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Daily Fantasy Sports Declared Illegal by New York Attorney General
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) is no longer legal in New York following an investigation by the state's lead legal attorney, market leaders DraftKings and FanDuel both receiving cease-and-desist letters on Tuesday. "Our investigation has found...
Joe McKeehen Takes Down WSOP Main Event Final Table in Dominant Fashion, Wins $7.6 Million as New Poker Champ
Joe McKeehen is the last man standing. 6,420 players ponied up $10,000 in cash back in July to enter the 2015 WSOP Main Event. After 10 days of competition, McKeehen had every last chip in...
Station Casinos’ IPO Faces Union Challenge Over Deutsche Bank Libor-fixing Scandal
Station Casinos’ stock market ambitions were facing a challenge from Las Vegas’ most powerful union this week. The Culinary Workers Union (Local 266) has a longstanding beef with the casino company, which is anti-union, and...
Amaya Slashes 2015 Economic Forecast, Stock Price Tumbles
Amaya Inc. is cutting its 2015 full-year financial projections for revenues and net earnings, an adjustment that will naturally also lower expectations for per share profits. The parent company to PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker...
WSOP November Nine Day Two Recap: Stern, Cannuli, Steinberg Out the Door
For the second consecutive day, the WSOP November Nine final table started off with a bang, and then became a bit dull. There were some fireworks throughout the three hours of otherwise mostly unexciting play....
WSOP 2015 November Nine Day One Reveals an Evening of Tanking and Passive Play
The 2015 November Nine kicked off with a whimper, not a bang. On the first day of play Sunday night, the focus was on players tanking and acting as if they had little interest in...
Pro-RAWA Kindt Calls for US Ban on Slot Machines
John Kindt, Professor of Business and Legal Policy at the University of Illinois and vocal anti-gambling campaigner, has called on the US government to “re-criminalize” electronic gambling machines (EGMs). Writing an op-ed for the Southern...
Maryland Casino Revenues Increase 9.2 Percent in October
The Maryland casino industry is flourishing, the state's Lottery and Gaming Control Commission releasing financial data for last month that proves citizens and nearby residents are enjoying the conveniences of having gambling venues located in...
Revel Atlantic City Could Become “Fire Risk” Refugee Camp
Glenn Straub, the eccentric Florida real-estate developer who bought the stricken Revel Casino in Atlantic City earlier this year, is offering to turn it into a temporary refugee center. Straub paid $82 million for the...
RAWA Scheduled for Second House Hearing December 9
RAWA, the Restoration of America's Wire Act, is restoring its own chances of success after it was announced that the lingering legislation would receive its second hearing in the House of Representatives on December 9....
