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Montana Mock Molotov-Cocktail Casino Bandit Pleads Guilty, Faces 40 Years
A Belgrade, Montana man who tried to rob a local casino while brandishing what turned out to be a fake explosive device pleaded guilty to felony robbery and arson Tuesday, The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports....
Nevada Resort Association Takes Aim at Casino Tax-Hike Ballot Measure
Nevada’s casinos are looking to sabotage a ballot initiative that calls for a major hike on gaming tax. The Nevada Resort Association (NRA), which represents all the state’s major casinos, filed a lawsuit in Carson...
Maryland Lawmakers Launch $375 Million Push to Keep Preakness in Baltimore
A legislative effort is underway in Maryland to keep the Preakness at Pimlico. A bill introduced in Annapolis Monday would earmark $375 million funded by state bonds to rebuild Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore and...
New Hampshire Sports Betting Beats Expectations, Takes $20.8 Million Handle in First Month
New Hampshire’s sports betting market booked a net profit of $1.2 million on a $20.8 million betting handle in the first month of its existence. According to the New Hampshire Lottery, the figures have exceeded...
EA Hits Almost $1 Billion in Microtransactions, Gets Slapped with Lawsuit Over FIFA 20 Team Packs
FIFA 20 publisher Electronic Arts (EA) announced in a financial briefing late last week it had made nearly $1 billion from microtransactions alone in the quarter that ended Dec 31. That was an “all-time high”...
Journalist’s International Casino Exhibition Media Pass Initially Put on ICE Over Historical Bad Press
An award-winning journalist was initially refused press accreditation for this week’s International Casino Exhibition in London, allegedly because organizer Clarion Gaming is concerned about negative press. An article written about the 2018 event by Rob...
Fugitive Bulgarian Casino Kingpin Bohkzov Arrested in United Arab Emirates
Bulgaria’s wealthiest gambling tycoon, Vasil Bozhkov, has been apprehended in the United Arab Emirates. His arrest comes just days after he was charged in absentia in his home country with organizing a crime group, extortion,...
Judge Denies Injunction to Halt Montana Sports Betting Licensing Process
A lawsuit challenging the Montana Lottery’s licensing requirements for sports betting has failed to win an injunction that would have put the entire licensing process on ice. Investment company Arete Group LLC is contesting new...
Atlantic City Must Clean Up Its Image, Tackle Drugs and Prostitution: Casino Execs
Atlantic City has an image problem that needs to be addressed through social and economic revitalization. That was the takeaway from an annual forum hosted by the Greater Atlantic City Chamber at the Atlantic City...
Appellate Court to Hear Mashpee Legal Fight for Reservation, First Light Casino
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts will have 15 minutes next week to plead for its reservation and for the right to build a $1 billion casino resort in Taunton, in the southeast of the...
