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Absolute Poker Founder Scott Tom Spent 7 Days in Jail
Scott Tom’s lawyers were surprised by the 7-day jail sentence. Absolute Poker co-founder Scott Tom spent time in jail for his Black Friday-related crimes after all. After pleading guilty to lesser charges in the Absolute Poker player funds case late last...
Steve Wynn: Shooting Wouldn’t Have Happened at Wynn Casinos
Steve Wynn said a “Do Not Disturb” sign on a door for more than 12 hours is investigated at Wynn Resorts casinos. Las Vegas casino executive Steve Wynn claimed Stephen Paddock’s activities would have drawn attention at one of Wynn Resort’s...
Online Poker in Limbo as Pennsylvania Budget Talks Collapse
Speaker Mike Turzai (left) and Gov. Tom Wolf (right) could face on another in the 2018 governor’s race. Pennsylvania budget talks collapsed on Wednesday, as a three-month impasse over a $2.2 billion debt placed the long-awaited 2017 online gambling legalization...
Supreme Court to Hear New Jersey Sports Betting Case Dec. 4
5 years of litigation boils down to oral arguments at the US Supreme Court on December 4. The U.S. Supreme Court scheduled December 4 for oral arguments in New Jersey’s sports betting case, “Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association”....
Alabama AG Steve Marshall Sues VictoryLand over Slot Machines
Steve Marshall was appointed Alabama attorney general by Robert J. Bentley in February 2017. Alabama racetrack and casino operators are criticizing Attorney General Steve Marshall’s attempts to ban gaming machines at their facilities. Steve Marshall filed...
Wynn Las Vegas Checks Inbound Guests for Guns
Wynn Las Vegas scans random visitors, while Mandalay Bay checks those getting on the guest elevators. Wynn Las Vegas announced it has started scanning visitors for guns as they enter the casino. The Las Vegas Strip casino changed its policies in response to the...
Revel Casino Sold to Integrated Properties of Colorado
Revel Building has been inactive since September 2014. The Atlantic County Clerk’s Office received documents which show that Integrated Properties Inc. bought the former Revel Casino from Florida real estate developer Glenn Straub. Since 2015, Glenn Straub’s...
2017 Global Gaming Expo Open All Week on Las Vegas Strip
IGT debuted Alfred Hitchcock Presents Slots in its showroom at the 2017 Global Gaming Expo. The 2017 Global Gaming Expo takes place on the Las Vegas Strip from October 2 to October 5 at the Sands Convention Center. Despite the Mandalay Bay/concert shooting, gaming...
Absolute Poker and UltimateBet Black Friday Payments Continue
Ben Mezrich wrote the book “Straight Flush” about Absolute Poker’s part of the scandal in 2013. Pictured: Brent Beckley. Poker players who once played online at Absolute Poker or UltimateBet should check their bank accounts, because the next round...
58 People Dead at Las Vegas Concert near Mandalay Bay Hotel
Media reports describe moments of heroism among the mass panic. Gunman Stephen Paddock fired at least 150 or more automatic rifle shots from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip at 10:08 Pacific Time Sunday night, killing 58 people,...
