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Sands Billionaire Dr. Miriam Adelson Dines With Donald Trump in Florida
Las Vegas Sands' controlling stakeholder, billionaire Dr. Miriam Adelson, 78, dined with former casino owner and United States President Donald Trump over the weekend. The two billionaires chatted over dinner at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach. The news was first reported...
Australia Demands Action From Curacao On Offshore Casino Websites
Australia has had enough of the many casino websites operating offshore with iGaming licenses issued by Curacao. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) says it's sent numerous requests to the Curacao Gaming Control Board (CGCB) for the small Caribbean island...
ESPN Anchor Rece Davis Backtracks Sports Betting Comment
Rece Davis, a lead sports anchor on ESPN and ABC, is backtracking sports betting comments he made on Sunday ahead of top-seeded UConn's second-round March Madness matchup against No. 9 Northwestern. As the line between sports betting and sports analysis continues to...
Trump Casino Stock Symbol Resurrected for Former President’s Media IPO
The stock symbol that former President Donald Trump's casino business traded under in the late 1990s is expected to soon return to Wall Street. Trump won a major victory Monday morning when a New York appeals court agreed to halt collection of...
Pennsylvania Fines Two Online Gaming Licensees for Prohibited Operations
Two sportsbooks in Pennsylvania were fined last week for allowing prohibited bets on their online gaming platforms. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) fined DraftKings and Betway for allowing a banned service and accepting bets included on the state's list of prohibited...
Developer Behind Fairfax Casino Effort Tried to Woo Ted Leonsis With Arena
The real estate development company behind an unsuccessful effort to bring a commercial casino to Fairfax County, Va. in the Tysons area also failed to lure billionaire Ted Leonsis to support the initiative. The aborted offer included offering the NBA Wizards and...
NBA Coach Reveals Threats to Family by Sports Bettors, No Legal Action Taken
J.B. Bickerstaff, the NBA coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, says the expansion of legal sports gambling across the United States has presented problems for not only players, but also referees, coaches, and team personnel. Before his team's tipoff against the Miami Heat...
NCAA Launches Responsible Gaming Campaign During March Madness Basketball
It's the NCAA's busiest time of the year, as its men's and women's college basketball tournaments -- aka March Madness -- are in full swing. In conjunction with the heavily bet hoops games, the governing body of collegiate sports deployed a new...
‘Lottery Fever’ Swells Mega Millions Jackpot to $1.1B, Powerball to $750M
No Mega Millions ticket on Friday night matched the six drawn numbers. It marked the 30th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. For only the sixth time in Mega Millions' 22-year history, the estimated annuitized jackpot for the game's next drawing on...
Odds Good Bloomberg NCAA Charity Tournament Will Have Multiple Winners
Bloomberg for a ninth consecutive year is running its "March Madness Brackets for a Cause" charity pool to raise money for a host of nonprofits and initiatives. The business media and financial services conglomerate invited Wall Street titans and leaders from across...