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Top Bitcoin Exchange Coinbase No Longer to Process Gambling Deposits
Legendary Web Browser Designer Marc Andreesen Is a Coinbase Backer The leading Bitcoin exchange, Coinbase, is cancelling access to their services of people who make deposits on “Seals with Clubs”, the world’s leading Bitcoin-only online poker...
Bradley Cooper to Produce Movie About 1980 Nevada Casino Extortion Case
Bradley Cooper Is Set to Play Crimefighting Vigilante Mark Bolan in An Action Franchise, Too It was announced this week that Bradley Cooper will co-produce a film about a real-life casino extortion plot that took place in Reno, Nevada in the 1980’s. The film...
Atlantic City Leaders Fear the Newly Closed Casinos Will Be an Eyesore
Revel Casino Could Become a Top-Flight Corporate Center, Says Israel Posner of Stockton College Within weeks, three casinos will be closing in Atlantic City, making four closures in all in 2014. When Revel Casino, Trump Plaza, and the Showboat join the Atlantic...
State Senator Lou Correa Shelves California iGaming Bill SB 1366 for 2014
Lou Correa Chairs the Committee Which Oversees Gaming Legislation in the State Senate California State Senator Lou Correa has shelved his legislation that would legalize online gambling in his state in 2014. Senator Correa said there was not enough time left in...
Aide for Indiana Prosecutor Is Accused of Protecting Illegal Betting Rings
Prosecutor Terry Modesitt Is Not Suspected of Any Wrongdoing A one-time chief investigator for an Indiana prosecutor faces three counts of inducing an individual to commit professional gambling and three counts of official misconduct. The investigator, 71 year...
PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker Could Launch New Jersey Gaming by October
David Baazov Spent $4.9 Billion to Purchase Rational Group, Which Owns PokerStars and Full Tilt The latest reports indicate PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker could be licensed by October of this year. Before the Black Friday scandal broke, the two gaming companies...
Chris Christie Calls Emergency Summit to Save Atlantic City Casinos
Chris Christie Vetoed a Sports Gambling Bill Which Would Have Defied Federal Law This Past Week In response to criticisms over his veto of a recent sports betting bill, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has called an emergency gaming summit to be held in the next...
Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher Jeff Jocke Falsely Linked to Game Fixing Probe
Handicapper Kris Barr Was a Childhood Friend of Locke’s, But Felt Snubbed on Facebook Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Jeff Locke was suspected of involvement in a game-fixing scheme, according to a report in Sports Illustrated. The SI story quotes a report...
Video Gambling Cafes Surprise and Startle Local Officials in Peoria
Peoria’s Leaders Plan a Tuesday Night Meeting to Discuss the Local Video Gambling Cafes City leaders in Peoria, Illinois were alarmed to learn they have video-gambling cafes in their city. The gaming machine operations are considered legal under a 5-year...
South Carolina Representative Todd Rutherford Wants a Casino in Myrtle Beach
Todd Rutherford Says Casinos in Myrtle Beach Would Be Multi-Billion Dollar Revenue Streams A new debate is starting over the idea of bringing casinos to Myrtle Beach. The beach side resort city brings countless tourists each year to play golf and enjoy the beaches....
