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Tiger Woods Arrested for DUI, Career Stuck in a Sandtrap
For as well as Tiger Woods drove the ball for much of his career, when it comes to driving a vehicle, the 14-time major golf winner is more error-prone than your average weekend hacker. Early Monday morning, Woods was arrested in Jupiter,...
British Gamblers Keep on Betting, as Casinos and Bookmakers Reap Profits
British gamblers are betting more than ever. That’s good news for the casino industry, but maybe not so good for British real-money players, who lost a record £13.8 billion ($17.7 billion) for October 2015 through September 2016. These numbers come from a...
New York State Counties to Pay Price for Seneca Nation Gaming Compact Stalemate
New York counties are justly worried about casino revenue sharing payments from the Seneca Nation of Indians that will disappear unless the state acts quickly to reach a new gaming compact. In March, the tribal group shocked Albany when it revealed it...
Illinois Gambling Expansion Bill Moves Forward, but Without a Casino in Springfield
It's looking more and more likely that the state of Illinois will approve a measure to allow non-riverboat casinos in the Land of Lincoln. But it also looks like they will do so without Springfield, the state capital, included among the list...
Stanley Cup Finals Odds Favor Penguins Over Predators
The Stanley Cup Finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators begin their best-of-seven faceoff tonight in Pennsylvania, and bettors are taking the defending champs to emerge victorious and hoist the famed metal trophy for a second straight year. Following an epic,...
Melco Resorts Owner Lawrence Ho Prefers Osaka Over Tokyo for Casino Destination
Melco Resorts owner Lawrence Ho doesn't feel that Tokyo should be the recipient of one of the two casino licenses expected to be issued by the National Diet later this year. Talking with Bloomberg this week, Ho opined that the world's most...
Ohio Casino Employees Will Soon Be Able to Gamble In-State
Ohio casinos are about to gain thousands of new prospective players, thanks to the people who work for them. The Ohio Senate voted on Wednesday 32-0 to remove a prohibition on casino employees gambling in any of the state’s four casino gaming...
NBA Finals Odds Favor Golden State Over Cleveland in Rubber Match Series
For the third straight year, the NBA Finals odds in Las Vegas favor the Golden State Warriors to win the Larry O'Brien Trophy over the Cleveland Cavaliers. But if history tells us anything, it's that the rubber match series is anything but...
Las Vegas Not Drunk Enough to Make List of Top 20 Booziest Cities
Las Vegas may be thought of as Sin City, but that doesn't mean the place is awash in booze 24/7. Well, actually, maybe it is. But when it comes to determining the drunkest cities in America, Las Vegas hasn’t got a thing on...
Rio Olympic Infrastructure Left in Economic Chaos, Was It Worth the Gamble?
The Olympics no longer have the upper hand in determining where its summer and winter games will be contested. That's because the international sporting competitions have left a path of destruction, both in a financial and infrastructural sense, in recent decades. Cities...
