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Borgata Seeking $15.5 Million from Phil Ivey in Edge-sorting Case
November 10, 2016

Borgata Seeking $15.5 Million from Phil Ivey in Edge-sorting Case

The Borgata casino in Atlantic City is seeking $15.5 million from Phil Ivey after a federal judge ruled last month that the poker player was in breach of his contract with the casino during four...

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Federal Court Rules for Seminoles in Florida Blackjack Squabble 
November 10, 2016

Federal Court Rules for Seminoles in Florida Blackjack Squabble 

Florida’s Seminole tribe can continue to offer blackjack at their seven casinos throughout the state until 2030, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. The judgment draws a line over the longstanding dispute between tribe and...

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Election Betting and Polling Both Miss Presidential Outcome 2016 for Equal Epic Fail
November 10, 2016

Election Betting and Polling Both Miss Presidential Outcome 2016 for Equal Epic Fail

Election betting has been hyped as a more reliable and accurate forecasting model than traditional polling, and that paradigm was again touted in 2016. Numerous pundits opined that they believed studying where bettors were placing...

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Atlantic City Maintains Monopoly, New Jersey To Control City’s Finances
November 10, 2016

Atlantic City Maintains Monopoly, New Jersey To Control City’s Finances

Atlantic City was on both the winning and losing ends of politics this week, following Tuesday's election referendums. On Election Day, New Jersey voters vigorously defeated a state constitutional referendum ballot question that sought to...

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Bangladesh to Retrieve $15 Million from Fed Bank Cyber Heist
November 9, 2016

Bangladesh to Retrieve $15 Million from Fed Bank Cyber Heist

The Bangladesh Bank will retrieve $15 million of the $81 million stolen earlier this year in a daring cyber heist on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. On February 5th, hackers flooded the Fed...

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North Jersey Casino Referendum Busts on Election Day
November 9, 2016

North Jersey Casino Referendum Busts on Election Day

The North Jersey casino referendum presented to voters on Election Day in the Garden State failed in crushing fashion. Roughly eight in 10 voters voted against Public Question 1, which asked if the New Jersey...

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Nevada Legalizes Marijuana, But The Casinos Are Not Feeling It
November 9, 2016

Nevada Legalizes Marijuana, But The Casinos Are Not Feeling It

Nevada’s voters, along with those of California and Massachusetts, opted yesterday to legalize recreational marijuana. But Las Vegas’ casinos aren’t high on the idea, especially Las Vegas Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson. Medical marijuana was first...

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Donald Trump Confirmed as 45th US President in America’s Brexit Vote
November 9, 2016

Donald Trump Confirmed as 45th US President in America’s Brexit Vote

Not even Donald Trump could have imagined how the vote countdown would play out on Tuesday night. At 2:40 am ET Wednesday morning, the state of Pennsylvania officially went to the billionaire businessman who had...

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Wall Street Fraudster Convinces Judge of Gambling Addiction Defense
November 8, 2016

Wall Street Fraudster Convinces Judge of Gambling Addiction Defense

A former Wall Street golden boy who defrauded investors, including a charity organization and his own mother, of over $38 million, has been sentenced to just four years in prison. Andrew Caspersen, the man in...

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Australia Shuts Down Norfolk Island Gaming Association
November 8, 2016

Australia Shuts Down Norfolk Island Gaming Association

The Australian government is set to close down the Norfolk Island Gaming Association (NIGA) on the recommendations of a report that concluded its framework was “largely ineffective” and its authority as a regulator “barely viable.”...

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