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
A bus driver for the Four Winds Casino died in a crash near New Buffalo, Michigan. No casino visitors were in the bus at the time of the crash. The crash happened at around 9:45 am on Thursday. The Berrien County Sheriff's Office identified the driver as 65-year old Edmund
New Jersey lawyers argued in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of federal sports betting laws. The briefs argued on constitutional principle that the Congress is barred from forcing states to repeal or reinstate their own laws. The argument is at the heart of a lawsuit brought
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi wants the state's supreme court to pass judgment on the 2013 conviction of an alleged racketeer. The Fifth District Court of Appeal dismissed an earlier guilty verdict back in October. Lawyers working for the defendant claim the cyber-cafes at the heart of the case were
