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PGA Tour Tackles Gambling in Golf as Bettors Like Spieth, DJ, Fowler for TOUR Championship
September 19, 2017

PGA Tour Tackles Gambling in Golf as Bettors Like Spieth, DJ, Fowler for TOUR Championship

This weekend's TOUR Championship has a total purse just short of $34 million when payouts from the FedEx Cup Playoffs are factored in. The winner of the tournament will receive $1.575 million, and the final...

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Kentucky Lawmakers Turn to Casinos to Fix $33 Billion Pension Shortfall Crisis
September 19, 2017

Kentucky Lawmakers Turn to Casinos to Fix $33 Billion Pension Shortfall Crisis

Kentucky is facing a pension deficit of alarming proportions. By the latest conservative estimates, the Bluegrass State is some $33 billion short of the funds it needs to pay retired public employees over the next...

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Shuttered Casablanca Casino in Philippines to Reopen Soon, Aussie Financiers Say
September 18, 2017

Shuttered Casablanca Casino in Philippines to Reopen Soon, Aussie Financiers Say

A Philippines casino shut down by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) in February will be ready to reopen soon, according to the Australian investment group that bought the property a year earlier for...

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MGM Blindsides Connecticut with Surprise $675 Million Bridgeport Casino Bid
September 18, 2017

MGM Blindsides Connecticut with Surprise $675 Million Bridgeport Casino Bid

MGM Resorts on Monday submitted a shock bid to build a $675 million casino in Bridgeport, on Connecticut’s southwest coast and within travelling distance from New York City. The casino giant’s apparently unsolicited proposal has...

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$10 Million Megabucks Jackpot Hit at Henderson Casino by New Local
September 18, 2017

$10 Million Megabucks Jackpot Hit at Henderson Casino by New Local

A Megabucks jackpot totaling $10,192,522.80 was hit at the Fiesta Henderson Hotel and Casino over the weekend by a man who only recently moved to the state of Nevada. Roger, who withheld his last name...

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Straub Dismissive of Suitor’s $225 Million Offer for Revel Casino in Atlantic City
September 18, 2017

Straub Dismissive of Suitor’s $225 Million Offer for Revel Casino in Atlantic City

Revel, Atlantic City has a determined suitor, although its current owner, the eccentric Florida property developer Glenn Straub, is either oblivious or he’s playing it coy. New York-based private investment firm Keating & Associates has...

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Casino Billionaire Tilman Fertitta Borrowing $1.4B to Finance Houston Rockets Purchase
September 18, 2017

Casino Billionaire Tilman Fertitta Borrowing $1.4B to Finance Houston Rockets Purchase

Tilman Fertitta, the billionaire owner of Golden Nugget casinos and star of the CNBC series Billion Dollar Buyer, announced last week a senior note offering scheduled to raise $1.415 billion in capital that he's expected...

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Japan Snap Election Threatens to Pigeonhole Casino Regulation Rollout
September 18, 2017

Japan Snap Election Threatens to Pigeonhole Casino Regulation Rollout

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is mulling the idea of an October snap election in a bid to consolidate power in the Diet while opposition is weak. But such a move would delay the process...

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Stephen Hung’s Ultra-Luxury Macau Resort Nears Completion
September 17, 2017

Stephen Hung’s Ultra-Luxury Macau Resort Nears Completion

Flamboyant Hong Kong businessman Stephen Hung is nearing completion on his $1.3 billion hotel resort named The 13. Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes told reporters on Wednesday that the...

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Gambling Study That Asked Participants to Cuddle Live Crocodiles Wins ‘Ig Nobel’ Prize 
September 17, 2017

Gambling Study That Asked Participants to Cuddle Live Crocodiles Wins ‘Ig Nobel’ Prize 

How would embracing a live crocodile seconds before hitting the blackjack tables affect your ability to execute optimal strategy? That’s (sort of) the question a team of researchers at Central Queensland University (CQU) grappled with...

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