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Penn State vs. Pitt, USC vs. Stanford Rivalries Headline Otherwise Ho-Hum College Football Week Two
The No. 13 Penn State Nittany Lions (1-0) travel 140 miles west to play in-state rivals Pittsburgh Panthers (1-0) in a nationally televised Saturday night primetime broadcast. The game is one of the marquee matchups that fans are looking forward to in...
Arkansas Casino Question Certified for November Ballot, Oklahoma Tribes Behind Push
The Arkansas casino ballot question known as Issue 4 has finally achieved certification from Secretary of State Mark Martin's office to go before voters this November. The proposal will ask Arkansans whether they want to amend the state constitution to authorize four...
Penn National Gaming Shops for a Satellite Casino Locale, Finds it at York, Pennsylvania Mall
Penn National Gaming says it will soon present plans to put a satellite casino inside a mall in York, Pennsylvania. In January, the casino operator that specializes in regional gambling properties secured the first satellite auction with a winning bid of $50.1 million....
As Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Route 91 Harvest Shooting One-Year Anniversary Nears, a City Still Stricken Braces to Remember with Tributes
It's hard to believe almost a year has passed since shooter Stephen Paddock sprayed bullets down onto a crowd below his 32nd-floor Mandalay Bay window, hitting hundreds of fans of the Route 91 Harvest country music festival outside. And while most of...
Atlantic City’s Miss America — Like the East Coast Gaming Capital Itself — Struggles to Stay Relevant
Miss America 2.0 -- the rebranded swimsuit-less version of the competition -- is being held at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall this week, and much like the gaming town itself, the pageant is seeking to discover a new purpose. And sometimes foundering in...
Lucky Dragon Foreign Investors Could Be Out of Luck on Permanent Visas
Foreign investors in the failed Lucky Dragon casino hotel in Las Vegas were promised permanent US residency through the government's EB-5 visa program, but with the resort's bankruptcy auction looming, those guarantees might go unfulfilled. Built specifically for Asian customers, the $165...
Study Suggests NFL Will Win Billions Annually From Sports Betting Expansion
The NFL might have been opposed to the expansion of sports betting in America, but a new study concludes that the league will reap handsome financial rewards from the spread of the gambling activity. A Nielsen Sports study commissioned by the American...
Japanese Citizens in Yokohama Almost Unanimously Oppose Casinos
A staggering 94 percent of Yokohama citizens says they have "negative" viewpoints on allowing an integrated casino resort to be built in Japan's second most populated city. Asian gaming media outlet GGRAsia reports that a recent survey conducted by the local government...
Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau Ryder Cup Picks, Team USA Favorite Over Europe
Tiger Woods was all but a sure thing to be named to his eighth Ryder Cup appearance, and on Tuesday, US Captain Jim Furyk made it official. Along with the 14-time major winner, Furyk announced Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau as two...
Instagram King Dan Bilzerian Gets Slapped with Azerbaijan Weapons Charges After Firing Bazooka to Celebrate Armenian Citizenship
Say what you want about Dan Bilzerian, whose love of firearms and hot babes are neck-and-neck, but the guy can handle a lot of pain. And after firing a bazooka-style weapon in Azerbaijan with no ear protection, the 37-year-old may be deaf,...
