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Pennsylvania Online Gambling Bill Shelved Until Legislature Reconvenes This Fall
July 13, 2016

Pennsylvania Online Gambling Bill Shelved Until Legislature Reconvenes This Fall

Pennsylvania online gambling is being pushed aside in Harrisburg until the fall. That's the unfortunate outcome for iGambling proponents after lawmakers in the Keystone State labored over gambling expansion legislation for the last several months....

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West Virginia Rules DFS Game of Skill; No it’s Not, Says Delaware
July 12, 2016

West Virginia Rules DFS Game of Skill; No it’s Not, Says Delaware

West Virginia and Delaware are two states that have no plans to legalize daily fantasy sports in the near future, and for two very different reasons. Two attorneys general, 400 miles apart, have demonstrated two...

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25-year-old Iowa Casino Industry in Good Health, says Regulator
July 12, 2016

25-year-old Iowa Casino Industry in Good Health, says Regulator

Iowa’s casino industry is 25 years-old this year, and it marked the occasion with an annual report this week that pointed to signs of growth and market stability. The state’s 19 state-licensed operations posted a...

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Steve Wynn Backs Las Vegas Raiders as Projected Stadium Cost Balloons
July 12, 2016

Steve Wynn Backs Las Vegas Raiders as Projected Stadium Cost Balloons

Steve Wynn wants to see NFL football played on Sundays in Las Vegas. TMZ recently caught up with the Wynn Resorts billionaire in Los Angeles who told the celebrity news outlet that he's working hard...

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MGM Attacks Connecticut with Defense Bill
July 11, 2016

MGM Attacks Connecticut with Defense Bill

MGM Resorts is currently engaged in a legal battle with Connecticut over the state’s plans to authorize a tribal satellite casino just across the border from MGM’s proposed $950 million resort in Massachusetts. The casino...

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UFC Sold for an Eye-Gouging $4 Billion
July 11, 2016

UFC Sold for an Eye-Gouging $4 Billion

The Ultimate Fighting Championship, which Station Casinos’ Fertitta brothers took from a fringe organization once described by John McCain as “human cockfighting,” to a global sports empire, has been sold by the brothers for $4...

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New Jersey Online Poker Market Seeks to Share UK Player Pools, as Shuttered Casinos Quietly Reopen
July 11, 2016

New Jersey Online Poker Market Seeks to Share UK Player Pools, as Shuttered Casinos Quietly Reopen

The New Jersey online poker market hopes to solve its all-too-often inadequate traffic by going overseas and partnering with the United Kingdom. Late last week, New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) Director David Rebuck...

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Nebraska Close to Vote on Casino Gambling
July 10, 2016

Nebraska Close to Vote on Casino Gambling

Nebraska could soon be voting on whether to legalize casino gaming within its borders after a pro-casino action group delivered 310,000 signatures in support of a referendum to the state legislature this week. The group,...

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New South Wales Bans “Cruel” Greyhound Racing Industry
July 9, 2016

New South Wales Bans “Cruel” Greyhound Racing Industry

Greyhound racing is to be banned in the Australian state of New South Wales following a government investigation that found that animal cruelty within the industry was widespread and systemic. NSW Premier Mike Baird said...

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North Korea Online Gambling Enterprises Gross Over $800 Million Despite Country’s Strict Anti-Gambling Laws
July 8, 2016

North Korea Online Gambling Enterprises Gross Over $800 Million Despite Country’s Strict Anti-Gambling Laws

Accessing North Korea online gambling websites from within the borders of the totalitarian dictatorship state is an offense punishable by death. But that isn't stopping leader Kim Jong-un's government in Pyongyang from capitalizing off the...

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