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New Jersey Argues for Legal Sports Betting before Appellate Panel on Tuesday
The US Third Circuit of Appeals Is Seen as New Jersey’s Best Chance to Win a Decision The fateful moment for the state of New Jersey in its two-and-a-half year struggle to legalize sports betting in the state comes on Tuesday. That is when lawyers representing...
Restoration of America’s Wire Act Hearing to Be Held on March 24
The Crimes Subcommittee Hearings Will Be Chaired by James Sensenbrenner The long-awaited congressional hearing of the Restoration of America’s Wire Act legislation is set for March 24. The case for an anti-online gambling bill that would ban online casinos...
Bankruptcy Plan Approved, Giving Carl Icahn Control of Trump Taj Mahal
Carl Icahn Began as a Wall Street Stock Broker Back in 1961 U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross has approved a bankruptcy restructuring plan for Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc.’s Trump Taj Mahal casino Atlantic City. Under terms of the plan, the new owner...
New Mexico Senate Approves Navajo Gaming Compact, House Next for a Vote
Navajo President Ben Shelly Spoke in Favor of the Bill in the Senate on Monday The New Mexico Senate approved a tribal gaming compact on Wednesday which allows Native American casinos to continue operating beyond June 2015. The tribes affected by the vote include...
Connecticut Preparing to License 3 Satellite Casinos for Mohegan and Foxwoods Tribes
Bob Duff Said Massachusetts Had Declared “Economic Warfare” on Connecticut Connecticut lawmakers, tribal gaming executives, and union leaders are joining forces to support a new casino licensing initiative in the state. The coalition of gaming proponents...
Fairleigh Dickinson Poll Shows New Jersey Attitudes on Gambling Have Shifted
Dr. Hoover Says Out-in-the-Open, Legal Sports Betting Might Be Hard to Sell to People Recent poll numbers from Fairleigh Dickinson University show that the people of New Jersey are cooling on the idea of legal sports betting, while they no longer support the idea...
Jim Whelan and Ray Lesniak Write an Open Letter to the US Congress on RAWA
Lesniak Has Been in the Legislature Since 1978, While Whelan Was Atlantic City Mayor for 3 Terms Two New Jersey state senators collaborated on an open letter to the US Congress this week, asking members of Congress to vote against House Resolution 707. HR 707 is...
The Borgata in Atlantic City Plans to Add Outdoor Concert Hall and Nightclub
Borgata Wants to Maintain Its Considerable Lead among Atlantic City Casinos The Borgata in Atlantic City plans to open an outdoor concert hall this summer. Next fall, Borgata Casino expected to open a new nightclub. Both projects are part of a move away from casino...
3 Florida Men Convicted for Roles in Billion-Dollar Illegal Online Gambling Ring
The Florida Men Were Bookies for a Panama-Based Illegal Gaming Operation An Oklahoma City jury has convicted three Florida men on charges stemming from an illegal international gambling ring. The three men and a Florida-based corporation were convicted of money...
Nevada Supreme Court Denies Appeal in Vegas High Roller’s Casino Debt Case
Mr. Zahavi Says He Did Not Read the Fine Print on the Casino Markers The Nevada Supreme Court denied an appeal by a Las Vegas high rollers who owes four Vegas casinos a combined $384 thousand in gambling debts. Harel Zahavi is a successful former ice cream mogul...
