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Rio Guests Forced Out This Weekend With Blackout, VooDoo Lounge Closed

Rio Guests Forced Out of Hotel This Weekend With Blackout, VooDoo Lounge Closed

A fire and subsequent blackout still has some guests of the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas scrambling to relocate. 

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/31/2016

Former USC Football Player Set to Plead Guilty in Gambling, Drug Case

Former USC Football Player Set to Plead Guilty in Gambling, Drug Case

Allegedly ran massive offshore sports betting empire out of Peru and trafficked "well over a ton of cocaine" in US

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/31/2016

Casino Patron Who Tipped Cocktail Server With Valium Arrested

Casino Patron Who Tipped Cocktail Server With Valium Arrested

A 46-year-old New Jersey man was arrested late Thursday after tipping a casino cocktail server with the powerful sleeping drug Valium.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/30/2016

Casino Fined After Getting Gambler Drunk, Leading to Deadly DUI

Casino Fined After Getting Gambler Drunk, Leading to Deadly DUI

Casino was fined $50,000 and must pay it within 21 days or risk losing its license

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/30/2016

Power Still Out at Rio Hotel and Casino Ahead of Busy Holiday Weekend

Power Still Out at Rio Hotel and Casino in Vegas Ahead of Busy Holiday Weekend

The Rio casino in Las Vegas scrambled to find alternate lodging for guests Thursday after a power outage led to the evacuation of 900 rooms just before the busy New Year's Eve weekend, officials said.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/29/2016

Bookie Tips: 9 Management Rules for Business Success

Grow your bookie business with these 9 management rules that will help any agent or bookie grow their per head business and revenue successfully.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/29/2016

Gamblers Can Now Create Their Own Player Betting Props Online

Gamblers Can Now Create Their Own Player Betting Props Online

An interesting concept indeed from a most unlikely source, Heritage Sports has unveiled its “Build Your Own Player Prop Bets” platform. 

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/29/2016

Rio Hotel and Casino in Vegas Fire Causes Blackout: Hundreds Evacuated

A fire was reported just before 4:30 pm local time (7:30 pm EST) Wednesday at the famed Rio Hotel and Casino west of the Vegas Strip.   It is host to the World Series of Poker.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/28/2016

New Jersey Makes Case to Supreme Court on Sports Betting

New Jersey Makes Case to Supreme Court on Sports Betting

New Jersey's chances of getting the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its attempt to allow legal sports gambling hinge on how a bedrock constitutional principle is applied.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/28/2016

Gambling Briefs: Deutsche Bank Holds Steady on Paddy Power ‘Buy’ Rating

Deutsche Bank on Wednesday re-iterated its ‘Buy’ rating with a steady target for Paddy Power Betfair at  10,500.00GBX stating a potential upside of 0.19%.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/28/2016

DA Warns It Won’t Pursue Sands Thieves if Casino Does Not Get Act Together

The Northampton County District Attorney tells Sands it better pay up $10 Million

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/28/2016

Heroin and Marijuana Same Thing Claims Nevada Gaming Comm Chair

Heroin and Marijuana Same Thing Claims Nevada Gaming Commission Chair

Recreational pot may now become legal in the state of Nevada beginning January 1 but you won’t be able to smoke it in any of the Silver State’s casinos.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/27/2016

Nasdaq: 5 Gambling Stats That Will Blow You Away

Nasdaq: 5 Gambling Stats That Will Blow You Away

Nasdaq on Tuesday evening listed 5 gambling stats that will leave some readers in shock.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/27/2016

Top 5 Reasons to Choose Ace Per Head

Top 5 Reasons to Choose Ace Per Head

Ace has the sharpest lines in the industry, site always stays up and all American English speaking customer service.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/27/2016

Arrests Made in Shooting Death of Marine Outside Miccosukee Casino Christmas Night

Two men have been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a former marine outside a South Florida casino Christmas night.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/27/2016

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Eye Fast Start to Casino Issues

Pennsylvania’s casino industry will be under the microscope in 2017, as lawmakers look to extract more money from it for public coffers and casinos ask lawmakers for new avenues to expand.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/27/2016

Children in These Nations Passed Up by Santa for Engaging in Risky Online Behavior

Israeli, Japanese, the UK, the US and Italian kids most likely to have gotten a lump of coal in their stocking this Christmas or Chanukah season.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/26/2016

State of Nevada Reaps More That $35 Million in Unclaimed Casino Winnings

State of Nevada Reaps More That $35 Million in Unclaimed Casino Winnings

State officials say Nevada has reaped more than $35 million in the last five years from gamblers who forget or don't care to cash in slot and video machine tickets at Nevada casinos.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/26/2016

A Very Jenny Christmas From Gambling911.com

The following is an annual Christmas carol begun by Jenny in 2005.  It is destined to live in the annals of history as a timeless holiday classic the whole family can enjoy much the same as Rudolph, Charlie Brown, the Little Drummer Boy and Heatmeister.   Jenny and the Gambling911.com wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. 

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'Twas the night  before  Christmas, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, except for the one in Jenny Woo's blouse;

The stockings were hung by the mantle with care,

Submitted by Jenny Woo on, Dec/24/2016

Schools in 6 Counties to Benefit From $20 Mil Tioga Downs Casino License Fee

Schools in 6 Counties to Benefit From $20 Mil Tioga Downs Casino License Fee

Funding from a new Southern Tier casino's $20 million license fee is being distributed to six surrounding counties and one municipality as well as public schools throughout the state.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/24/2016

Maine Could Get New Casino

Maine Could Get New Casino

The state of Maine could be getting another land-based casino, Gambling911.com has learned.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/23/2016

Man Crashes Car Through Casino, Found With Meth, Shot Gun

Man Crashes Car Through Casino, Found With Meth, Shot Gun

A man is facing several charges after ramming his car through a casino Thursday morning.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/23/2016

Mobster’s ‘Great Christmas’ Included Home Invasion That Would Have Yielded $300K

Mobster’s ‘Great Christmas’ Included Home Invasion That Would Have Yielded $300K

Mobster: “Nothing gets my juices flowing like putting a gun to someone’s head, taking their stuff and making it mine.”

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/23/2016

Philippine President to Stop All Online Gambling

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Thursday he would halt all online gambling in his country.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/22/2016

Golfer John Daly Once Through $55,000 in Gambling Winnings Off a Bridge

Golfer John Daly Once Through $55,000 in Gambling Winnings Off a Bridge

In a shock revelation Wednesday, golfer and gambler John Daly admitted he once threw $55000 in gambling winnings off a bridge.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/21/2016

Merry Christmas: TopBet Sportsbook Gets a D+ Upgrade

Merry Christmas: TopBet Sportsbook Gets a D+ Upgrade

The online sportsbook grading website SportsBookReview.com has given TopBet Sportsbook an early Christmas present: They have been upgraded to a D+ grade.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/21/2016

Manhunt Under Way for Bookie Terrorist

Manhunt Under Way for Bookie Terrorist

United Kingdom authorities continue to hunt down an armed robber who has terrified bookmaker staff. 

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/21/2016

Gambling ‘Hustlers’, Bookies Charged in Online Gambling, Oxycodone Sting

Gambling ‘Hustlers’, Bookies Charged in Online Gambling, Oxycodone Sting

Three online gambling sites based out of Costa Rica named in complaint

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/21/2016

Ken ‘The Shrink’ Weitzner Back From the Grave and Starring in New Sports Betting Film

Ken ‘The Shrink’ Weitzner Back From the Grave and Starring in New Sports Betting Film

Ken "The Shrink" Weitzner, the phony psychiatrist and degenerate gambler who started two popular websites about sports betting and then killed himself, is one of the stars of a new movie about sports betting that premiered last week.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, Dec/20/2016

Montreal Mobster Sentenced in Hit of Ex-Bonanno Boss

Raynald Desjardins was sentenced Monday to fourteen years behind bars for his lead role in the 2011 hit of ex-Bonananno boss Salvatore “Sal the Ironworker” Montagna following a souring of their relationship.

Submitted by Guest on, Dec/20/2016

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