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David LeVan Ends Pursuit of Gettysburg Casino License
Mason Dixon Downs would have housed harness racing and a slots casino. David LeVan, a local businessman who has tried to bring a casino the Gettysburg area on several different occasions, said he was canceling his third attempt to secure a Gettysburg casino license....
Christie Says Trump Is Not Likely to Legalize Sports Betting
Chris Christie said Monmouth Park would be open “within a week” if the U.S. Supreme Court agrees with New Jersey. In his June 13 appearance on the Boomer & Carton sports radio talk show, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said the Trump Administration...
LA-Area Store Sells Powerball Lotto Ticket Worth $447.8 Million
The Alberre family, whose store sold the winning ticket, pose for a picture by friend Monique Small. A winning Powerball lottery ticket was bought in California this weekend, giving its own a grand prize worth an estimated $447.8 million. The ticket was sold in...
Russian Mobsters Indicted for Money Laundering and Illegal Poker
After his arrest in Las Vegas, reputed ‘vor’ Razhden Shulaya said, “I understand what they accused me of, but I just don’t understand why.” Federal authorities in Manhattan on Wednesday unsealed indictments on 32 alleged Russian mobsters...
Scott Tom Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor in 2011 Absolute Poker Wire Fraud Case
Absolute Poker and its sister site, Ultimate Bet, faced a scandal in 2007 when players learned that someone could see their hole cards. Scott Tom, the co-founder of Absolute Poker, walked away from his Black Friday online poker indictment with a single misdemeanor....
Foxwoods Casino and Victory Square Ventures Introduce Gaming Platform
Victory Square Ventures has helped startups in social gaming, lotteries, online gaming, and daily fantasy sports. Foxwoods Resort Casino and Victory Square Ventures is partnering on a “living lab”, a plan to develop new gaming entertainment technology....
Chris Christie Wants to Give Atlantic City Casinos More Relief from Regulations
Chris Christie at the opening of the Margaritaville Restaurant at the Resorts Casino in Atlantic City. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said on Thursday he would like to give Atlantic City casinos more relief from regulations in the month and a half. Gov. Christie...
Sheldon Adelson Made $1.7 Billion from a Boost in Las Vegas Sands Shares This Week
Venetian Macau was the key to Sheldon Adelson’s becoming the wealthiest casino executive ever. Sheldon Adelson made $1.7 billion this past week. The CEO of Las Vegas Sands is now worth $34.9 billion, according to the real-time rankings of the world’s...
$10,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em Championship Enters Day 3 with Only 6 Teams Remaining
Team Negreanu consists of Eric Wasserson, David Benyamine, Mark Gregorich, and Negreanu himself. After two days of the WSOP Tag Team Poker Championship, Team Negreanu is the chip leaders. From a field of 102 different tag teams, only 6 teams remain in the event. The...
Maura Healey played basketball at Harvard and 2 years professionally in Austria, before return to the US to get her law degree. In 2015, when Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey first proposed regulating the daily fantasy sports industry, Boston-based DraftKings...
