International sports bettors report record levels of betting on the U.S. presidential election, which takes place on Tuesday, November 8. Online and land-based sportsbooks report a spike in gambling on POTUS proposition bets. The online sports betting exchange, Betfair, claimed that the "Next President" bet on its site had the
The Paris Las Vegas casino on the Vegas Strip was evaluated due to a power outage, which began at 9:45 am on Thursday. Some guests left immediately, but backup power was used to keep the casino operational until the early afternoon. Then, over 3,000 guests and the full casino staff
Qui Nguyen won the World Series of Poker Main Event on Tuesday night. Wearing his trademark Rocket Raccoon ballcap, Mr. Nguyen won the November Nine mini-event, which includes the final table of nine players who survived the July portion of the tournament. Qui Nguyen held second-place in the chip stack
MGM Resorts International said it is prepared to invest $10 billion in a Japanese brick-and-mortar casino, if ever Japan approves casio gambling. The Japanese Diet (parliament) appears on the verge of approving a landmark casino bill, which has proved elusive for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in recent years. The political
Katrina Bookman hit a $43.2 million jackpot at Resorts World New York City in August 2016. When she tried to collected the cash the next day, casino staff told her that the slot machine had malfunctioned and she had not won the jackpot after all. Instead, Resorts World offered the
The November Nine is set for a live broadcast this Sunday night on ESPN. The November Nine is the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event, which began back in July. The boardcast team of Lon McEachern and Norman Chad provide the commentary in the live broadcast,
Glenda Blackwell decided to teach her husband a lesson about his gambling habits. To do so, she bought the wrong kind of lotto tickets from Suttles Quik Mart in Asheville, North Carolina. Her passive-aggressive plan backfired, because the scratch-off ticket won $1 million. Mrs. Blackwell's husband, Buddy, asked her to
The Party/Borgata Garden State Super Series V (GSSS V) ended this weekend with a surprising cancellation. Borgata and Party canceled the final stages of the event due to geolocation issues. With over $1.1 million in guaranteed prize pools and more than 75 online poker events, Borgata had touted the event
The Lucky Dragon Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is the first American casino designed to attraced Asian gamblers. The Lucky Dragon, which is set to open on December 3, was funded in large part by investors from China. The casino uses Chinese themes and features Asia's most popular casino
In the early morning of October 23, a gambling tour bus in California crashed into an 18-wheeler heading the same direction, killing 13 people and leaving 31 others injured. It is one of the deadliest bus crashes in California history. Officials are still piecing together the facts. No one knows
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey announced on Friday that his congressional committee plans to review the federal sports betting laws and introduce new legislation to cover daily fantasy sports. Rep. Pallone mentioned his plans in a statement to David Purdum of ESPN's Chalk blog, which covers gambling.
Wynn Resorts chief executive officer Steve Wynn gave his opinions on the national deficit and the downside to printing money. The comments came when Steve Wynn was interviewed on the Fox News opinion program, Hannity, after the third presidential debate. During the program, Steve Wynn said that the U.S. Treasury's
