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Ohio Officials Collect $2 Million in Child Support from Slot Machine Jackpot Winners
The Horseshoe In Cleveland Participated in the Child Support Program Two Ohio agencies have been active in the state’s gambling industry, but for very different reasons. The Job Services Department has been working with legal casinos to garnish earnings,...
Marty Walsh Claimed Steve Wynn Offered a “Nine-Figure” Check if Boston Would Drop Its Lawsuit
Wynn’s Spokesman Said Boston Was Offered a Generation Mitigation and No New Offers Have Been Made Boston Mayor Marty Walsh recently claimed on WGBH public radio that Steve Wynn offered to cut him a “nine-figure” check on July 30, if Walsh dropped...
Google Now Has Betting Odds in Search Result Snippets to Compete with “Bing Predicts”
Google Impacts Any Industry It Chooses to Highlight Search engine giant Google has begun including betting odds in snippets of its search results. Internet users who want to see sports betting odds in their results need to use the word “odds” in their...
Sportsbook AG Offers Odds on Which Politician Will Win Republican Nomination for President
Donald Trump Is Likely to Be a Target for All 9 Opponents in the Debate on Thursday Night With the first Republican presidential debate about to happen, the sportsbooks have updated their odds on who is likeliest to win the GOP nomination. The latest odds reflect...
Major League Baseball World Series Odds Change after Most Dramatic Trade Deadline in Years
The Blue Jays’ Odds Moved from 25:1 to 16:1 at the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas The Major League Baseball trade deadline caused Las Vegas sportsbooks to move the line on several top contenders, none more so than the Toronto Blue Jays. The 2015 MLB trade...
Gary Kaplan of BetOnSports Ordered to Pay $36 Million in Back U.S. Taxes
Gary Kaplan of BetOnSportsMust Pay $36 Million in Taxes or Face More Prison Time Gary Kaplan, the founder of BetOnSports, was told by an appeals court in St. Louis today that he would be required to pay $36 million in back taxes and penalties. Kaplan, who was sentenced...
Governor Bruce Rauner Stops Video Gambling Payments to Illinois Cities
Bruce Rauner Says He Cannot Distribute Gaming Revenues without a State Budget The governor of Illinois has stopped video gambling payments to local municipalities, saying the state government does not have the authority to distribute profits until a budget is passed....
J. Gary Pretlow Writes Op-Ed Piece in Roll Call Criticizing Restoration of America’s Wire Act
J Gary Pretlow Authored an Online Poker Bill for New York in 2014, but it did not get out of committee New York State Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow authored an op-ed article in Roll Call in which he criticized Restoration of America’s Wire Act. Assemblyman...
New Jersey Horse Bettor Wins $471 Thousand with a Fifty Cent Ticket
Saratoga Pays out Pick 5 Tickets Every Race Day, But Seldom Does One Single Gamble Win without Sharing A New Jersey horse bettor won nearly $500,000 on a 50-cent ticket this weekend in what one handicapper called a “race occurrence”. The gambler, who...
Indian Tribe Sues New Jersey for Official Recognition, Denies Desire for Casino
The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribe Has Tribal Laws against Its 3,000 Members Gambling, Much Less Owning Casinos The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape tribe of has sued the state of New Jersey for due process and equal protection violations. The tribe says the suit was filed...
