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Kenyan Online Betting Operators Sportpesa and Betin Sue Government Over Industry Shutdown
Kenya’s top two online betting companies, Sportpesa and Betin, have initiated legal action against the country’s government and biggest telecommunications provider, as they push back against the state’s dramatic shutdown of the industry. Earlier this month, the state ordered Kenyan telecoms giant,...
STRAT’s ‘Defensive Spending’ Will Help Rejuvenate North Las Vegas Strip: Analysts
The renovation of the casino formerly known as The Stratosphere will coincide with a “shift of energy” back towards the north side of the Strip, Macquarie hospitality analyst Chad Beynon told the Las Vegas Review-Journal this week. New owners Golden Entertainment have...
Wells Fargo Sues Chukchansi Tribal Casino Operator for Violating Terms of $250M Loan
California tribal operator the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi is facing lawsuit a from Wells Fargo for allegedly violating agreements on a $250 million loan in an effort to avoid repayments, The Fresno Bee reports. The Chukchansi took out the loan in 2012...
Ontario Police Smash ’Ndrangheta Crime Clan That Laundered Millions Through Province’s Casinos
Police in Ontario have arrested nine suspected high-ranking members of the powerful ’Ndrangheta crime family, which they believe laundered more than C$70 million ($53.5 million) through the province’s casinos in the past few years. The group also operated its own backroom casinos,...
Paddy Power Soccer Jersey Sponsorship Revealed as Clever Marketing Hoax
Bookmaker Paddy Power’s eye-popping jersey branding of English Championship team Huddersfield Town was revealed to be a hoax on Friday morning, but not before it had been condemned by a senior-level politician, vilified by fans on the terraces, and ridiculed by everyone...
Massachusetts Gaming Commission Blackjack Error Led to Lawsuit Against Encore Boston Harbor
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has said a preliminary investigation into the Encore Boston Harbor’s blackjack games suggest the casino is fully compliant with regulations and there is no evidence it has been cheating its customers. The regulator’s statement follows a class-action lawsuit,...
EPL Star Daniel Sturridge Sanctioned for Leaking Insider Betting Information to Brother
Ex-Liverpool and England soccer star Daniel Sturridge has been penalized by the English Football Association (FA) for leaking insider information about his movement in the transfer market. But the FA said it was disappointed that an independent regulatory commission had dismissed nine...
New Jersey Lottery Scratch-Off Cop Sent for Electric Shock Therapy, Sues ‘Corrupt’ Department
A New Jersey police corporal says he was bullied into attending a gambling addiction clinic after buying lottery tickets, where he was forced to endure “neurological testing with electrical shocks applied to (his) head.” Corporal Rick Vanderclock is suing the Wayne County...
Kenya Orders Deportation of Foreign Online Sports Betting Execs After Dramatic Industry Shut Down
The Kenyan Interior Ministry has ordered 17 foreign directors of Kenyan-facing internet sports betting companies to be deported from the country immediately, the Associated Press reports. The move comes a week after the government effectively shut down Kenya’s regulated online betting industry,...
Sands Bethlehem Officially Changes Name to Wind Creek Bethlehem to Reflect New Ownership
The Sands Bethlehem is now the Wind Creek Bethlehem, this week officially adopting the name of its new owner, Wind Creek Hospitality. Wind Creek is the business arm of the Alabama-based Poarch Creek Indians, which purchased the Pennsylvania property, along with its...
