Atlantic City will get its eighth casino when the former Trump Taj Mahal reopens as Hard Rock next year, but the Boardwalk resort might not be the only shuttered property to return to life in...

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DraftKings Launches in Ireland, Austria
October 10, 2017

DraftKings Launches in Ireland, Austria

DraftKings continued its piecemeal global expansion by launching a daily fantasy sports platform simultaneously in Ireland and Austria this week, bringing the countries the operator now serves to five. As well as the US, its...

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Mandalay Bay Shooting Timeline Changes, as Stephen Paddock Past Testimony Comes to Light
October 10, 2017

Mandalay Bay Shooting Timeline Changes, as Stephen Paddock Past Testimony Comes to Light

In a new twist, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo revealed on Monday that the gunfire aimed towards a security guard from inside the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on October 1 preceded the shooting on...

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Caesars Officially Emerges from Bankruptcy as Restructured Casino Giant, No Longer Broke
October 9, 2017

Caesars Officially Emerges from Bankruptcy as Restructured Casino Giant, No Longer Broke

It’s a wrap. Caesars’ tortuous bankruptcy, described by one of the casino group’s own lawyers as the “largest and most complex bankruptcy in a generation,” is over and, frankly, few could have imagined it would...

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Hurricane Nate Causes Gulf Coast Casino Shutdown
October 9, 2017

Hurricane Nate Causes Gulf Coast Casino Shutdown

Hurricane Nate made landfall close to the mouth of the Mississippi on Saturday night as a Category 1 storm, battering the costs of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama with 85 MPH winds, and causing an almost...

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Crimea Moves Closer to Approving Casino Resort Plans
October 9, 2017

Crimea Moves Closer to Approving Casino Resort Plans

Crimea lies in one of four zones earmarked for gambling, but despite its authorization to build casinos, today no such facilities exist. Crimean Minister of Economic Development Andrei Melnikov says that will change in the...

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