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Victims’ Fund to Pay $31.5m to Mandalay Bay Shooting Victims
Families of the 58 dead, as well as survivors who were paralyzed or received brain damage, will receive $275k apiece. A victims fund announced it would pay $275,000 apiece to the families of each of the 58 people killed in the Mandalay Bay shooting, the dealiest...
Nevada Judge Denies Steve Wynn Motion on Company Shares
The motion indicates Steve Wynn wants to sell his company stock, though he denies that’s his motivation. A judge ruled on Friday that Steve Wynn could not receive dismissal of certain motions in a longstanding lawsuit brought by his former wife, Elaine Wynn,...
Paul Sanford Introduces Multistate Lottery Bill in Alabama
Senate President Del Marsh introduced bills to create an Alabama state lottery, but those bills came to naught. Alabama State Senator Paul Sanford introduced a bill this week which would legalize certain forms of lottery betting in Alabama. While SB326 would not...
Churchill Downs Buys Casinos in Pennsylvania and Mississippi
Churchill Downs bought social gaming company Big Fish Games for $900 million in 2014, then sold it earlier this year. Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) bought land-based casinos in Pennsylvania and Mississippi this week, in an attempt to expand its US footprint....
Apollo Global (Caesars) Criticized for Jared Kushner Loans
Apollo Global bought Caesars Entertainment in 2007. Joshua Harris, one of the co-founders of Caesars Entertainment parent company Apollo Global Capital, is receiving scrutiny for giving White House senior advisor Jared Kushner hundreds of millions of dollars in...
Texans Clash over Legality of Poker Clubs
FTN Poker Club in McKinney closed within a month, a demise no doubt spurred by its coverage in the Dallas Morning News. Poker clubs have opened throughout Texas over the past couple of years, causing clashes between local law enforcement and the business owners...
Steve Wynn Accused of Rape in New Las Vegas Police Report
The allegations go back to the days when Steve Wynn owned the Golden Nugget Las Vegas. A new accuser has emerged against Steve Wynn, the founder and former CEO of Wynn Resorts — this time alleging he raped her 45 years ago. According to the Associated Press,...
Gus Hansen Lost $600k in One Poker Hand to Leon Tsoukernik
The Great Dane is known for making some of the most insane calls in tv poker history. World Series of Poker bracelet winner and poker legend of the 2000s Gus Hansen made another appearance in the gaming news recently, when he discussed a hand of high-stakes Chinese...
Bellagio Poker Dealer Loses License after Poker Chip Theft
Saucedo was caught slipping chips into his toke box at Bally’s, but continued as a Bellagio dealer for 8 months more. A poker dealer at the Bellagio, Jesus Saucedo, had his dealer’s license revoked on Thursday after he was accused of stealing $5 poker...
Poker Player Sues Blind Date for $130k in Disputed Legal Fees
Beth Shak was sued by her previous ex-husband, a Wall Street broken, in 2012 for over $1 million for not reporting her 1200 pairs of shoes. Pro poker player Beth Shak’s blind date went really badly, to the tune of a $130,000 lawsuit. Shak recently told the...
