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Four Top 10 College Football Teams Lose Straight Up, Huge Payday for Bettors
Bettors who put money down on four college football underdogs came away with a very profitable weekend as four of them in the Top 10 lost outright. As a result all but one fell out of the first 10 spots and are...
New Jersey Enters Online Gaming Player Liquidity Compact With Nevada and Delaware, Will Allow for Expanded Play
Anyone who's regularly played online poker in one of the three states where it's legalized has experienced the problem of inadequate player pools (known as "liquidity"), but that will be at least partially alleviated now that New Jersey is joining Nevada and...
Mandalay Bay Security Guard Jesus Campos Nowhere to Be Found, Interviews Canceled at Eleventh Hour
Jesus Campos, the first person to arrive outside Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock's Mandalay Bay suite on the 32nd floor on October 1, is staying out of public view and avoiding the media. The man who's been hailed as a hero in...
Boston Cop Feeds Bank Robbery Evidence into Slot Machines, Charged with Money Laundering
A police officer from Boston, Massachusetts has been indicted on charges of money laundering and theft for allegedly stealing cash from the evidence room before hitting Plainridge Park Casino. Until recently, Joseph Nee, 44, a 19-year Boston Police Department veteran, worked at...
MGM Cotai Focuses on Mass Market, Set to Open Without VIP Tables
MGM Cotai will open next year after being delayed from the fourth quarter due to August's Typhoon Hato that caused nearly $2 billion in damages to infrastructure throughout Macau. When it does finally welcome its first guests in 2018, the casino resort...
Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture Delays Unveiling of Grand Casino Plan
Japan’s Wakayama prefecture will delay the announcement of its “Master Plan” for an integrated resort until March due to the forthcoming general election, the regional government said this week. The prefecture is determined to be a part of a future casino industry,...
Twitter Could Be The Key to Successful In-Play Sports Betting, Says Study
Twitter is a better predictor of sports results than bookmakers’ odds, thanks to the “wisdom of crowds” effect, scientists said this week. A new study, published in the Economic Enquiry, has found that collective public sentiment on Twitter during a game is...
‘Loot Boxes’ Not Gambling, Says US Video Games Regulator
“Loot-boxes” have become a divisive issue in the video-gaming world in recent months but they do not constitute gambling, according to the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), the industry self-regulator. These are the consumable in-game boxes that offer the player randomized chances...
Zappos to Cover Las Vegas Shooting Funeral Costs, Victim Fundraising Tops $15 Million
Online retailer Zappos is offering to pay for the funerals for all 58 victims of the October 1 Las Vegas shooting. In a statement to the Las Vegas Sun, Steven Bautista, who oversees the company's "Zappos for Good" program, said the company...
Pennsylvania Sands Bethlehem Has New Investment Suitor, Bid Expected Within 30 Days
The Sands Bethlehem, Pennsylvania’s largest and most profitable casino, has become the acquisition target of New York investment firm Keating & Associates LLC. The company, which also recently made a bid of $225 million for the former Revel Hotel & Casino in...