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Pennsylvania Senate to Crack Down on Illegal Gambling as Legislature Considers Gaming Expansion
Pennsylvania Senate Law and Justice Committee Chairman Chuck McIlhinney (R-District 10) says business owners allowing illegal gambling operations to take place at their establishments will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. That is, of course, assuming the state legislature,...
Florida’s Mardi Gras Casino Accuses Rival Gulfstream of Looting Players After Hurricane
As Floridians pull together in a spirit of communal recovery after Hurricane Irma, clean-up efforts have one casino in the state contending its chief competitor is engaged in dirty business through trying times. While most of Florida’s gaming industry survived the hurricane...
Niagara Falls Will Be ‘Broke by December’ Due to Seneca-New York Casino Dispute
The Seneca Nation’s casino-rev share payments to the City of Niagara Falls have dried up, and the city will be broke by December, according to an audit published by the state Comptroller’s Office. The audit has urged city officials to “take immediate...
Casino Partnerships With Junket Operators Are Public Knowledge, Macau Court Rules
Macau casino agreements with licensed VIP junket operators should be revealed upon qualified legal inquiry, an appeals court in China's special gambling enclave has ruled. The decision comes as a result of an unnamed attorney who sued the city's Gaming Inspection and...
Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn Among Forbes’ ‘Greatest Living Business Minds’
Casino billionaires Sheldon Adelson (84) and Steve Wynn (75) have been two of the most powerful figures in Las Vegas and the worldwide casino and hospitality scene for several decades, so it should come as little surprise that the moguls have both...
Puerto Rico Casinos Brace for Another Hit, as Cat 4 Hurricane Maria Follows Irma
Hurricane Maria made a direct hit on Puerto Rico early Wednesday morning and the island’s 21 casinos were affected, but the extent of their damage was not yet known. Initial reports of the Category 4 storm, with winds up to 155 mph,...
Aussie Court Shoots Down $8.8 Billion Tabcorp-Tatts Merger
The long-planned merger between Tabcorp and Tatts, Australia’s two biggest gambling firms, could be off, as a federal court on Wednesday squelched regulatory approval of the $8.8 billion deal following a judicial review. At the very best, it represents an enormous setback...
Genting World Dream Casino Ship Plots Maiden Voyage in Asian Gambling Seas
The World Dream, a mammoth 151,000-ton ocean liner built for Genting Hong Kong, is complete and ready to set sail, adding a major new player to Asia’s casino landscape, or maybe seascape. The 18-story boat left its construction shipyard in Germany in...
Fontainebleau Sale Spreads Economic Optimism Across Las Vegas Strip
Billionaire Carl Icahn sold the Fontainebleau Las Vegas in late August to a real estate investment firm that is reportedly going to waste little time in completing construction on the 3,815-room casino resort that for seven years has done little more than...
MGM Launches ‘Welcome to the Show’ Promo Targeting Nongaming Millenials
MGM Resorts wants to make it very clear in its latest over-the-top marketing ploy that it's not merely in the casino or hotel business, but rather in the more expansive "Holy Sh*t Business." In the conglomerate's first-ever corporate branding video that premiered...
