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WSOP Final Table: Las Vegas Shooting Survivor Garry Gates Closes Gap on Chip Leader Hossein Ensan
Five players will retake their seats at WSOP Main Event final table at the Rio Las Vegas when play resumes tonight. Among them is Garry Gates, a poker journalist and survivor of the Oct. 1...
WSOP Main Event Reaches Final Table, Nine to Play for $10 Million Top Prize
From 8,568, just nine remain. The final table at the World Series of Poker's Main Event gets underway on Sunday in Las Vegas, as four Americans, a Canadian, a German, an Italian, a Serbian, and...
Burgeoning Philippines Online Gambling Industry to Be Moved Into ‘Hubs’ to Help Ease Social Tensions
The Philippines’ “POGO boom” continues to know no bounds, as Bloomberg reports two online gaming hubs are under construction around Manila that will house the tens of thousands of workers serving the Philippines online gambling...
12 Million Kenyans Given 48 Hours to Withdraw Funds as Government Shuts Down Betting Industry
A tax fight between the Kenyan government and the country’s multimillion-dollar betting industry escalated suddenly on Wednesday as the government took the most drastic option available. Kenya's Betting Control and Licensing Board has ordered telecommunications...
Twin River to Acquire Two Eldorado Casinos in Mississippi and Missouri for $230 Million
Twin River Worldwide Holdings has announced Thursday that it will acquire two Eldorado Resorts casinos, the Isle of Capri Casino Kansas City, Mo., and the Lady Luck Vicksburg, Miss., for an all-cash transaction of $230...
Las Vegas Police Had No Specific Mass-Casualty Response Policy at Time of Mandalay Bay Shooting, Internal Report Shows
Las Vegas Metro Police (LVMPD) did not have a specific policy in place for responding to a mass-casualty incident at the time of the Oct. 1, 2017 Mandalay Bay shooting. That’s the conclusion of an...
Support Grows in East Texas for Federal Bill to Save Embattled Alabama-Coushatta Gaming Hall
Counties in East Texas are increasingly expressing their support for the Alabama-Coushatta tribe, which has been engaged in a pitched legal battle with Texas state officials since it opened a bingo hall three years ago....
Pennsylvania Skill Games Supplier Sues Rival, Alleges ‘Illegal Gambling’ Devices Offered to Players
Pace-O-Matic, the maker of the “Pennsylvania Skill” brand of skill-games machines, is suing a rival in the lucrative but controversial Pennsylvania skill games market for allegedly offering illegal gambling. Pace-O-Matic alleges that the games on...
GVC Responds to Controversy Over Former Turkish Ops as Shares Nosedive
GVC has hit back at reports questioning the 2017 divestiture of its Turkish arm following the revelation that the controversial operation was offloaded to a long-time associate and current business partner of Kenny Alexander, GVC's CEO....
US Tourists Return to DR and Its Casinos After Fears Over ‘Mysterious’ Deaths Abate
US flight bookings to the Dominican Republic have rallied after a sharp plunge last month as prospective visitors were rattled by a spate of allegedly mysterious American deaths in the Caribbean country in May and...
