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Massachusetts Lottery Could Become Sixth State Lotto to Go Online
The Massachusetts Lottery is worried that neighboring New Hampshire's legalization of online keno will hamper sales, and that's why numerous state senate candidates are backing efforts to also enact internet lotto scratch offs and games. Before she resigned from her seat this...
Regulator Memo: Organized Crime Using Vancouver Casinos for Money Laundering
Organized crime in British Columbia’s casinos is a “viable threat to public safety,” according to a memo sent by Gaming Policy Enforcement Branch intelligence to a minister of the provincial government in April. The memo was obtained this week by Canada’s Postmedia...
Las Vegas Casinos, Police Working Together to Assess Security in Shooting Aftermath
As Las Vegas tries to move forward after last week's massacre on the Strip, police are still investigating what happened while working with casino security operations to figure out what happens next. Changes to security tactics are inevitable, and determining best practices...
NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights Play Historic First Home Game at T-Mobile, Sportsbooks Celebrate
The National Hockey League’s Vegas Golden Knights make their home debut Tuesday night and not only are fans celebrating the city’s first major professional sports team, but so are overjoyed bettors. The expansion squad has been paying off people who were gutsy...
Atlantic City Could See Two Casinos Reopen in 2018, Atlantic Club Deal Reportedly in Works
Atlantic City will get its eighth casino when the former Trump Taj Mahal reopens as Hard Rock next year, but the Boardwalk resort might not be the only shuttered property to return to life in 2018. According to The Press of Atlantic...
DraftKings Launches in Ireland, Austria
DraftKings continued its piecemeal global expansion by launching a daily fantasy sports platform simultaneously in Ireland and Austria this week, bringing the countries the operator now serves to five. As well as the US, its core market by far, DraftKings also offers...
Mandalay Bay Shooting Timeline Changes, as Stephen Paddock Past Testimony Comes to Light
In a new twist, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo revealed on Monday that the gunfire aimed towards a security guard from inside the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on October 1 preceded the shooting on the crowd below. Gunman Stephen Paddock first...
Caesars Officially Emerges from Bankruptcy as Restructured Casino Giant, No Longer Broke
It’s a wrap. Caesars’ tortuous bankruptcy, described by one of the casino group’s own lawyers as the “largest and most complex bankruptcy in a generation,” is over and, frankly, few could have imagined it would all end so well. Over the past...
College Football’s Upset Saturday Alters National Championship and Heisman Odds
College football is never predictable, and that was certainly the case on Saturday. Heading into week six of the NCAA season, it seemed to be a rather ho-hum smorgasbord of matchups, as there were just two games where both teams were ranked...
Hurricane Nate Causes Gulf Coast Casino Shutdown
Hurricane Nate made landfall close to the mouth of the Mississippi on Saturday night as a Category 1 storm, battering the costs of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama with 85 MPH winds, and causing an almost 20-hour shutdown of Mississippi’s 12 Gold Coast...
