Poker blogger gets probation for casino theft
Associated Press Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 | 4:15 p.m. MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — A poker blogger was sentenced to a probation program for stealing nearly $700 at a Connecticut casino by using chopsticks to pull cash out of a hole in…
Call, raise, fold … denied? Banks reject use of plastic for online gambling sites
By CHRIS SIEROTY LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL As more states debate legalizing online gaming, the three states that permit Internet wagering have experienced few complications beyond some banks and financial institutions refusing to approve credit and debit card transactions. Credit card…
Sports books hope to attract fantasy sports players
By CHRIS SIEROTY LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Sports betting is big business in Nevada with $3.45 billion wagered in race and sports books statewide in the last reporting year. It also helps bring in millions of tourists annually to wager on…
Borgata Cancels $2M Poker Tournament With 27 Left Amid State Investigation Into Counterfeit Chips
Saying they have confirmed that one or more people used “a significant number of counterfeit chips” at an Atlantic City poker tournament, state casino regulators on Saturday canceled the tainted match and ordered all prize money frozen until an investigation…
The End of Two Boardwalk Empires
Commentaries The End of Two Boardwalk Empires January 12, 2014 at 5:37 pm By Ken Adams Bookmark and Share It is being reported that HBO has decided to stop producing Boardwalk Empire after its fifth season. The HBO series was…
South Mississippi casinos raising the stakes with new hotels, amenities.
MARGARITAVILLE CASINO & RESTAURANT BILOXIMargaritaville Casino & Restaurant in Biloxi has plans for a new hotel resort that includes timeshare properties, a spa, a new buffet and 250 guest rooms. PR NEWSWIRE A new heyday of casino development is transforming…
Atlantic Club Windin Down, last hotel patron this Sunday
By JENNIFER BOGDAN Staff Writer Follow Jennifer Bogdan on Twitter With days to go before Atlantic Club Casino Hotel shuts its doors for the last time, competing casinos are continuing attempts to lure customers to other Atlantic City properties. Saturday…
Gambling Sponsorship for 76ers, Devils Is First by U.S. Teams
From Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-08/76ers-devils-sign-u-s-based-teams-first-gambling-sponsorship.html The Josh Harris-controlled Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils signed a multiyear marketing agreement with partypoker, becoming the first major U.S.-based professional sports teams to align themselves with online gambling. The agreement with the unit of Gibraltar-based…
Catskills casino site to be selected by early this fall.
From Times Harold Record NY http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140109/NEWS/401090326 By early fall, we should know where a Catskill casino — or two — will be built. And the man heading the commission that chooses the committee to make that historic decision is Mark…
Iconic New York-New York marquee headed for Neon Boneyard
The marquee on the Las Vegas Strip entrance to New York-New York will be retired to the Neon Museum, Jan. 6, 2014. Electric sign workers on Tuesday will dismantle New York-New York’s iconic neon marquee to make way for a…