The Securities and Exchange Commission is probing whether trading in shares of Empire Resorts Inc. around the time the company received a lucrative casino license involves insider trading. Empire Resorts received a license for the Montreign Casino near Monticello on December 17, 2014. The SEC probe looked into suspicious trading
CCP, the game developers behind EVE Online, are targeting the online gambling casinos which have gained so much power inside the game. EVE Online has operated for its first 13 years as a pay-to-play MMORPG game. Monthly subscriptions cost about $20. In November 2016, CCP plans to switch to a
The New Jersey Thoroughbred Racing Association has appealed New Jersey's sports betting case to the U.S. Supreme Court. After the New Jersey Attorney General's Office lost its appeal before an "en banc" panel of judges in August 2016, Gov. Chris Christie said he would not appeal the decision. Two years
The Trump Taj Mahal closes its doors on Sunday, October 9. The final bets are taking place as the Atlantic City casino ceases operations at 5:59 am on Monday morning, according to the Taj Mahal's website. On Sunday afternoon, less than 20 of the original 100+ gaming tables appeared to
The Chicago Cubs are the prohibitive favorite to win the 2016 World Series, according to the Westgate SuperBook and other leading Las Vegas sportsbooks. The Chicago Cubs have not won a World Series in 108 years, so they are expected to be a betting favorite with many gamblers. The Westgate
A coalition of anti-gambling groups led by "Stop Predatory Gambling" has filed a lawsuit against FanDuel, DraftKings, and other daily fantasy sports in New York State. The group claims that the DFS companies did an "end run" around the New York Constitution when they convinced the state legislature to pass
Former NBA Commissioner David Stern appeared at the Global Gaming Expo last week to state he now believes in legal sports betting. David Stern's speech reverses a decades-long position in which he championed the PASPA law and spoke out against New Jersey's attempts to legalize sports betting at the state
A group of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a EQ-Radio which uses wireless technology to understand human emotions. If successful, the MIT project could have an impact on the healthcare system and the entertainment industry. Technologists speculate the EQ-Radio could impact other facets of human life,
The Las Vegas sportsbooks were talking Monday about the shifting odds provided by only three weeks of NFL football. No other sports changes as quickly as the National Football League, due to age, injuries, coaching changes, and free agency. For that reason, the early season in the NFL sees the
State Representative John Payne has another plan to facilitate gambling in Pennsylvania, this time with a Class II gaming license. Late late month, the Pennsylvania State Legislature ended its 2016 session without passing Payne's online gambling bill. The legislative defeat came despite a line-item in the Pennsylvania state budget for
Caesars Entertainment has offered an additional $1.6 billion to its junior creditors in order to get the CEOC bankruptcy lawsuit out of the way. The new figure pushes the compensation for the litigants from nearly $4 billion to over $5.5 billion. The offer has one major stipulation: the creditors have
The Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is planning a $40 million expansion. The Sands Bethlehem is one of the nation's most lucrative table game operators. The casino is the most profitable in Pennsylvania, which now raises more money from gambling than any other state, besides Nevada. The planned expansion would
