In recent years, Michigan's horse racing industry has dwindled to two racetracks: Hazel Park Raceway and Northville Downs. In recent years, the casinos have quarreled over revenue sharing, as both racing complexes struggle to remain viable in the current gaming environment. Card clubs exist elsewhere in Michigan, while lottery gaming
The Normandie Casino is the oldest poker room in Calfornia, having opened under the name "Western Club" in 1947. A recent set of indictments might signal the end of the Normandie Casino, though. The current owners of the Normandie Casino pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in January 2016. No
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson had a private meeting with Donald Trump this past week to discuss the upcoming U.S. presidential election. In that meeting, Sheldon Adelson indicated to the Republican Party's presumptive nominee that he was willing to contribute to the former casino executive's campaign. Early in the process, Adelson
PayPal announced this week it would stop offering customer protection services on online gambling transactions. The global payment processor announced the move with an updated terms and conditions page, a low-key way to announce a sweeping new policy. Gambling payments were not the only category of transaction added to the
Restore America's Wire Act (RAWA) received no traction on its own, but Sheldon Adelson's supporters in the U.S. Congress have tried to attack the anti-online gambling bill to a key appropriations bill. The U.S. Senate is preparing a major Appropriations Bill, which pays for what the government does. When an
Nyquist won the 142nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday, as many bettors assumed he would. Bookmakers had Nyquist as the favorite to win the world's most prestigious horse race. Nyquist finished half a body-length ahead of Exaggerator. It was the fourth time Nyquist has beaten Exaggerator in a
Eliot Jacobson says casinos make a mistake when they spend so many resources stopping lone card counters. Instead, Jacobson says casinos should train their staff to locate "lucky idiots", because their behavior masks a bigger danger for their business. A good card counter gains an advantage over the casino. But
Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City has signed a deal with Inspired Gaming to offer "virtual sports", which is going to be an entirely novel type of game in the United States online gambling market. The games are expected to be integrated into the gaming repertoire of the Spin Games,
Poker celebrity Dan Bilzerian is getting his own licensed online game. The game, titled "Save Dan", has the bearded Instagram star fighting zombies with his tell-tale cache of firearms. In the game, Dan Bilzerian has taken a trip to the Arctic Circle with a group of bikini models. As he
Charles Lightbody and two other defendants were acquitted in a trial stemming from the Everett casino land deal. Charles Lightbody and other investors in an old Everett industrial plant sold the property along the Mystic River to Wynn Resorts. The land is the site for the coming Wynn Boston Harbor
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell indicated in a radio interview this week that he is softening his stance on sports betting. The NFL is the richest of the American sports leagues, so it is a leader among the sports associations when it comes to championing the PASPA law and opposing sports
John L. Smith has written 5 columns a week for the Las Vegas Review-Journal for nearly 30 years, but he announced he would be leaving Nevada's biggest newspaper this week. Smith told NPR Radio he was told he could no longer write about two of the biggest names in Las
