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Baazov Sells $100 Million of Amaya Stock as Company Seeks Distance from Former CEO
David Baazov has sold $100 million-worth of shares in PokerStars parent, Amaya, the company he founded and transformed into one of the biggest online gambling entities in the world before his spectacular fall from grace...
Michigan Online Gambling Bill Clears Senate Committee But a Third of Tribes are Opposed
Michigan’s online gambling bill was approved 7-1 to at a hearing of the Senate Regulatory Reform Committee on Wednesday and will proceed to the Senate floor. This should come as little surprise, however, since six...
Gambling Addiction Behind New York Animal Shelter Exec’s Theft of $600K From SPCA
A devastating gambling addiction is being blamed for the actions of an executive director of a New York animal shelter, who stole well over half a million dollars from the nonprofit organization he had been entrusted...
Glenn Straub Ups Attacks on Atlantic City, Says New Jersey “Rapes” Businesses
Glenn Straub says when you come to New Jersey, business owners "have to take all your clothes off" and allow the state to take full advantage. "They don't know how to not rape you," he...
Former US Secretary of the Interior Salazar Warns Connecticut Over Satellite Casino
Kenneth Salazar, US Secretary to the Interior under Barack Obama, has warned Connecticut governor Dannel Malloy over “legal risks” concerning the state’s proposal to permit the construction of a tribal casino outside sovereign tribal lands....
Maryland Live Back on Top After Taking Wind Out of MGM National Harbor’s Sails
Maryland Live is once again the top casino in the state after the Arundel Mills resort generated more gaming revenue during the month of February than its new rival MGM National Harbor. Collectively, the state's...
Parx Falls Off the Fence in Pennsylvania, Comes Out Against Online Gaming at Senate Hearing
Parx Casino declared its hostility to Pennsylvania’s push to legalize online gaming at a crucial Senate Committee hearing on Tuesday. The opposition of the LVS-controlled Sands Bethlehem is a given in these circumstances, although, unusually,...
Casino Industry Urges Congress to Include Problem Gambling Support in Health Care Overhaul
The casino industry wants members of Congress to protect problem gambling services for players under proposed changes to the US health care system. On Tuesday, Republicans in the House of Representatives unveiled an overhaul of...
Texas Casino Bill Would Create Nine Commercial Casinos in Lone Star State
A Texas casino bill, introduced this week by State Representative Joe Deshotel (D-Beaumont), would legalize commercial casino gaming in the Lone Star State and authorize up to nine casinos. This is not Deshotel’s first rodeo....
Massachusetts Casino Operators Open to Online Gambling
The three Massachusetts casino operators, Penn National, MGM Resorts, and Wynn Resorts, are all ready to embrace online gambling should the state take steps to legalize internet betting. According to reports out of the Bay...
