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Martin Jacobson Becomes First Swedish Player to Win WSOP Main Event
Martin Jacobson Won $10 Million and His First WSOP Bracelet on Tuesday Night 27-year old Martin Jacobson became the first Swedish player to win the World Series of Poker Main Event late Tuesday. Jacobson entered the day as the only player at the final table with...
Steve Wynn Discusses Hong Kong Protests and the Chinese Government during TV Interview
Steve Wynn Built the Wynn Macau in 2006 and Expects to Open the Wynn Palace in Macau in 2016 Steve Wynn recently gave an interview to CNBC on the state of the land-based gaming world. In the interview, the CEO of Wynn Resorts presented a brave front on the Macau...
Sheldon Adelson and LVS Corporation Pay $47.4 Million to Avoid Money Laundering Charges
Suspected Drug Smuggler Zhenli Ye Gon Is Thought to Have Wagered $90 Mil to $125 Mil at the Venetian Casino Sheldon Adelson paid the United States government a $47.4 million fine to avoid criminal charges for money laundering go away. The charges stem from an incident...
American Bar Association Believes PASPA Gaming Law Is Unconstitutional
The American Bar Association Believes the SCOTUS Might Hear New Jersey’s Case This Time A recent article in the ABA Journal, a publication by the American Bar Association, discussed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act is unconstitutional. The...
Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Mission Indians Launches Online Bingo Site
The Mission Indian Tribe Says Online Bingo Sites Fall under Class II Gaming Laws The Santa Ysabel Band of Digueno Mission Indians announced today they are launching an online bingo website for real money. The tribe is located at the Santa Ysabel Reservation in...
How the Republican Victory in Midterms Affects the Future of Online Gambling
Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Virginia) Has Been Reluctant to Discuss RAWA in the Judiciary Committee The Republican victory in Tuesday’s 2014 midterm elections provides the GOP with the initiative in federal legislation these next two years. That lets the Republican...
Dover Downs Casino Adds Several New Table Games in Bid to Lure Gamblers
Delaware’s Three Racinos Asked for a $20 Million Tax Break, But Instead Got a $10 Million Bailout Dover Downs Hotel & Casino this week announced it would including several new table games, including High Card Flush, Heads-Up Hold’em, and Big 6 Wheel....
Minnesota Wild’s Thomas Vanek Connected to New York Illegal Sports Gambling
An Unnamed New York Islanders Player’s Paycheck Was Used to Pay Gambling Debts in the Case NHL Star Thomas Vanek paycheck was evidence in a money laundering case which finished this week. Vanek’s check from the New York Islanders was signed over to...
Gaming Committee Estimates New Jersey Sports Betting Is Worth $11 Billion
New Jersey’s Sports Betting Industry Could Generate 3 Times the Revenue of Las Vegas’s Sportsbooks A committee consisting of business and commercials leaders in New Jersey estimates that sports betting in the state could be a $11 billion industry, if...
Paul Phua’s Defense Team Calls for FBI’s Evidence to Be Dismissed
Paul Phua and Associated Ran a Sports Betting Ring out of 3 Suites at Caesars Palace in July 2014 According to defense lawyers in the Paul Phua illegal sports betting trial, federal agents collected evidence illegally and that evidence should be dismissed. On Tuesday,...
