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Lawrence Ho Gets Shared Big-Time, as Banner Year Leads to Big Bonus for Melco Resorts CEO
Hong Kong mega-mogul Lawrence Ho has been showered with $5.1 million in shares after playing a key role in securing record profits in 2017. Ho consistently ranks in the Forbes Top 50 Richest list, which is saying something among Asia's uber-billionaires. Casino developer...
Spanish Chess Grandmaster Hounded by Tax Officials Over Poker Play
Francisco Vallejo Pons is Spain’s top chess player, a grandmaster who is ranked 36th in the world, according to the April FIDE ratings list. But he is finding it difficult to compete in top events, as he is being hounded by Spanish tax...
France Hopes for Lotto Luck in Saving Delapidated Historical Sites
In France, authorities are turning to gaming revenues from the national lottery to help preserve the Gallic country's rich architectural past. France is facing a serious problem with its deteriorating architectural heritage. Thousands of crumbling cathedrals and churches are in dire need of...
Steve Wynn Says He Couldn’t Have Leered at Dancers Because He’s Legally Blind
When powerful men have been accused of sexual misconduct, they’ve issued a variety of defenses, denials, and apologies in response. But few have been as memorable as the defense presented by former Wynn Resorts CEO Steve Wynn, who says he could not...
Brazilian Airline LATAM Doubles Down on Flights to Las Vegas, South American Travelers in Top 10 Demographic
Where do Brazilians -- who are known to love a good party and some huge feathered headdresses on their own home turf -- gravitate to when they fly north to the US? Las Vegas, of course. Coming from a country known for...
Conor McGregor ‘Going to Jail,’ Says UFC President Dana White After Bus Attack
Conor McGregor has been charged in New York with three counts of assault and a single count of criminal mischief after the UFC superstar allegedly attacked a bus at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn. According to reports from various news sources including...
Analyst: Japan Casino Bill Expected in Second Half of 2018, Initial Licensees to Hold Seven-Year Exclusivity
The long-awaited Japan casino bill being crafted by the country's legislature shouldn't be expected until the second half of 2018. Nomura Holdings, a Japanese financial research firm, opined this week that is the earliest the integrated resorts (IR) measure will presumably be...
Former NFL Running Back Clinton Portis Will Repay $190K to Borgata
Former Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis has reached an agreement with the Borgata in Atlantic City that will see him repay $190,000 to the casino over the next three years. The debt stems from $200,000 in credit that the Borgata extended...
Atlantic City Officials Hope New Resorts Will Return Declining Visitation Rates
If the two new Atlantic City casino resorts expected to open later this year are to be successful, visitor trips to the beachfront town are going to need to change course from 2017. Stockton University's Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality...
Wynn Macau Extends Maternity, Paternity Leave in Anticipation of License Renewal
Wynn Macau is getting its ducks in line -- and toeing the line -- in anticipation of the Chinese gaming enclave's license renewal process and following in the wake of a scandal that shook the entire company to its core. Wynn Macau...
