(Florida) Like Lucy does with Charlie Brown, the Legislature keeps promising Floridians an overhaul of gambling in the state – then pulls the ball away
Special interests, infighting stall gambling overhaul By JAMES L. ROSICA TAMPA TRIBUNE TALLAHASSEE — Like Lucy does with Charlie Brown, the Legislature keeps promising Floridians an overhaul of gambling in the state — then pulls the ball away. This year…
Alabama's Republican AG is accusing his Democratic candidate of being bought by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s Republican attorney general is accusing his Democratic candidate of being bought by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians because the tribe gave him $750,000 in donations this week. The contributions, first reported by al.com, went…
SJM Profit Misses Estimates as It Loses Gamblers to Rivals
Bookmark and Share May 12 (Bloomberg) — SJM Holdings Ltd., Asia’s largest casino operator by revenue, posted first-quarter earnings that missed analyst estimates as it lost customers to rivals in Macau’s popular Cotai area, where it doesn’t have a presence….
New feel, new story as The Hotel becomes Delano
By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Business Press MGM Resorts International announced plans in 2013 to re-brand The Hotel into Delano Las Vegas, company officials said the 11-year-old property would be given a new look from top to bottom. Details of…
ALLIGATOR BLOOD: about the rise and fall of Daniel Tzvetkoff and the events that led to Black Friday
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WARNING: SCREW AROUND AT THE WSOP AND YOU ARE OUT!
LEE DAVY, Calivn Ayre.com Are you going to do the same thing at the Rio this year? Sam Panzica is a well respected, and well liked, member of the poker community. In November of this year he was ejected from…
MACAU CASINO JUNKET SHAREHOLDER ABSCONDS WITH $1.3B OF INVESTOR FUNDS
The apparent billion-dollar heist of a Macau casino junket operator has underscored the volatility surrounding Macau’s VIP gambling business. Huang Shan, a shareholder in the Kimren Group (aka Jin Lin) VIP gaming promoter, reportedly absconded with between HKD 8b and…
DID HIGH STAKES POKER PLAYERS COLLUDE AGAINST GUY LALIBERTE?
Did high stakes poker players collude against Guy Laliberte? Well according to a recent interview in a Canadian newspaper, that’s exactly what happened, and the man is not happy about it. Was Guy Laliberte cheated out of millions of dollars…
Mexico Suspends 3 Federal Judges in Casino Probe
Shocking that there is corruption in Mexico! Three Mexican federal judges have been suspended pending an investigation into court judgments that benefited casino owners, the judiciary announced Thursday. The Federal Judiciary Council said in a statement that a disciplinary process…
MGM's proposed design of the $925 million National Harbor casino puts the project a step closer to breaking ground
MGM National Harbor casino is headed for construction. The Prince George’s County Planning Board on Thursday gave approval to a plan by the Nevada-based gaming giant MGM Resorts International for a luxury casino resort on the banks of the Potomac…