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Mohegan Sun CEO Bobby Soper Resigns Amid Financial Investigation
February 17, 2017

Mohegan Sun CEO Bobby Soper Resigns Amid Financial Investigation

Mohegan Sun CEO Bobby Soper has resigned from his executive role with the tribal gaming company as an investigation into potential financial regulatory shortcomings continues. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is determining whether "possible operational...

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Georgia Convenience Store Gambling Raid Puts Three in Jail
February 17, 2017

Georgia Convenience Store Gambling Raid Puts Three in Jail

A convenience store gambling operation has been shutdown after police in Georgia raided the suspected business this week. The Marietta Police Department said in a press release that a two-year surveillance into two Gantts Food...

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Atlantic City Casino Sector Starts Year With A Bang, Thanks to No Storms, Online, and House Luck
February 17, 2017

Atlantic City Casino Sector Starts Year With A Bang, Thanks to No Storms, Online, and House Luck

Atlantic City’s casinos began the year strongly, up almost eight percent in January on the previous year, continuing a modest upward trend for the sector in 2016. Total win for the casinos came in at $204.7...

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MGM Resorts Misses Fourth-Quarter Projections, but Springfield Casino Construction Ahead of Schedule
February 16, 2017

MGM Resorts Misses Fourth-Quarter Projections, but Springfield Casino Construction Ahead of Schedule

MGM Resorts posted improved fourth-quarter revenues in 2016 compared to the previous year, but the generated income fell far short of projections. The Las Vegas-headquartered gaming and hospitality company reported net income of nearly $70...

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Trump Name Removed from Shuttered Taj Mahal In Atlantic City
February 16, 2017

Trump Name Removed from Shuttered Taj Mahal In Atlantic City

President Donald Trump’s name has been removed from the Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, four months after it was closed by his friend and Special Adviser on Regulatory Reform, the billionaire corporate raider Carl...

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Pete Rose Still Loves Gambling, and Doesn’t Much Care What You Think
February 16, 2017

Pete Rose Still Loves Gambling, and Doesn’t Much Care What You Think

Gambling cost Pete Rose a place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and ruined his personal reputation. Banned from the game since reaching a plea deal with the league in 1989, the all-time hits...

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Tabcorp Hit with AU$45 Million Fine Over AML Failures
February 16, 2017

Tabcorp Hit with AU$45 Million Fine Over AML Failures

Australian betting giant Tabcorp has agreed to pay a AU$45 million ($34.6 million) penalty for violations of its anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) obligations. It’s by far the highest ever fine imposed for...

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Borgata to Get Just Half of Back-Owed Tax Refund from New Jersey Coffers
February 16, 2017

Borgata to Get Just Half of Back-Owed Tax Refund from New Jersey Coffers

Atlantic City will pay its top-producing casino Borgata $72 million, less than half of the $165 million it owes the gaming operator in property tax refunds. The agreement, according to the Press of Atlantic City,...

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Brandon Steven, 2010 WSOP Main Event Top-10 Poker Player, Subject of Federal Investigation
February 15, 2017

Brandon Steven, 2010 WSOP Main Event Top-10 Poker Player, Subject of Federal Investigation

Kansas businessman and well-known poker player Brandon Steven is under surveillance by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), and he apparently wants the world to know about it. Media outlets in Kansas have published a...

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Chicago Cubs Favorite at Sportsbooks to Repeat as World Series Champs
February 15, 2017

Chicago Cubs Favorite at Sportsbooks to Repeat as World Series Champs

The Chicago Cubs are the heavy favorite at Nevada sportsbooks to win the 2017 World Series and defend their Major League Baseball (MLB) title. Vegas always like a winner, and when it comes to writing...

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