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Oklahoma State Senator Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges Stemming from Gambling Addiction
Rick Brinkley Was a Pastor and a Television Personality before His Political Career Began Former Oklahoma State Senator Rick Brinkley pleaded on Thursday to a federal fraud charge. In his plea deal, the 54-year old Oklahoma politician, who had been in office since...
Wynn Resorts Wants to Build an Everett-Somerville Footbridge near Its Massachusetts Casino
A 2009 Study Estimated Construction Costs Would Run between $5.4 Million and $7.7 Million Wynn Resorts has filed once again for permission to build a pedestrian footbridge across the Mystic River. To support its petition, the gaming company has commissioned a $250,000...
Ray Lesniak Suggests Once More PokerStars Could Gain DGE Licensing Soon
Senator: “I Hesitate to Venture a Guess” Ray Lesniak Said in July 2015 He Would Not Run for Re-Election, But He Might Run for Governor New Jersey State Senator Ray Lesniak once again has predicted his state is going to approve PokerStars for an online...
Illegal Gambling Ring in Grand Rapids Is Busted and Two Men Are Charged
West Side Bar Bookies A Third Suspect Remains at Large, But Police Are Confident They’ll Apprehend the Man Two Grand Rapids men were charged with running an illegal gambling ring this week, according to Anya Rath of MLive. The two men charged were the 66-year...
A Wisconsin Judge Says Poker Is a Game of Skill, But Rules against Poker Players Alliance
Wisconsin Court Case about Poker Judge Niess said poker is “as much a part of the American fabric, I think, as baseball and apple pie.” A group of poker professionals who tried to change the Wisconsin gaming laws through a lawsuit were disappointed...
California Horse Racing Industry at Impasse with Pechanga Coalition over Online Poker Bill
California Has 6 Racetracks in Addition to the Cal Expo Track at the State Fair California iPoker Bill The California horse racing industry is stalemated regarding the future of the online gambling niche, if ever the Golden State decides to legalize Internet gaming....
Geno Smith and IK Enemkpali Fight Might Have Been over Gambling Debts
The Fight Might Have Erupted Because Geno Smith Owed IK Enemkpali (picture) a $600 Gambling Debt The New York Jets locker room fight which ended in a broken jaw may have been provoked by a gambling debt, according to an article by NJ.com. The article quotes Jets...
Poker Player and Instagram Hero Dan Bilzerian Sues Nik Ritchie for Defamation
Dan Bilzerian Is Sometimes Known as the “King of Instagram” Poker professional Dan Bilzerian is in the mainstream pop culture news again, this time for suing an online site for defamation. Bilzerian is suing “The Dirty” for reporting that...
Yahoo Daily Fantasy Sports Collects Rave Reviews from Gaming Analysts
Yahoo Fantasy Sports Already Has a 6.5 Million Member Database to Market Its DFS Product To When Yahoo! announced it would launch a daily fantasy sports service in competition with FanDuel and DraftKings, many people wondered whether it would flop the way Google+...
Blake Sartini Plans to Wait before Making Changes at the Rocky Gap Casino
Blake Sartini Said in a 2012 Interview, “From a very young age, I’ve welcomed all that came with being good at what you do.” Golden Entertainment Inc. Chairman Blake Sartini says he is in no hurry to make changes at his latest gaming purchase, the Rocky Gap...
