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Feds Order Northwood Casino Closed amid Internal Squabbles Challenging Tribal Legitimacy
The Northwood Casino in northern Washington state is closed until further notice. The US government ordered it to cease operations for violating numerous tribal gaming provisions under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). Located just...
Long Shot off Tee and in Sports Books, Brooks Koepka, Wins US Open
Usually it is the golf course that brings players to its knees in a US Open, but 40-1 long shot, Brooks Koepka, decided to reverse conventional thinking. The 27-year-old muscled his way to his first...
Russian Sports Betting Market Expected to More than Double by 2022
Russia’s budding licensed sports betting market is set to more than double over the next five years, according to a report by Bookmaker Ratings. Growth will be driven by NEW entrants to the market, as...
London Police Partner with UK Gambling Commission to Combat Illegal File-Sharing
Online gambling companies are no longer allowing their affiliates to place ads on websites that traffic in stolen content or facilitate theft of intellectual property. This change comes as a result of a partnership between...
Macau Declares Its Casinos Safe for Visitors, “Low Risk” for Major Attacks
Casinos in Macau face little threat of being targeted by a terroristic group or rogue gunman or faction. That's according to Paulo Chan, director of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ). The chief gaming...
NBA Draft Odds Favor Markelle Fultz as Top Pick, Lonzo Ball Going to Los Angeles
The NBA Draft takes place next Thursday, June 22, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Pro basketball's selection of college's best players doesn't typically attract the same level of interest that the NFL...
Philippines Cracks Down on Problem Gamblers in Wake of Casino Rampage
Philippine gaming authorities had alerted all casinos in the country not to allow Jessie Javier Carlos on their properties, just two months before he embarked on a violent rampage that resulted in one of the...
Is Las Vegas Tourism’s Future Boom or Bust? Experts Have Varied Viewpoints
The tourism industry in Las Vegas has recovered all but 1.3 percent from the devastating fallout of the recession, but what lies ahead for Sin City's visitor growth for the next five years? It depends...
Lottery Fraud Eddie Tipton to Reveal His Methods in Return for Plea Deal
Lottery scammer Eddie Tipton pleaded guilty in Wisconsin this week to charges of theft and computer crime, part of a plea bargain that will see him him reveal precisely how he was able to rig...
$43 Million Slots Jackpot Malfunction Lawsuit Challenges Casino’s Refusal to Pay
Katrina Bookman hit a slots jackpot last fall at Resorts World in Queens, New York, with her screen displaying that she had won $42.9 million. Or at least she thought. When the New York resident...
