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Miriam Adelson Tops Gaming Magnates on Forbes World’s Billionaire’s List
Dr. Miriam Adelson is the global casino industry’s wealthiest individual for the second year in a row. That’s according to the 2022 edition of Forbes World’s Billionaire’s List, an annual inventory of the planet’s filthy...
Kansas Prosecutors Drop Murder Charges in Dice Game Double Shooting
A Wichita, Kan. man charged with first-degree premeditated murder after a double shooting at an illegal dice game has been released and the charges against him dropped, The Wichita Eagle reports. Reputed Neighborhood Crips (NHC)...
UK Lottery Operator Camelot Sued Over £1M Online Scratch-Off ‘Win’
UK National Lottery Operator Camelot is facing legal action from a British woman who says she is owed £1 million ($1.3 million) from an online scratch-off game. In 2015, Joan Parker-Grennan of Boston, Lincolnshire, played...
Bally’s Atlantic City Housekeeper Attacker Convicted, Case Spurred Panic Button Bill
A Saugerties, NY man who sexually assaulted a housekeeper at Bally’s Atlantic City is facing a possible life sentence, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office says. On Thursday, a jury found 36-year-old Jamel Carlton guilty of...
Star Sydney Inquiry: ‘National Security Risk’ Deposited $1.3B at Casino
A Chinese billionaire banned from Australia as a “national security risk” and possible agent of the Chinese government deposited A$1.7 billion ($US1.3 billion) at the Star Casino Sydney between 2010 and 2018. But Star Entertainment...
Kings Romans Casino’s Golden Triangle SEZ Designated ‘World’s Worst’
The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (GTSEZ) in Laos, home of the notorious Kings Romans Casino, has been declared the worst of its kind in the entire world. Corporate intelligence consultancy firm the Adrianople Group...
$3B Las Vegas Arena with High-End Hotel-Casino Planned South of Strip
A new arena is in the cards for Las Vegas, Bloomberg reports. Developers Oak View Group have acquired a plot of land just south of the Las Vegas Strip, minutes from Harry Reid International Airport,...
UAW Union Treasurer in $2.2M Embezzlement Gambled $16M at Greektown
The former treasurer of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union in Detroit (Local 412) admitted Friday that he embezzled $2.2 million from his employers. Timothy Edmunds, 54, used the money to fuel a dangerously high-stakes...
Camelot to Launch Legal Action in Fight for $105B UK Lottery Contract
UK National Lottery operator Camelot plans to mount a legal challenge to the loss of its contract in the coming days, The Daily Telegraph claims. Camelot, which has run the lottery since its inception in...
Lumière Palace Settles with Parents of Boy Who Drowned in Pool
The Lumière Palace in St. Louis, Mo. has agreed to settle with the parents of a nine-year-old boy who drowned in the hotel swimming pool four years ago, the St Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The boy...
