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Lou Lang Backs 2019 Illinois Online Casino and Poker Bill
One version of the bill would include land-based Chicago area casinos alongside online gambling and sports betting. Illinois state lawmakers may legalize online gambling and sports betting in 2019. State Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie) has taken the lead among Illinois...
Michigan Nears Legalization of Online Casinos and Poker Sites
Motor City Casino would be one of over 20 land-based casinos in the state which could apply for an online gambling license. The Michigan state legislature passed Rep. Brandt Iden’s House Bill 4926 in the last hours of the legislative session this week, sending...
Massachusetts Politicians Want Commission to Release Report
The $2.5 billion Encore Boston Harbor’s grand openin gis planned for June 2019. Massachusetts lawmakers are unhappy with delays by the Gaming Commission on the Encore Boston Harbor licensing decision, which might not come until early next year. Legislators...
Louisiana Regulators Allows Casinos 6% More Gaming Machines
The L’Auberge Casino & Hotel Baton Rouge is one of four casinos being given a 6% increase in slot machines. The Louisiana Gaming Control Board agreed to allow four casinos to add 6% more gambling machines to their gaming space after a decision on Thursday....
New Yorker Attacks Woman at Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem
Sands Bethlehem is known for scheduling dozens of round-trip bus rides a week from New York City to their Pennsylvania casino. A New York man was arrested outside the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem last Sunday morning after he tickled, then punched a woman waiting...
US DOJ Preparing Memo to Reverse 2011 Wire Act Opinion
The Office of Legal Counsel’s opinion has stood since 2011. The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing an opinion which would reverse the 2011 Office of Legal Counsel’s opinion on the Wire Act. The exact nature of the new opinion isunknown, but a change...
DraftKings Casino Launches in New Jersey with Blackjack Betting
DraftKings Casino will add more table games and video slots in 2019. DraftKings Casino launched this week, making the daily fantasy sports operator unequivocally a gambling company. DraftKings Casino offers mobile blackjack for Android and iOS devices, but no other...
Richard Blumenthal Calls for Interior Department Casino Approval
Sen. Blumenthal called on Zinke’s successor to follow traditional protocol with state-tribal gaming compacts. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) called for the US Department of the Interior to quickly approve the East Windsor casino plan near Hartford,...
888 Holdings Buys Remaining 53% of All-American Poker Network
888 launched All American Poker Network with Avenue Capital Growth in 2013. 888 Holdings aquired the remainder of the All-American Poker Network (AAPN), which positions 888 Poker for rapid growth in the expanding U.S. gambling industry. 888 Holdings paid $28 million...
Lindsey Graham Plans to Ask William Barr about Online Gambling
Sen. Lindsey Graham began as a Never Trumper, but now supports Donald Trump and golfs with the US President. US Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) plans to use the Senate confirmation hearings of Attorney General nominee William Barr to make online gambling...
