[caption id="attachment_6173" align="alignright" width="250"] Western Union paid a record fine for facilitating payments to illegal gambling websites.[/caption] Western Union agreed to pay a $586 million federal penalty for allowing agents to send money to illicit online gambling operations in Costa Rica. In doing so, the global financial services company violated
Phil Ivey has asked a federal judge to reclassify his summary judgment in the Borgata edge-sorting case as a "final judgment". That classification will allow Ivey to appeal the decision to the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. The decision, rendered by US District Court Judge Noel Hillman
The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services said they expanded residential care for gambling addiction to six different treatment centers. In New York state, problem gamblers receive treatment at the six NYS OASAS Addiction Treatment Centers, known as ATCs. After recent policy changes, the centers are
The U.S. Supreme Court invited the acting U.S. solicitor general, Ian Gershengorn, to give his opinion on the New Jersey sports betting issue. The opinion could determine the future of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992. If Supreme Court justices grant a writ of certiorari, then Gershengorn's
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
