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A Nevada gaming regulator said Thursday that the state’s probe into illegal bookmaking and money laundering that led to the arrest of a Cantor Gaming vice president and seven others in Las Vegas includes the sports book operator itself, focusing on possible regulatory violations.
One member of the MIT Blackjack Team portrayed in the movie “21” was apparently too good at her trade.
Las Vegas Sands Corps. Chairman Sheldon Adelson, a major Republican campaign donor, on Wednesday filed a lawsuit accusing the group of falsely claiming he approved of prostitution in his Macau casinos.
Agreements have been reached to suspend legal proceedings in three federal lawsuits against casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson and his companies. Both sides plan to resolve the disputes through binding arbitration.
Relatives of Hard Rock Hotel executive Randy Kwasniewski, who committed suicide in March 2010, filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday against the company that manufactures the sleeping pill Ambien. The lawsuit alleges, “Ambien may produce suicidal thoughts, ideations, strange bizarre behaviors and actions.”
