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Lawrence Ho Increases Ownership Stake in Melco Resorts, Now Controls Nearly 55 Percent
Billionaire Lawrence Ho has increased his ownership stake in Melco Resorts, the Hong Kong casino company he founded in 2004 that owns and operates properties in Macau and Manila. In a filing...
Crown Resorts Shares Plunge 20 Percent in Three Months, Packer Takes $824 Million Hit
Poor VIP turnout at Crown Resorts properties has shaken investor faith in the Australian casino giant, with share prices nosediving almost 20 percent since mid-August. According to The Australian Financial Review, the...
Japan’s Loot-Box Mobile Games Industry in Decline as China Levels Up
As the debate about loot-boxes and gambling continues to rage, the industry that started it all is in freefall, Bloomberg reports. The Japanese “gacha” mobile games market has spawned some of the...
Ascendant in New Jersey, DraftKings Gears Up for Massachusetts Sports Betting Push
The Massachusetts legislature plans to grapple with sports betting in January and homegrown DFS giant-turned-bookmaker DraftKings wants to make sure they get the job done. According to The Boston Herald, the Boston-based...
Illegal Sports Betting Linked to Murder of Aussie Gangster John Macris, Shot in Cold Blood in Athens
Police investigating the murder of Greco-Australian gangster John Macris are working on the theory that he was killed because of links to an illegal sports betting operation. Macris was shot dead by...
Mark Cuban Backed Unikrn Approved For Crypto and Video Game Betting by Isle of Man
Esports betting platform Unikrn scored a major win this week when the Isle of Man approved a gambling license for the company to begin offering bettors the chance to place wagers using...
Media Mogul Pal of Depressed Casino Billionaire James Packer Once Grounded Jet to Protect Him from Fiancee Mariah Carey
The planned wedding of James Packer and Mariah Carey was torpedoed when Packer’s close friend -- the Australian media billionaire Kerry Stokes -- arranged to have the boat that was staging the...
Casino Artificial Intelligence Technology Takes Hold in Michigan, Will be Tracking Your Feelings
The next time you walk into the Gun Lake Casino just south of Grand Rapids, Michigan, you’re going to be watched like you’ve never been watched before. Where you go, how you...
Legal Taiwan Casinos Would Bridge $9.7 Billion Tourism Deficit, But Government Opposed
In Taiwan, there were renewed calls this week for the legalization of casino gaming after the island’s tourist bureau announced its tourism deficit had reached its highest level ever, exceeding NT$300 billion...
Three Tennis Umpires Receive Lifetime Bans for Gambling on Matches They Officiated
Three tennis chair umpires have received lifetime bans on officiating or attending any professional tennis event after each admitted to gambling on games they presided over in 2017. The International Tennis Integrity...