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Florida Bill to End Horse Racing, Jai Alai for Most Racinos and Card Clubs Advances
Florida's quarter horse and harness racing tracks, as well as jai alai frontons, could soon choose to end hosting live pari-mutuel sporting events, but continue to operate their card clubs and racinos. Three articles of...
Maryland Sports Betting Bill Passes General Assembly at Session Deadline
Maryland sports betting could become operational as early as this fall. That's after state lawmakers finally came to terms on how to regulate the expanded gambling. With just hours before the General Assembly was set...
IMF Expresses Money Laundering Concerns for Philippines Casinos
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says casinos in the Philippines remain susceptible to be used to launder money. In the IMF's Financial System Stability Assessment of the country, the international financial institution concludes that the...
Macau Begins Issuing Wealth Partaking Payments Early in Effort to Mitigate COVID-19 Impact
The Macau government is issuing its annual revenue sharing payments to citizens and part-time residents early in an effort to alleviate financial impacts caused by COVID-19. Typically distributed in July, officials in the Chinese Special...
Hideki Matsuyama Masters Win a Major Victory for Oddsmakers
Hideki Matsuyama is the 2021 Masters winner. He is the first Japanese man to win one of golf's four majors, and his historic victory at Augusta National was also a major victory for US oddsmakers. ...
New UNLV Medical School Named After Las Vegas Casino Pioneer Kirk Kerkorian
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- more commonly known as UNLV -- announced plans today regarding a new medical school facility that will be named after the late Las Vegas visionary Kirk Kerkorian. The...
Melco Resorts Awards Billionaire Founder and CEO Lawrence Ho $10M Bonus
Melco Resorts, a Hong Kong-based casino operator with properties in Macau, Philippines, and Cyprus, has awarded its founder, Chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho, with restricted stock compensation valued at approximately $10 million. Melco said in...
Florida Racino Measures Seek to End Jai Alai and Racing Requirements
A powerful Florida lawmaker is trying a last-minute effort to allow racinos throughout the state to be free of their current live horse racing or jai alai requirement. Three pieces of legislation are set to...
Fonner Park Selects Development Firm to Build $100M Casino Resort
Fonner Park in Nebraska has selected a development firm headquartered in Iowa to transform the storied racetrack into a $100 million casino resort. Last November, voters in Nebraska passed three ballot initiatives to authorize...
Alabama Lottery Efforts Ongoing in Divided State Senate, Sponsor Says Votes Lacking
Alabama is one of only four states without a lottery or commercial casino. Efforts have been made in the Montgomery capital for more than two decades to change that, but to no success. With casinos...
