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10 U.S. States Considering Online Gambling Expansion
California’s Lawmakers May Allow Online Gambling Ten states are considering new laws which would increased licensed and regulated gambling inside their jurisdictions. These ten states are considering either writing new laws to make online gambling legal,...
Las Vegas Sportbooks Handled $119.4 Million in Super Bowl Bets
Super Bowl Betters at South Point Casino in Las Vegas Las Vegas sportsbooks handled a record amount of gambling action in the recent Super Bowl, it was announced Monday. This year’s $119.4 million in wagers was up 17% over the $98.9 million wagered for the...
Steve Wynn Sees Few Opportunities in Online Gambling
Steve Wynn Changed His Stance on Online Gaming Steve Wynn has changed his support for Internet gambling, saying he cannot see where the profit is. His major question was whether the U.S. government would allow gambling operators to keep enough of their revenues...
Caesars Entertainment May Bid on Atlantic City’s Revel Casino
Caesars Could Fill Revel Casino, Says One Gaming Analyst Caesars Entertainment’s various gambling interests on the east coast are involved in controversy at the moment. The large American casino operator is involved in litigation in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts,...
Florida Gaming Laws Unlikely to be Changed in 2014
Proposed Genting Casino in Miami Harbor Florida lawmakers are attempting to lower voter expectations about a proposed 2014 rewrite of Florida’s gambling laws. Speculation has circulated for months that the Florida state legislature would expand legalized...
Virgin Group and Tropicana Launch Online Casino in New Jersey
Virgin Mobile Announces Licensed NJ Online Casino Richard Branson is the latest investor in New Jersey’s legalized online gambling industry. The British billionaire’s Virgin Group has announced it is partnering with the land-based Tropicana Resort and...
New Jersey Man Nets Huge Jackpot from Bedroom
Borgata Online Casino Visit Pays Off Big A man in New Jersey has won a hefty jackpot by accessing a real money online casino site from the home belonging to his parents, the Press of Atlantic City reported last week. Borgata seems determined to remain in the headlines The...
Illinois Sets Hearings to Address Casino Expansion
End of Month Sees First Hearing on IL Casino Matter The state of Illinois, which has long been toying with the idea of allowing the construction of new land-based casinos, may be inching closer to the long-held plan becoming a reality. A series of hearings on the...
Zynga Introduces Real Money Poker on Facebook
Zynga Releases Real Money Poker Facebook App in UK Last Friday, the giant social gaming concern Zynga introduced a real money poker game available on Facebook with little fanfare. The new app, called ZyngaPokerPlus, is a follow-up to a downloadable version released...
New Jersey Has High Hopes for Online Gambling Market This Year
High Hope for NJ iGaming in 2014 We are less than three weeks into 2014, but already officials in the state of New Jersey are betting that the new year is going to be a very big one indeed for the state’s brand new real money online betting business. This...