Genting Limited is a Malaysian multinational conglomerate which makes a great deal of money in the gambling and leisure industries. Genting owns hotels and casinos throughout Asia and Oceania. Soon, the company will break ground on a massive investment in Las Vegas. As the date for the new development arrives,
The Poker Players Alliance says that the U.S. online poker sites need casino-style gaming to survive as a business. Online casino games like slots, roulette, and blackjack can be played in one-player games. Poker cannot, so large card playing communities are needed to sustain a successful poker site. The PPA
The Daily News reports that Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps was drinking inside a Baltimore casino for 8 hours before his DUI traffic stop. Michael Phelps apparently is a regular at the Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore, where he enjoys playing poker and drinking. Michael Phelps holds the Olympic record for
New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney and activist shareholder Carl Icahn are in a war of words over the future of the Atlantic City casino industry. The immediate cause for their public rhetoric is Icahn's attempts to keep the Trump Taj Mahal open after November 13, when bankruptcy documents show
Several of New York's most famous minority-group politicians, including U.S. Representative Charles Wrangel and State Assemblyman Karim Camara, sent a letter to the New York Gaming Commission last week expressing their preferences in the coming casino license announcement. The men gave their support to Greenetrack, a lesser-known Alabama-baed gaming operator
AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento and Hotel Trades Council President Peter Ward say that local a casino in Orange County is the best option for the people of New York. The two union leaders released a statement on Tuesday saying the Orange County casinos "will create the most jobs while generating
Daily Fantasy Sports has become a billion dollar business. Media outlets across America discuss the hobby, which stemmed from the Rotisserie baseball and fantasy football years so many Americans love. Sports Illustrated and USA Today each have competing websites which allow visitors to play for real money--and it's perfectly legal.
A recent op-ed piece by Paul Mulshine in the Star Ledger's online portal, NJ.com, predicted a disastrous ending to Chris Christie's latest attempt to save sports gambling in New Jersey. If Mulshine is correct, then Christie will lose his legal challenge to the 1992 PASPA law which bans sports gambling
Betfair Interactive New Jersey LLC and Caesars Interactive have agreed to a deal that will allow the online gaming provider to remain in the New Jersey market for the next six months. Though Trump Plaza closed its doors on September 16, Betfair remains a licensing partner with that entity for
Sheldon Adelson said at the American Gaming Association's Global Gaming Expo that he would like to open a casino in North Jersey Meadowlands. New Jersey's leaders have yet to approve such a casino, but if the state ever offers a license for a Meadowlands casino, the Las Vegas Sands Corporation
Federal and state grand juries have returned indictments against 3 owners of waterfront property set to be used in the Wynn Resorts casino in Everett. The three men are charged with lying to gaming regulators to conceal a former convict's role in the deal with Wynn Resorts, which plans to
Mayor Don Guardian told the owners of the Trump Taj Mahal that he cannot agree to massive tax breaks for the struggling casino. Guardian's decision is in response to a suggestion by a group pledged to offer $100 million to turn around the struggling casino. Had Atlantic City offered significant
