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Federal Court Rules for Amaya in Illinois Loss Recovery Case, Could Affect Kentucky Case Outcome Also
January 22, 2016

Federal Court Rules for Amaya in Illinois Loss Recovery Case, Could Affect Kentucky Case Outcome Also

Amaya will not be required to pay back money lost by Illinois gamblers on PokerStars before Black Friday, a federal court has ruled. The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit last week upheld the...

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Affinity Gaming Sues Cybersecurity Firm Over Data Breach
January 21, 2016

Affinity Gaming Sues Cybersecurity Firm Over Data Breach

Las Vegas-based Affinity Gaming is suing a cybersecurity company, which it claims failed to deal adequately with a breach to its system, in what may come to be regarded as a landmark case. The casino...

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Former Mohegan Sun Pocono Executive Charged in Slots Cheating Scam
January 21, 2016

Former Mohegan Sun Pocono Executive Charged in Slots Cheating Scam

A former Mohegan Sun executive appeared in court this week charged with conspiracy to defraud his former employer out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Robert Pellegrini, 50, who was the VP of player development...

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Oneida Nation Sues New York State to Block Upstate Casino 
January 20, 2016

Oneida Nation Sues New York State to Block Upstate Casino 

The Oneida Nation has launched legal action to block the building of the newly licensed Lago Resort & Casino in Upstate New York. Lago was one of three licenses granted by the state to casino...

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Latest to Declare Daily Fantasy Sports Illegal
January 20, 2016

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Latest to Declare Daily Fantasy Sports Illegal

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is in agreement with opinions issued in New York, Illinois, and Nevada that daily fantasy sports (DFS) operators are in violation of state law and are operating illegal gambling...

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Macau Shaves Wynn Resorts Profits In 2015, As Las Vegas Continues to Pull Its Weight
January 19, 2016

Macau Shaves Wynn Resorts Profits In 2015, As Las Vegas Continues to Pull Its Weight

Wynn Resorts has said that the economic squeeze in Macau hit hard in 2015, and that Q4 net revenue from its operations in the Chinese gambling hub could be halved from the same period in...

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Vermont DFS Bill Opposed by Assistant State AG
January 19, 2016

Vermont DFS Bill Opposed by Assistant State AG

Vermont may not be a state you think about much in relation to daily fantasy sports (DFS). After all, there are plenty of viable outdoor activities for which the Green Mountain State is famous, skiing being...

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Tennis World Rocked by Match-Fixing Cover-up Allegations
January 19, 2016

Tennis World Rocked by Match-Fixing Cover-up Allegations

The tennis universe is reeling from allegations that 16 top-level players have been strongly suspected of throwing matches over the past ten years, while authorities failed to act. Documents passed to the UK's BBC television...

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Brian Sandoval Reconvenes Gaming Policy Committee in Nevada to Discuss Daily Fantasy Sports
January 18, 2016

Brian Sandoval Reconvenes Gaming Policy Committee in Nevada to Discuss Daily Fantasy Sports

Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (R) issued an executive order late last week to reconvene the state's Gaming Policy Committee in order to confront the subject of daily fantasy sports (DFS). The action is in response...

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MGM Resorts Axes Free Parking on the Las Vegas Strip
January 18, 2016

MGM Resorts Axes Free Parking on the Las Vegas Strip

Some Las Vegas traditions are sacrosanct. All-you-can-eat buffets, free drinks for gamblers, the right to get absolutely plastered and have it seem perfectly normal are but a few of those. For visitors and locals alike,...

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