Gambling
Nevada Judge Pleads Guilty in Federal Fraud Case: Some Funds Used for Gambling
LAS VEGAS — (Reuters) - A longtime Nevada state court judge pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal conspiracy charge in a plea deal that cost him his elected position, his law license and is expected to get him 27 months in prison for his role in a decade-long investment fraud that prosecutors said reaped more than $2.6 million.
Chicago Bulls Eye Fantasy Sports Sponsorship: FanDuel, DraftKings Frontrunners
With the National Basketball Association ending its restrictions on Fantasy Sports sponsorship deals last month, the Chicago Bulls expect to jump into the fray in a very big way.
ESPN ‘Playing for the Mob’ Profiles Boston College Point Shaving Scandal
ESPN will be releasing a documentary next month entitled “Playing for the Mob”, profiling the infamous 1978-1979 Boston College point shaving scandal.
Wynn Resorts Gets Approved for Gambling License
BOSTON — (Associated Press) - Wynn Resorts has won the competition for the lucrative Boston-area casino license, besting rival Mohegan Sun largely on the strength of its $1.6 billion project’s economic development potential.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted 3-to-1 Tuesday to award the license to the Las Vegas casino giant, which wants to turn a former chemical plant site on the Mystic River in Everett into a gleaming casino resort.
A final vote is expected Wednesday after Wynn formally agrees to terms and conditions regulators have stipulated.
Online Gambling Site Betfair Guaranteeing No Scotland Independence
Polls may say the outcome of the Scottish independence vote is too close to call but one UK-based betting shop, Betfair.com, is already paying out more than 100,000 pounds ($162,000) to customers who backed a "No" vote.
G911 World Exclusive: Investigation Into Bwin.Party Stock Trades
An investigation into recent stock trades involving bwin.party, an online betting company, is being conducted, Gambling911.com can reveal in a world exclusive report!
A source tells Gambling911.com that the proper authorities are looking into recent, possibly-suspicious, large purchases of stock by directors of the company.
Bookies Make Up Big Time for Patriots Losses: Eagles Icing on Cake
Despite getting crushed by sports bettors who were backing New England to cover against Minnesota, bookies made up for any losses with big wins by the Bears, Browns and Chargers. In all, the Patriots represented only one of seven teams with heavy lopsided action that favored gamblers.
Wynn, Mohegan Sun Respond to Casino Regulators in Massachusetts
BOSTON (Associated Press) — Wynn Resorts appears to have a strong advantage over Mohegan Sun in the fierce competition for the Boston-area casino license, even as the Las Vegas gambling giant pushes back against some requirements state regulators are seeking to impose if it is to win the license.
VictoryLand Casino Trial Concludes After Four Days of Testimony
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Associated Press) -- A four-day trial over the legality of gambling machines seized from the VictoryLand casino has ended, but it will be a few weeks before the judge rules.
Attorneys for the closed Macon County casino and the state attorney general's office wrapped up their cases in a Montgomery courtroom Friday afternoon. Circuit Judge William Shashy gave lawyers four weeks to file more legal arguments after the transcript of the case is completed. Then he will rule.
3000 Taj Mahal Employees Given Notice They May Lose Jobs
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — (Associated Press) - The owner of the Trump Taj Mahal casino has sent notices to more than 3,100 employees warning it could be shut down in November.
Trump Entertainment Resorts told The Associated Press it filed the notices earlier this week, saying it could close Nov. 13.
The company filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday and threatened to close the Taj Majal if it doesn't get concessions from its unions.
Pinnacle Sports Exits UK Market, Others Force to Lay Off Staff, Close Betting Shops
The United Kingdom government is set to begin enforcing new regulations for online gambling, beginning with a hefty tax increase.
The pending changes and increased taxation will go into effect October 1 though a grace period for application processing is being allowed for those operators based out of Alderney and the Isle of Man.
Brutal Japan Mob Boss Arrested for Gunning Man Down in Public
Japanese police arrested the leader of the brutal yakuza organised crime syndicate Thursday for the 1998 murder of a 70-year-old man.
Satoru Nomura, 67, the top leader of Kudokai, has long been considered one of the most dangerous yakuza crime syndicates in Japan.
El Mejor Sitio de Apuestas en Línea para Jugadores de Habla Hispana!
Uno de los mejores sitios de apuestas en internet para jugadores de habla hispana es BetPhoenix.ag, un sitio de apuestas que cuenta con el personal profesional y experimentado que le atenderá en el idioma de su preferencia ya sea español o inglés.
Oscar Pistorius Found Not Guilty: Paddy Power Makes Payouts
Oscar Pistorius has been found Not Guilty of murdering his wife model Reeva Steenkamp in a case that has been widely covered by the gambling world following Irish bookmaker Paddy Power’s decision to take wagers on the outcome.
Massachusetts Won’t Make Decision on Boston Casino This Week
BOSTON (Associated Press) — State gambling regulators say they'll hold off making a decision on the lone Boston-area casino license this week.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Wednesday said it will break off deliberations until Wynn Resorts and Mohegan Sun have a chance to respond, by Friday, to a series of conditions the panel is considering imposing on their proposals. The commission says it'll reconvene Monday with the hope of awarding the license by Wednesday.
Revel has $90 Million Offer to Buy Closed Casino
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — (Associated Press) - A Florida developer has offered $90 million for the Revel Casino Hotel that shut down last week, lawyers for the resort said Wednesday in court documents.
The casino said in the bankruptcy court filing that Glenn Straub's Polo North Country Club, Inc., made the cash bid for the $2.4 billion resort. The casino also wants a judge to set an auction for Sept. 24 if any higher bids are received by Sept. 23. A bankruptcy court judge would have to approve any sale.
AP Source: Law Enforcement Agent Says NFL Received Ray Rice Tape Back in April
ATLANTIC CITY (Associated Press) — A law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee to an NFL executive three months ago, while league officers have insisted they didn't see the violent images until this week.
Trump in Other Battles to Get Name Off of Troubled Properties
Real Estate tycoon Donald Trump recently sued to get his name off of two troubled Atlantic City casinos, the Trump Plaza and the Trump Taj Mahal. This wouldn’t be the first time the Donald has been embroiled in lawsuits to disassociate himself with properties that feature his name.
Trump had previously aligned himself with one Jody Kriss, licensing his name to a failed development in South Florida, The Trump International Hotel & Tower.
That lawsuit turned ugly though a judge eventually found Trump “not guilty” of deceiving potential buyers.
Antigua Fires Attorney Mendel in Online Gambling Dispute With US: Had Links to WSEX
The Caribbean island of Antigua has fired attorney Mark Mendel, who for many years represented the tiny island in its dispute with the United States over online gambling.
It also made a new dramatic offer to the US Government for compensation awarded to it by the World Trade Organization.
Christie, Sandoval Talk Combining Online Poker Players: No Sports Bets at Caesars
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval discussed possibly combining both states online poker player pools during a gaming conference in the Garden State on Monday.
VictoryLand Trial Gets Under Way: Can Alabama Keep $223k Seized From Casino?
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Associated Press) -- A lawyer for the closed VictoryLand casino in Shorter is arguing that other businesses in Alabama are still operating the same gambling machines VictoryLand had.
A civil trial opened Tuesday in Montgomery over whether the attorney general can destroy gambling machines seized in a 2013 raid.
VictoryLand attorney Joe Espy says electronic bingo games like the ones from VictoryLand are operating at two locations in Greene County and one in Houston County.
Bookmaking Outsourcing at $10 Per Head
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New Jersey’s Monmouth Park Racetrack to Begin Taking Sports Bets on Sunday
Within hours after Gambling911.com first broke the news that New Jersey’s Attorney General, John Hoffman, issued a directive no longer enforcing the prohibition of sports betting in that state, one of New Jersey’s largest race tracks announced it intends to start taking sports wagers as early as this Sunday.
Breaking News: Trump Atlantic City Casinos File for Bankruptcy, Taj Could Close
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) — Trump Entertainment Resorts filed for bankruptcy Tuesday and threatened to shut down the Taj Mahal Casino Resort, which would make it the fifth Atlantic City casino to close this year.
What are the Best Online Sportsbooks to Bet the NFL?
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Christie in Closed Door Meeting to Discuss Fate of Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY – (Associated Press) - Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that Atlantic City is undergoing a natural and necessary transformation as it expands beyond a gambling-only resort.
Christie convened a summit meeting on the resort’s future that was closed to the public and press for all but the very beginning of his remarks. But afterward, he said the changes buffeting the seaside gambling resort couldn’t be avoided.
Atlantic City began the year with 12 casinos. Three of them have already closed, and a fourth is shutting down next week.
Closure of Revel Casino May Have Helped With Release of Ray Rice Beating Video
The Baltimore Ravens organization claims they never had access to a shocking video that emerged Monday showing running back Ray Rice brutally knocking his then fiancé unconscious in an Atlantic City casino elevator.
Ravens head coach John Harbaugh re-iterated that the Ravens had only viewed the surveillance video Monday morning after TMZ.com released it on their website.
Cá Cược Tại Orange County, California: dồi dào những con bạc người Việt
Những người ghi cá độ địa phương ở vùng Orange County, California được hưởng thêm một sự khuyến khích.
Garden Grove là nhà của 47 ngàn người ngụ cư Việt Nam. Santa Ana là nhà của 23 ngàn người Việt khác. Cả hai bao gồm cộng đồng Little Saigon. Los Angeles gần đó là nhà của cộng đồng người Việt với dân số lớn thứ 7.
“Nếu bạn là một người ghi cá độ có quan hệ gần gũi với cộng đồng người Việt hoạt động trong vùng này, khả năng tốt là bạn sẽ có được một kinh doanh có lợi nhuận.” Don Shapiro của công ty Gambling911.com bình luận.
Caesars Counting on Cold Weather, New Ad Campaign to Boost NJ Online Gambling
AdWeek.com says Caesars Online Casino is counting on a reboot in the Garden State when cold weather starts to roll in this November. They will be pushing a more aggressive advertising campaign on television as well, similar to that we saw earlier in the year with the Borgata and its partner site PartyPoker. New Jersey is served by two major television media markets: New York and Philadelphia.
The Pay Per Head Player Management Report: Simplification for Bookies
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It’s one of the biggest advantages of using a Pay Per Head service, being able to receive expansive in-depth customer reports in order to help your business grow.
