Las Vegas sportsbooks had a bad weekend, because the betting public picked a number of winning underdogs in the NFL playoffs. Those who picked the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers to win this past weekend came up big winners, which was bad news for William Hill, MGM Resorts, and
A new gambling proposal is being discussed in the Florida State Legislature that would increase slot machine gambling in the state. If Sen. Bill Galvano's gambling bill is approved, racetracks in eight Florida counties would be able to install slot machines if their county approved such a measure. Galvano's bill
The PGA Tour's new commissioner, Jay Monahan, said in a recent interview that he welcomes legal gambling on the pro golfing tour. In an interview with Golf Channel's Rich Lerner, Monahan said gambling is something he is "looking at". Jay Monahan's stance sounds much like NBA Commissioner Adam Silver's stance
Owen Hanson, a 34-year old former USC Trojans football player, pleaded guilty to running an international illegal gambling ring in Southern California. The sentencing phase of the trial has not begun, but Hanson faces up to 20 years in prison on racketeering conspiracy and drug-trafficking conspiracy cherges. In entering his
In confirmation hearings on Tuesday, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions said he was "shocked" when he learned that the Department of Justice approved online casinos and online poker in a 2011 opinion. The decision paved the way for online gambling legalization in New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware. Jeff Sessions's pronouncement is
An ongoing scandal involving a secret taped conversation between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and one of his country's top media moguls has surfaced in Israel. The tape includes a deal that would involve the shutting down Israel Hayom, a newspaper owned by Netanyahu's patron, Las Vegas Sands mogul Sheldon
Hotel rooms at the Rio Hotel & Casino Resort's Masquerade Tower reopened this week. The guest rooms in the 17-floor hotel had been closed for over a week, due to a power failure. Fire and building inspectors approved the reopening of nearly 500 rooms from floors 22 to 39 in
Maryland posted its best-ever month in December 2016, as it generated $133.47 million in revenue. The previous record was $104.35 million, for a difference of $29 million. The driver of the record total was the MGM National Harbor, which collected $41.9 million in only 23 days of operations. MGM National
2017 is expected to be a year of uncertainty and suspense in the political and economic spheres. The same might be said of the gambling industry, especially in the United States. Here are five trends or issues which are likely to dominate US gambling news in 2017. While unforeseen events
Glenn Straub hopes to receive good new from a meeting of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission on January 11. The meeting could determine the future of his bid to reopen Revel Casino under the name TEN Atlantic City. NJ.com reports TEN Casino could open as early as February 20,
The Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh is readying for the Second Bi-Annual Brains Versus Artificial Intelligence poker tournament next week. The 2017 poker event is called Brains Versus Artificial Intelligence: Upping the Ante. The poker event is the brainchild of computer scientists from the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Starting on
A federal judge rejected an dubious legal argument made by a former Las Vegas daily fantasy sports company, which argued that its business was illegal. The company, Emil Interactive Games LLC, made the argument in order to get out of a $1.1 million contract with a hocket team. Emil Interactive
