Vegas ready to place a big (sports) bet on New Jersey
By Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press There’s a brand new sports bar at Monmouth Park with televisions hanging from nearly every available rafter. Mostly empty now except on racing weekends at the horse track little more than an hour from Manhattan,…
Armed Robbers Get Unwelcome Surprise After Home Invasion Attempt
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London Judge Says Poker’s Ivey Robbed the Casino
In August 2012, Crockfords, one of London’s poshest casinos, refused to pay Phil Ivey $14.3 million he won playing Punto Banco (a form of baccarat), claiming he cheated. Ivey sued, and has now lost, in Her Majesty’s High Court of…
Casino architect believes fixing Revel not difficult Read more at
For all the maligning that the design of Atlantic City’s Revel Casino Hotel has endured, fixing it is not as hard as many think. That’s the view of Paul C. Steelman, a top casino architect worldwide and a native of…
Warner Gaming gets initial OK to rebrand Tahoe casino as Hard Rock
Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Management company Warner Gaming received initial approval Wednesday from state gaming regulators to take over the Horizon in Lake Tahoe and transform the shuttered hotel-casino into a Hard Rock-branded property. Warner, which is headed by…
Horse poisoning alarms Venezuela racing
Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – It sounds like a page-turning novel: Venezuelan authorities say a gambling ring poisons one of the country’s most popular race horses ahead of a key derby, nearly killing the animal and shining…
Breaking News: Poker Pro Ivey Did Cheat to Win $12.4 Million, Judge Rules
(Bloomberg) — Professional poker player Phil Ivey’s use of edge sorting to win 7.7 million pounds ($12.4 million) at a form of Baccarat was tantamount to cheating, a London judge ruled today. Judge John Mitting, who said Ivey was an…
Vegas is going to the dogs
Billy and Terri Sottile of Las Vegas shared this photo of CJ, one of the first pet store arson puppies adopted from The Animal Foundation this year. “When he’s not at home up on the eastside next to Frenchman Mountain,…
Caesars Gets Default Notice as Bondholders Make Claims on Assets
(Bloomberg) — A group of Caesars Entertainment Corp. bondholders declared that the casino company’s largest unit is in default after it pledged collateral to senior creditors without giving them similar claims. Wilmington Savings Fund Society, a trustee representing holders of…
State Senate president says Carl Icahn refused deal to save Trump Plaza
By DEREK HARPER Staff Writer Press pf Atlantic City Lawmakers worked on a plan to rescue and update Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino earlier this year, but state Senate President Stephen Sweeney said it failed when financier Carl Icahn would…