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Donald Trump Sues Trump Entertainment Resorts to Remove His Name
Donald Trump Has a Meeting Set This Week with NFL Officials about a Potential Bills Deal Donald Trump is suing to remove his name from the Trump Taj Mahal and the Trump Plaza. The former casino baron once promoted Atlantic City gaming with billion dollar shrines...
PokerStars Mark Scheinberg Will Be Billionaire when Amaya Deal Is Completed
Mark and Isai Scheinberg Have Been the Key Figures at PokerStars Since 2001 Soon-to-be former PokerStars executive Mark Scheinberg is set to be the world’s next young billionaire after agreeing to sell the Oldford Group for $4.9 billion to Amaya Gaming Group...
Paul and Darren Phua Plead Not Guilty before a US Federal Judge
Paul Phua and David Chesnoff on Their Way to Court in Las Vegas This Week Paul and Darren Phua entered “Not Guilty” pleas to charges of running an illegal online sports betting ring. The father and son were two of eight men arrested in mid-July at a...
Senators Graham, Ayotte, and Feinstein Ask Justice Department to Support Bill
Graham, Feinstein, Ayotte (above), and Mike Lee Cosponsored the Bill in the US Senate U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham, Kelly Ayotte, and Dianne Feinstein sent a letter to the US Justice Department asking them to support their bill which would impose a federal ban...
Chris Christie Signs into New Jersey Law a More Private Self-Exclusion Bill
Ralph Caputo Was One of the Sponsors of the New Casino Self-Exclusion Law New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed a new law that makes an admission of gambling addiction a voluntary matter if signing up for the self-exclusion list at casinos. The law makes it...
Scientific Games Buys Bally Technologies to Compete with Gtech/IGT
Gavin Isaacs Worked at Bally and Shufflemaster before Becoming CEO of Scientific Games Scientific Games has agreed to pay $3.3 billion to buy slot machine maker Bally Technologies. The full deal includes a payment of $5.1 billion, though $1.8 billion of the transaction...
Study Shows Pennsylvania Gambling Laws among Nation’s Strictest
Casinos Change Gaming Conditions Often to Lure More Gamblers to Their Resort A new report by Econsuit shows that Pennsylvania limits on casino spending are particularly strict in comparison to other U.S. states. Among the states, only Mississippi has spending limit...
Amaya Shareholders Approve Purchase of PokerStars, Corporate Name Change
David Baazov Showed Courage and Vision in Buying PokerStars, But Faces Serious Challenges Amaya Gaming Group shareholders yesterday approved the purchase of the Oldford Group, the parent company for PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Last month, the Canadian gaming...
Paul Phua Was San Marino’s Ambassador to Montenegro for Three Years
Paul Phua Was San Marino’s Ambassador to Montenegro and May Have Been a Member of the 14K Triad The information which continues to surface about Paul Phua Wei-seng is more far-fetched all the time. According to the South China Morning Post, Paul Phua was...
Minnesota’s Electronic Pull-Tab Gaming Industry to Undergo Major Changes
Electronic Pull Tab Machines Were Touted As a Key Part of the Stadium Funding Plan Electronic pull-tab gaming was supposed to provide the state of Minnesota a significant chunk of the funding for the new Vikings Stadium. Instead, it has been a major disappointment...
