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Casinos Push Towards Millennials by Booking Hipper Concert Acts
Move over Cher and Celine. Casinos are chasing the millennial, and in order to get them inside their doors, numerous gambling venues are booking concert acts that appeal to the 20 and...
Tennis Players Attacked on Social Media by Angry Fans Allegedly Gambling on Matches
Multiple tennis players are speaking out against social media attacks levied by persons who are allegedly gambling on matches and frustrated from losing. Over the past year, numerous tennis stars, the majority...
James Packer Rejoins Crown Resorts Board as Company Remains in Crisis
James Packer is returning to Crown Resorts, the Australian gaming and hospitality conglomerate he founded in May of 2007. The billionaire will serve on the company's board of directors, and as the...
UK Bookmaker William Hill Issues Gloomy Profit Forecast After Taking $25 Million Hit in December
William Hill’s 2016 profits came in £20 million ($25 million) lower than expected, thanks to a late run of unfavorable sporting results. Unfavorable to the bookmaker, that is. Customers scored and scored...
KISS Casino Ready to Rock and Roll in Oklahoma With Kaw Nation
A KISS casino will soon allow visitors to rock and roll all night in Oklahoma. Famed members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are teaming up with the Kaw Nation to construct a...
Packer Feels Heat Over Netanyahu Corruption Scandal
James Packer was sucked deeper into the corruption scandal enveloping Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu this week.? ? The Crown Resorts casino mogul must have been hoping that 2017 would be a...
Biggest Gaming Business Busts of 2016: Who Fell This Year and How Far
David Baazov was the golden boy of online gambling at the beginning of 2016. The Amaya founder, CEO and chairman had transformed his company from a relatively obscure gaming software provider into...
Match-Fixing Scandals That Made for Ugly Headlines in 2016
2016 was still young, the Christmas tinsel barely packed up, before tennis found itself engulfed in a huge match-fixing scandal. In early January, documents passed to the BBC and Buzzfeed News by...
Strangest Gaming Bedfellows of 2016: Match Ups We Never Saw Coming (But Sometimes Saw Going)
No question, 2016 saw some strange partnerships, interesting deals, and all kinds of dramatic decisions hit the headlines when it came to the gaming industry worldwide. From the weird (an Australian billionaire...
Baazov Attorney Demands Release of Insider Trading Details?
The lawyer for former Amaya boss David Baazov urged the Quebec securities regulator, AMF, this week to reveal more details of its case against their client. Sophie Melchers, of Norton Rose Fulbright,...