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US Open Golf Odds Favor Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson’s Withdrawal Costs Sportsbooks
The golf odds at Las Vegas sportsbooks for this week's US Open at Erin Hills unsurprisingly put defending champ Dustin Johnson in the frontrunner position for the second straight major. The Westgate SuperBook has DJ...
Unite Here Local 26 Union Reaches Tentative Deal with Rhode Island Casino
Unite Here, a powerful nationwide labor union headquartered in New York City, has reached a tentative deal with the Twin River Casino in Rhode Island over a new healthcare benefits plan. The Unite Here Local...
Golden Entertainment Buys American Casino and Entertainment, Adding Stratosphere in Las Vegas to Gaming Portfolio
Las Vegas-based gaming distributor and casino conglomerate Golden Entertainment is adding to its holdings, the company announced on Monday. Stratosphere owner American Casino and Entertainment is being snapped up by Golden for an $850 million...
Bacterial Disease Legionnaires Infects Guests at World Series of Poker Host Resort
The bacterial disease Legionnaires has been discovered inside a hot water heating system at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Currently hosting the 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP), health officials tested water heaters at...
Puerto Rico Casinos Could Benefit Should American Statehood Materialize, But Still a Long Shot
Puerto Rico, like many tourist destinations with balmy temperatures, has long offered casinos as a lure to visitors. But an economy that is now in shambles has affected the island nation's gaming industry, and on...
Gaming Billionaire Kazuo Okada’s Own Company Is Investigating Him for Possible Fraud
Japanese gaming mogul Kazuo Okada is being investigated by his own company for potential fraud. Universal Entertainment, the Tokyo-based slots and pachinko manufacturer, revealed last week, in a message from its president posted on the...
Innovative Slot Machines Targeting Millennials Fall Short, Expert Says
Skill-based slot machines are all the rage in the gaming industry in 2017, but the new products, thought to be innovative concepts by some casino executives, won't do much to attract the millennial, one expert...
Japan Casino Bill Expected to Implement Stringent Safeguards to Combat Problem Gambling
The Japan casino law currently being drafted in the nation's legislative body is rumored to be focusing on the best ways to prevent potential problem gambling that might arise from the commercial integrated resorts. Japan...
FBI Nabs Russian Mob that Hacked Casino Slots and Stole Five Tons of Chocolate
A gang of sweet-toothed, casino slot-machine-hacking Russian mobsters was busted by the FBI in New York on Wednesday, its members charged with running a sprawling crime empire. In addition to casino fraud, the outfit allegedly engaged...
Resorts World Manila’s License Suspended, Lax Security Blamed for Deadly Rampage
As police investigate a double-murder possibly connected to the fatal rampage at a Philippines casino last week, gambling regulator PAGCOR has indefinitely suspended Resorts World Manila’s gaming license, after identifying security flaws that the killer...
