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Traps That Poker Tourists Face When Visiting Las Vegas Casinos
Poker tourists face distractions they don’t have in their regular card game. Poker players debate whether visitors to casino destinations like Las Vegas are better than they used to be. Poker tourists might have greater skill than in previous generations,...
New York Senate Adds Sports Betting, Online Poker to Budget
This is the first time sports betting revenues appeared in the New York Senate’s budget proposals. The New York Senate included sports betting and online poker as revenue sources in a yearly budget proposal released this week. This is the third year in a...
McEntee Fired from White House for Problem Gambling Issues
McEntee’s firing is one of a series of recent White House departures. John McEntee, who has served as the “body man” in the White House, was escorted by the Secret Service from the president’s mansion due to security clearance issues. The...
NCAA March Madness Generates $10 Billion in US Sports Betting
March Madness is expected to generate $10 billion in sports bets and $2.8 billion in office pool bracket bets. The 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is here and it’s time for people to fill out their March Madness brackets. The one-and-done tournament...
All Square: A Sports Betting Film Released at 2018 SXSW
Michael Kelly plays a bookie who starts taking bets on Little League baseball games. All Square, a movie about a reformed bookmaker who starts taking bets on Little League baseball games, made its debut on March 10, 2018 at the SXSW Festival. Too few movies about...
Virginia Legislature Passes Betting Machine Bill for Colonial Downs
The Virginia Racing Commission can decide whether to legalize historical horse betting at off-track facilities. The former Colonial Downs racetrack in New Kent County, Virginia might be reopened soon with gaming machines. The Virginia Senate passed a bill this...
Las Vegas Gaming Machines Allow Players to Order Drinks
Players can build a favorites menu or order exclusive VIP drinks. The Westgate Las Vegas has more than 600 gaming machines that are now equipped with the ‘Beverage Ordering Service System”, which allows players to make their drink orders directly from their...
Robert Pellegrini Charged with Easter Egg Sweepstakes Fraud
The same man who helped Robert Pellegrini defraud the casino of $420,000 won 1st and 2nd prize in a 2014 Easter egg sweepstakes. Robert Pellegrini, a former Pennsylvania casino executive already serving prison time in a money laundering case, has been charged with...
Carl Icahn Accused of Insider Trading by Watchdog Group
Carl Icahn made $1.4 billion trading in Las Vegas casino assets, according to Forbes. Casino mogul Carl Icahn defended himself from charges by the Project on Government Oversight of insider trading after he sold $31 million in Manitowoc Co. shares a couple of weeks...
Dina Titus Sends Letter to Rod Rosenstein about Online Poker
Dina Titus asked Rod Rosenstein to maintain the legality of online poker and online casinos. U.S. Representative Dina Titus (D-Las Vegas) wrote a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, urging him not to reverse an opinion involving online gambling rendered...
