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Macau’s Studio City Will Default on Debt, Warns Analyst
August 24, 2016

Macau’s Studio City Will Default on Debt, Warns Analyst

Studio City Macau, Lawrence Ho and James Packer’s $4.5 billion integrated casino resort on the Cotai Strip is in trouble and could default on the $1.41 billion loan used to complete the construction of the...

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NBA Veteran Guard Jamal Crawford Adds Name to Athletes Mixed Up in Gambling Scandals
August 24, 2016

NBA Veteran Guard Jamal Crawford Adds Name to Athletes Mixed Up in Gambling Scandals

NBA veteran Jamal Crawford is opening up about a substantial debt he endured stemming from illegal gambling following his rookie season. In a new biographical piece published in ESPN's The Undefeated, the 16-year vet says...

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Sportradar Lands NHL Contract to Monitor Suspicious Betting Patterns
August 24, 2016

Sportradar Lands NHL Contract to Monitor Suspicious Betting Patterns

Sportradar has been hired by the National Hockey League (NHL) to monitor suspicious betting patterns on its games in Nevada and around the world. In June, the NHL became the first major sports league to...

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Two Female Gambling Addicts, Two $1.7 Million Heists, Two Prison Sentences
August 23, 2016

Two Female Gambling Addicts, Two $1.7 Million Heists, Two Prison Sentences

Two female gambling addicts have unintentionally produced one of the more ironic casino stories in recent history. The parallels of their separate accounts are eerily similar. Both women stole $1.7 million from their employers in...

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Atlantic City Casino Sector “Right-sized” and Resurgent in 2016
August 23, 2016

Atlantic City Casino Sector “Right-sized” and Resurgent in 2016

The Atlantic City casino sector’s whispered bounce-back appears to be real. Collectively the city’s casinos saw their profits skyrocket by 21 percent for the first half of 2016, according to figures just released by the...

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Massachusetts Tribe Challenges Casino Ruling that Could Strip it of Sovereign Lands
August 22, 2016

Massachusetts Tribe Challenges Casino Ruling that Could Strip it of Sovereign Lands

The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts’ long-held dream to build a casino resort on its tribal land has been thrown into jeopardy, along with its very sovereign rights to govern those lands. The tribe, which...

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Mount Airy Casino Challenges Pennsylvania’s $10 Million Annual Host Tax
August 22, 2016

Mount Airy Casino Challenges Pennsylvania’s $10 Million Annual Host Tax

For many folks over 40, say "Mount Airy in the Poconos," and images of eight-foot-tall champagne bubble bath and heart-shaped tubs immediately jump to mind. A few decades back, the working-class resort area marketed the...

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Glenn Straub Threatens to Abandon Revel Atlantic City
August 22, 2016

Glenn Straub Threatens to Abandon Revel Atlantic City

Developer Glenn Straub says he's considering abandoning his resurrection plans for Revel Atlantic City unless local officials in New Jersey change their governing ways. The Florida-based real estate millionaire was once again before New Jersey's...

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New York Assemblyman Pretlow to Push for Legal Sport Betting
August 22, 2016

New York Assemblyman Pretlow to Push for Legal Sport Betting

New York Assemblyman Gary Pretlow wants to bring legal sports betting to New York State. Pretlow was instrumental in orchestrating the regulation of daily fantasy sports in New York and sees no reason to quit...

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2016 Rio Summer Olympics Wrap Up, Nevada Sports Betting Doesn’t Medal
August 22, 2016

2016 Rio Summer Olympics Wrap Up, Nevada Sports Betting Doesn’t Medal

The controversial 2016 Rio Summer Olympics are officially in the books, but the sports books in Nevada had little interest in their outcome. For the first time since the Sydney Games in 2000, sports betting...

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