[caption id="attachment_5457" align="alignright" width="250"] Tommy Tipton paid $1,653,874 in restitution and served 75 days in jail, while his brother serves up to 25 years in prison.[/caption] Iowa prosecutors have introduced felony "criminal conduct" charges against Tommy Tipton, the brother of convicted lottery rigger, Eddie Tipton. Tommy Tipton surrendered to Iowa
As the Masters golf tournament begins this week, Bloomberg had a report that the Pro Golf Association (PGA) is exploring an association with sports betting. The PGA Tour generates $2.8 billion a year, so the tour's leaders are making a risk assessment based on tapping that revenue source. At the
Gov. Chris Christie said he is suing Atlantic City in order to pay the city's teachers. The New Jersey governor said that was the reason the state is in the unusual position of suing a city whose finances it already controls. Gov. Christie said the New Jersey Education Commissioner, David
The Nevada Council on Problem Gambling has an education campaign right now aimed at dispelling stereotypes about problem gamblers. The idea is gaming addicts come from all walks of life -- that the behavior does not discriminate. Carol O'Hare, president of the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling, to the Nevada
Elaine Wynn, the ex-wife of Wynn Resorts founder, Steve Wynn, has raised the stakes in her bid to gain control of 10 million shares of the Las Vegas casino company. Elaine Wynn would like to get her hands on her 10 million shares in order to sell them, but a
At a meeting last Thursday with the South Nevada Tourist Infrastructure Committee, the Las Vegas Sands Corporation said it is serious about obtaining approval to build a $1.3 billion football stadium. If built, the stadium would house UNLV football games. The long term plan would be to lure an NFL
PokerStars was the most-played online poker platform in the New Jersey market the first week after its launch. The immediate prominence is a sign of the potential PokerStars has to change the U.S. online gambling market. Poker Scout reported that the average number of cash game players on the PokerStars
A Las Vegas man was arrested this week for luring investors into a business venture in which he would use a "guaranteed system" of betting to make money. Two potential investors offered a combined $350,000 of investments in the scam, in exchange for a percentage of the profits. 53-year old
New York state lawmakers included online poker as a line-item in a budget proposal, indicating a willingness to legalize online poker later this year. In fact, the spending bill seems to assume online poker as a part of New York's budget for fiscal year 2017. New York's legislators are trying
David Baazov, the CEO of Amaya Gaming, has been charged by the Autorte des Marches Financiers (AMF) with insider trading. The AMF is the securities regulators for the province of Quebec in Canada, so these are serious charges against Baazov. The AMF filed 23 different charges related to the case.
The law the Federal Bureau of Investigation argues gives it the right to compel Apple Computers to unlock an iPhone has been used by the FBI against other telecommunications company's before. In fact, the FBI used the "All Writs Act" in a 1977 illegal gambling ring against New York Telephone.
Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian warned lawmakers that North Jersey casinos would bring an increase in "prostitution and drugs and other minor crimes" to the region. Mayor Guardian's comments were part of an ongoing debate in anticipation of a casino referendum which is planned for the November 2016 election cycle.
