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Phil Mickelson Severs Ties With Longtime Caddie Jim “Bones” Mackay
Phil Mickelson, affectionately known as "Lefty," and caddie Jim Mackay, nicknamed "Bones," are going their separate ways after a 25-year partnership. The announcement brings to an end one of the most famed PGA Tour player-caddie combos in the history of the game....
Japan Casinos Look at ID Card Monitoring to Limit Locals’ Gambling Forays
Japan may not opt for an outright ban on its citizens visiting casinos, instead choosing a policy of monitoring and limiting the frequency of their visits. Having passed the Integrated Resorts Bill in December last year, which paves the way for casinos...
Legionnaires’ Disease Continues to Make Headlines at Resort Casinos From Las Vegas to Macau
Legionnaires' disease still hasn't checked out of The Parisian, Las Vegas Sands' $2.7 billion lavish resort that opened just last fall. Legionnaires' is a potentially serious bacterial infection that contaminates the lungs and often comes with symptoms resembling pneumonia. Though most healthy...
Churchill Downs Announces $60 Million Gaming Facility at Former Track
Churchill Downs Incorporated has received initial approval from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to build a gambling parlor at Trackside, a closed racetrack facility that was previously used as a training facility. The planned 85,000-square-foot venue will cost Churchill Downs between $50...
OJ Simpson Granted July Parole Hearing in Palace Station Robbery Incarceration
After spending more than eight years in a Nevada state prison, O.J. Simpson may be close to being released. The famed football star has a hearing July 20 and if granted, the 69-year old could be a free man by Oct. 1. Simpson...
DraftKings and Fan Duel Losing Hundreds of Millions, According to Leaked Documents
DraftKings and FanDuel are hemorrhaging money, according to a 106-page merger document circulated by FanDuel to its investors back in January, and leaked to AXIOS this week. AXIOS reports that DraftKings has lost well into eight figures every year since its inception,...
Hard Rock Atlantic City Targets Memorial Day 2018 Opening
Hard Rock Atlantic City will reopen to guests next Memorial Day weekend should the company's $500 million renovation stay on schedule. That's according to company officials who say the facelift will transform the former Trump Taj Mahal property into a rock 'n'...
Conor McGregor Attracting More Wagers in Las Vegas, But the Money Still on Floyd Mayweather
UFC champ Conor McGregor is the heavy underdog in the August 26 boxing match against the GOAT, Floyd Mayweather, but that isn't stopping bettors from flocking to Las Vegas to put money on the mixed martial arts (MMA) star. Oddsmakers in Nevada...
Former Employee Blows Whistle on “Scam” Skins Gambling Sites
Skins gambling “case-opening” sites regularly scam their customers with “inherently dishonest and deceptive” practices. That’s the claim of a one-time coder of several such sites who revealed his former employers’ tactics to esports journalist Richard Lewis, at RLewisReports.com, on condition of anonymity...
Grand Lisboa Palace Construction Halted in Macau Following Worker’s Fatal Fall
Grand Lisboa Palace will likely have to push back its planned March 1, 2018 opening after construction was ordered to stop following yet another death on the property site. Over the weekend, a 47-year-old construction worker fell some 33 feet to his...
