A former employee of internet gambling company PokerStars has pleaded guilty to operating an illegal gambling business, as part of a long-running case by U.S. prosecutors against the online poker industry.
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Backers of a proposal to add two new casinos to northern New Jersey concede that voters will likely reject it next month, and now want to try to keep the margin of defeat from being too great.
New Jersey gambling regulators are the first in the country to give the green light for the first skill-based video game gambling machine.
Macau’s about-face appeal to families instead of its traditional base of high-stakes gamblers is showing signs of paying off. The number of visitors from China rose 6.9 percent to 970,000 during the National Day holiday from October 1 to 7 known as Golden Week. That’s the most tourists from the country in at least 10 years.
Donald Trump opened the Trump Taj Mahal casino 26 years ago. But his friend and fellow billionaire Carl Icahn closed it Monday morning.
Elaine Wynn has asked the Nevada Supreme Court for whistle-blower protection for disclosures she made to Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s audit committee and outside auditor, Bloomberg News reported Friday.
The closing of the Trump Taj Mahal casino on Monday will cost thousands of workers their jobs and bring a final end to Donald Trump’s legacy in the seaside resort.
Canadian online gambling company Amaya Inc. and British bookmaker William Hill Plc said they were in talks to combine in a merger of equals, confirming a Reuters report about the discussions earlier on Friday
Edward Doumani, who partnered with Steve Wynn to acquire the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas five decades ago and built the Golden Nugget Atlantic City, has died at age 80.
New Jersey’s horse racing industry is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether the state can allow sports betting at its racetracks and casinos.
W Las Vegas, a 289-room tower of the SLS Las Vegas, is now taking reservations for a Dec. 1 soft opening.
The state Gaming Control Board will refer a proposal to strengthen money-laundering regulations for Nevada sports books to its staff to determine if it would create additional burdens on its tax and audit divisions.
A U.S. judge on Wednesday halted a lawsuit against Caesars Entertainment Corp., saying it could derail last week’s $5 billion agreement that was aimed at extracting the casino company from a costly bankruptcy.
About 800 people wrapped up two days and 64 games of the Plaza’s Super Bingo event Tuesday afternoon. In December, the company is pulling out all the stops, featuring a $150,000 tournament Dec. 11-13 with 126 games.
Jim Murren, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, told local business and civic leaders in Atlanta on Monday that Las Vegas-style gambling, including a $1 billion-plus resort in Atlanta, could be an economic engine for the state.
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