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Wynn Macau Says Spike in IP Theft by Rogue Gambling Sites is Damaging Business
Wynn Macau has warned of an increase in rogue online gambling and investment websites illegally appropriating the company’s branding and intellectual property in a bid to “deceive members of the public” to depart with their...
‘Lotto Rapist’ Charged with Fraud Over £2.5 Million Falsified Ticket
UK lottery winner Edward Putman, 53, has been charged with fraud by British police in relation to the £2.5 million ($3.27 million) lottery windfall he claimed almost ten years ago. Putman, a convicted rapist, has...
Brett Kavanaugh Grilled on ‘Gambling Addiction’ and Unusually High Credit Card Debt
Last week’s combative Senate Judiciary Committee hearings saw President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, interrogated on everything from his views on racial profiling to abortion rights, but now one Democrat wants to know...
MGM Resorts Offers to Make Charitable Donations on Behalf of Las Vegas Shooting Victims as Reward for Suing Them
MGM Resorts has offered to donate $500 to the charity of choice of each of some 2,500 plaintiffs who were injured or bereaved by the October 1, 2017 Las Vegas shooting, provided they accept legal...
Electronic Arts Faces Criminal Investigation in Belgium for Failing to Remove Loot Boxes from FIFA Video Games
Video game publisher Electronic Arts (EA) is could face prosecution in Belgium for its apparent refusal to scrap loot box microtransactions from its FIFA 18 title, despite the country’s gaming commission having declared them to...
Employee Charged with Aiding $193K Wind Creek Montgomery Casino Robbery
A kiosk attendant at the Wind Creek Montgomery Casino, in Montgomery Alabama, has been charged in relation to theft from the casino last month of almost $193,000, which remains unrecovered. According to the Montgomery Advertiser,...
Online Gaming Increasingly Cited in Divorce Cases, Says Internet Legal Firm
Divorce is back in fashion -- in the UK, at least. While rates have been falling year-on-year in the US since the 1980s, last year the UK saw its first rise this decade in couples...
Mohegan Sun Pocono Player Card Scam Informant and Dealer Found Dead in Pennsylvania Creek, ‘Accidental Drowning’ Named as Cause
A Mohegan Sun Pocono dealer who exposed a cheating scam orchestrated by the casino’s VP of player development was pulled dead from a creek in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on Saturday, less than two miles from the casino...
New Jersey Sports Betting Revenues to Eclipse Nevada’s in Just Three Years
New Jersey’s sports betting market will overtake Nevada’s by 2021, according to new analysis by Eilers & Krejcik Gaming (EKG). It’s almost four months since New Jersey’s Monmouth Park racetrack took the state’s first legal...
DOI Reverses Decision on Mashpee Wampanaoag Tribal Land, Stripping Tribe of Sovereignty and $1 Billion Casino
The Mashpee Wampanaoag tribe has been dealt a devastating blow in its bid to build a $1 billion casino in Taunton, Massachusetts. On Friday, the US Department of the Interior ruled that it could not...
