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Packer to Sell $800 Million-Worth of Shares in Melco-Crown and Step Down as Co-Chairman
James Packer’s Crown Resorts is to sell $800 million of its shares in Melco-Crown back to the company, reducing its stake in the Macau-based operation from 34 percent to 27 percent. Packer...
Isle of Man to License Bitcoin Currency Use, As “Satoshi Nakamoto” Is Finally Unmasked
The Isle of Man has become the first online gambling jurisdiction to adopt changes to its regulation that will permit the use of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies for online gambling. In...
Bookies Find 48 Suspicious Tennis Matches in First Three Months of Year?
The Tennis Integrity Unit has been notified by the gambling industry of 48 instances of suspicious betting patterns on matches in the first quarter of the year alone, the anti-corruption body said...
Violent Crime on the Rise at Star Casino Due to Sydney Lock-out Laws?
The area around Star Casino in Sydney, Australia has become a breeding ground for violent assaults, due to its controversial exemption from the state of New South Wales’ despised “liquor lockout laws.”...
James Packer Prepared to Cut Losses and Sell Cannery Casino Resorts to Boyd Gaming
Billionaire James Packer is reportedly readying his Crown Resorts Limited gaming and entertainment company to take a sizable loss and sell Cannery Casino Resorts. Packer purchased Cannery and its three owned and...
Will Aussies Ban Pokies? New Legal Challenge is Putting Money on It
Australian poker machines (“pokies”), or slots, as they are known in the US, are a multi-billion-dollar industry. Did you know, for example, that there are five times more slot machines per capita...
Casino Catastrophes Around the World Give New Meaning to “Being Stuck”
Casino catastrophes are nothing new. But lately, they seem to come in all shapes, sizes, and levels of tragi-comedy. Let’s start with some intrigue at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia over...
Brazil Gambling Laws Come Too Late for 2016 Summer Olympic Games?
Brazil gambling laws currently being pushed through the government won't be implemented in time for tourists to place wagers on the August 5-12 Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Political leaders in Brazil are...
DraftKings and FanDuel Agree with NCAA to Suspend Amateur and College Sports Contests
While the 2016 Men's NCAA National Championship ended in spellbinding drama last night and Kris Jenkins’ sizzling, match-winning shot in the final micro-second of the blew our tiny little minds, this is...
Phil Mickelson Gambling Pal Gregory Silveira Withdraws Guilty Plea in Money Laundering Case
Gambler Gregory Silveira, known to have ties to golfer (and gambler) Phil Mickelson, has been facing charges of money laundering in a Los Angeles court. But now Silveriera, who had previously plead...