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Golden Entertainment Expands Laughlin Presence with $190 Million, Two-Casino Deal
Golden Entertainment is upping its Laughlin gaming profile: the tavern owner turned budding casino giant announced on Monday it will acquire the Edgewater and Colorado Belle from Marnell Gaming in a deal worth up to $190 million. Golden CEO Blake Sartini said...
Caesars Charm Offensive in Japan Borders on Political Bribery, Claims Local Media
Caesars Entertainment has been forced to defend its lobbying efforts in Japan after the country’s biggest weekly news magazine, Shukan Bunshun (SB), accused it of engaging in behavior that could be viewed as illegal political bribery. Shukan Bunshun revealed that for several...
MGM Resorts Sues Over 1,000 Las Vegas Shooting Victims in Bid to Dodge Liability
MGM Resorts International is litigating against more than 1,000 victims of the Las Vegas shooting as it seeks to swerve liability and millions in potential damages. As the owner of the Mandalay Bay and the Route 91 Harvest festival venue, the casino...
Rapper YG Surrenders to Las Vegas Police Over Cosmopolitan Robbery Charge
Twist My Fingaz rapper YG turned himself in to Las Vegas Metro last Thursday, after a warrant was issued for the performer on felony robbery charges related to an incident at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas in May. The 29-year-old YG -- whose real...
FanDuel Launches Land-Based Sportsbook at Meadowlands as Betfair US Merger is Finalized
FanDuel launched its first ever sports betting operation, The FanDuel Sportsbook, at the Meadowlands Racetrack in North Jersey on Saturday, just days after the finalization of the company’s merger with Betfair US, the American arm of Paddy Power Betfair (PPB). The launch...
France Wins World Cup 2018 in Russia, Young Squad Proves Too Much for Cinderella Croatia
A six-goal World Cup Final. An own goal. A harsh VAR penalty. A moment of brilliance by Perišić. Then Pogba. Then Mbappe. A weird goalkeeping snafu that ultimately did not matter. And it didn't end there. Broken Croatian hearts after their Cinderella...
John Cynn Wins $8.8 Million World Series of Poker Main Event, Final Heads-Up Match Longest in Tournament’s History
The 2018 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event wound to a lengthy end in the wee hours on Sunday morning, and Indianapolis poker pro John Cynn was the victor of the $8.8 million dollar first prize. Cynn also received the accompanying 18-carat...
Magic City Casino’s Proposed Poker Room Has Not Been Welcomed In Miami
Local business luminaries and residents of Miami’s burgeoning Edgewater district are losing their minds over plans by the Magic City Casino to build a poker room and jai alai facility in their up-and-coming neighborhood, the Miami Herald reports. On July 3, the...
Crown Melbourne Whistleblower Testimony Discarded in Licensing Probe
Crown Resorts’ gambling license for its flagship Crown Melbourne is up for review, but the testimonies of a whistleblower with claims that could affect the casino’s suitability for licensing renewal have been ignored by regulators. According to Independent Federal MP Andrew Wilkie,...
Stars Group Becomes Sports Betting Giant, Completes $4.7 Billion Takeover of Sky Betting & Gaming
The Stars Group has finalized its $4.7 billion acquisition of UK online sports powerhouse Sky Betting & Gaming (SBG), a transaction that now makes it the largest publicly traded online gambling company in the world, according to Stars Group CEO Rafi Ashkenazi....
