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New Hampshire Casino Bill Back from the Dead, Makes Miraculous Recovery in the Senate
The New Hampshire Senate unexpectedly resurrected a seemingly doomed casino bill on Thursday and batting it across to the House with its seal of approval. It’s not the first time one of Senator Lou D’Allesandro’s (D-Manchester) casino bills has risen from the...
‘Pacman’ Jones Takes Plea Deal Over Indiana Casino Cheating, Disorderly Conduct Rap
Former Cincinnati Bengals cornerback and current free agent Adam 'Pacman' Jones has accepted a plea deal in relation to charges that included cheating and disorderly conduct at an Indiana casino. The defender turned defendant was arrested at the Rising Star Casino in Indiana...
Analysts: Japanese Casino Market Will ‘Underwhelm’
The Japanese casino market appears to be shrinking and it's still several years away from opening its first resort. The country has for the past decade been touted by analysts as the sleeping giant of casino gaming, with the potential to quickly...
BC Regulators Who Linked 2014 Slaying to Casino Money Laundering Networks Were Fired for Making ‘Too Much Noise’
Two British Columbia gaming regulators who linked money laundering in the province’s casinos to a 2014 murder that remains unsolved were fired from their jobs shortly after filing their report, documents seen by CTV News reveal. In September 2014, 29-year-old Birinder Khangura...
No Downstate New York Casinos Before 2023: Governor Cuomo
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will not approve the lifting a moratorium barring the creation of new casino licenses before 2023, despite the best efforts of powerful casino interests and their lobbyists to convince him otherwise. MGM Resorts, LVS Corp, and the...
Connecticut Committee Advances Sports Betting, Plus Bridgeport and East Windsor Casino Bills
A glut of Connecticut gambling expansion bills advanced from the Public Safety and Security Committee in Hartford on Tuesday, with the understanding that the legislature still has a lot of refining to do. Rep. Pat Boyd (D-Pomfret) described the hearing as “chapter...
Michigan Tribes Squabble Over Little River Casino Proposal
The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians (LRBOI) has reacted angrily to a bid by three other Michigan tribal operators to derail its plans for a $180 million casino that would be built on the vacant Great Lakes Downs Racetrack, Michigan Live...
New York Governor Cuomo Will Not Bend on Online Sports Betting
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has reaffirmed that online sports betting is not welcome in the Empire State on his watch in a fresh blow to two state senators’ efforts to legalize it. Cuomo has previously said that online sports betting would...
Domestic Hotel Sector Wants in on Future Brazil Casino Market
A Brazilian casino bill introduced last month would authorize the creation of up to 32 integrated resorts in the country, a move that it’s hoped will provide a transformative boost to the country’s tourism industry. But if it’s going to happen, representatives...
MGM Signs Sports Betting Partnership Deal with Major League Soccer
MGM Resorts has signed a four-year deal with MLS that will see the operator become the league’s “official sports betting partner.” It marks the fourth major sports league -- if MLS can be accurately described as such -- to partner with the...