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Las Vegas Hospital Installs Video Poker Machines to Help Parkinson’s Rehab
You can’t go very far in Las Vegas without bumping into a video poker machine, but now, it seems, they’re installing them in the hospitals. Or at least in one hospital. Fox News reported this week that the HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital has...
Connecticut Tribes Receive Support for Satellite Casino from Bureau of Indian Affairs
Two Connecticut tribes should be permitted to construct a casino on off-reservation land in the north-central part of the state. That's according to the US Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), which recently issued a letter of support for the Mashantucket Pequot and...
World Series of Poker Abandons November Nine Concept
The World Series of Poker is ditching the “November Nine” format. It’s an acknowledgment that today people are consuming and engaging with poker in very different ways than they were nine years ago, when the concept was introduced. The November Nine...
Willy Wonka’s $1 Billion Golden Lottery Ticket Challenges Imagination to Win
Willy Wonka is the subject of a new $1 billion multi-state lottery offering from Scientific Games. We're willing to bet no one will win that much. Titled "Willy Wonka Golden Ticket," the scratch-off game brings the plotline of the famed 1971 film...
Amaya to Change Name to “The Stars Group” and Move to Toronto, Eventually
PokerStars’ parent company Amaya has announced it intends to take the name of its most valuable child. The online gaming company that’s home to the world’s largest poker site will call itself “The Stars Group Inc.” The move seeks to capitalize on...
Skill-Based Gaming Developer Gamblit Raises $25 Million in Financing
Last week, Gamblit Gaming, a real money skill-based gambling platform developer based in Glendale, California, announced that it has raised $25 million in "new growth financing" that will assist in the company's ongoing expansion. The makers of the Model G interactive gaming table,...
Land-Based Atlantic City Casinos Fall in April, Internet Gaming Continues to Shine
Atlantic City left a little more than $7 million on the table during the month of April. According to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE), last month the region's seven casinos collected a $190.9 million win at their land-based casino floors, a...
Nevada Gaming Commission Expected to Close Sports Book “Money Laundering Loophole”
The Nevada Gaming Commission will meet later this week to decide whether to plug a loophole in the state’s gambling laws that could potentially be a boon for money launderers. Currently Nevada’s casino’s are required to file currency transaction reports (CTR’s), alerting...
UK Soccer Star Wayne Rooney Reportedly Kicks Away $645,000 in Two-Hour Gambling Spree
If soccer player Wayne Rooney’s goal was to lose a large amount of money in a short time in a casino he seems to have succeeded. The Sun newspaper reported Monday the UK sports star surrendered £500,000 ($645,000) in two hours playing...
888 Shares Dip on News of Social Responsibility Compliance Review
Shares of gambling giant 888 dropped 10 percent after news that the UK Gambling Commission was investigating possible violations of social responsibility standards. The Gibraltar-based company told investors that the UKGC was scrutinizing the effectiveness of its self-exclusion policies with at least one of its...
