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California Sports Betting Ballot Initiative Goes Down in Flames, Gathers No Signatures
A campaign to put sports betting on the California ballot has hit the skids without gathering a single signature of support, but Russel Lowery -- consultant for the group Californians for Sports Betting -- told...
Gamblers Vexed as BetBright Shuts Down, Voiding Outstanding Bets, 24 Hours After News of 888 Acquisition
Customers of Irish online betting platform BetBright were complaining they had been left high and dry this week after the company abruptly ceased trading on Tuesday, declaring all outstanding bets void, with just a week...
Jury Selection Underway in High-Stakes LVS Case Versus Richard Suen
A Nevada court began the jury selection process on Monday for the final phase in a 15-year court battle between Las Vegas Sands Corp and Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen. Hundreds of millions of dollars,...
Scientific Games Signs Massive, Decade-Long Deal to Provide Sports Betting to Turkish Government Monopoly
US casino equipment and gaming solutions giant Scientific Games has won a major contract to provide land-based and mobile sports betting technology to Turkey’s state-owned sports betting company, IDDAA, exclusively, for the next ten years....
Crown Resorts Plan for Australia’s Tallest Skyscraper Toppled by Lack of Funding
Crown Resorts’ bid to build Australia’s tallest skyscraper has been thrown into doubt after the company failed to receive more time from the government of the state of Victoria to raise funding. James Packer’s casino...
New York State Gets Online Sports Betting Bill That Could Bring Wagering Kiosks to Madison Square Garden
The push to take New York sports betting online is underway, thanks to a bill presented in Albany Thursday by Assemblyman Gary Pretlow (D-89th). As well as digital wagering, Pretlow’s bill would allow racetracks and...
Genting Cuts Financial Support for Distressed Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Genting Malaysia is no longer providing financial support to the cash-strapped Mashpee Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts, but it is backing a legal challenge against a US Department of the Interior decision that torpedoed the tribe’s...
Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam Cleared Over Golden Nugget Brawl
Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam has been cleared of charges of assault and harassment stemming from a fight in the early hours of November 11 in the parking lot of the Golden Nugget Casino. A...
DOJ Wire Act Opinion May Freeze New Jersey Players Out of WSOP Online Bracelet Events
The World Series of Poker will mark its half-century this summer. Once more, WSOP.com will be running a series of online gold bracelets events every Sunday, this year from June 2 to July 14, offering...
Playtech Seals Major Long-Term Deal with GVC to Supply Content Across All Brands
Online gaming software giant Playtech has signed a long-term deal with GVC Holdings that will it see it provide all its products and services to all of GVC’s brands. The two companies are already commercial...
