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As diferenças e semelhanças na forma como o pôquer online e os esportes de fantasia diários (DFS) nos EUA têm sido tratados continuam a surgir, acompanhando os desenvolvimentos recentes em Nova York. Enquanto o projeto de lei do pôquer online S5302 não cumpriu o prazo de adiamento de 17...
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Patients May Be at Risk of Substantial Economic Losses, Psychological Distress Several studies have linked the antipsychotic medication Abilify to the development of compulsive gambling in patients taking the drug, reports the national law firm of Baron & Budd. Patients on Abilify who have suffered economic losses due to...
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Atlantic City’s problems might get worse. Ninety-six percent of the workers at four of the city’s casinos voted Thursday to go on strike on July 1 if the gaming industry “continues to hold down wages.” Workers at a fifth casino have already authorized a walk-out. More than 6,000 workers...
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A Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) tem o prazer de anunciar o lançamento oficial da “PlayMyWay”, uma nova iniciativa de jogo responsável que oferece aos clientes do casino uma opção voluntária para orçamentar e controlar o seu jogo. Disponível a 9 de junho no Plainridge Park Casino (PPC), o programa...
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A bill aiming to regulate daily fantasy sports (DFS) in New York will be moved on to the Senate Finance Committee, after being passed at a committee hearing. S6793A, introduced by Senator John Bonacic in February, was heard by members of the Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, chaired...
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MGM Resorts is to purchase Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in its entirety, after agreeing to buy the remaining 50% stake in the casino from its partner Boyd Gaming for a consideration of $900m. This does not mean that MGM Resorts will be the sole owner of Borgata, however,...
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The House subcommittee hearing was labeled “Daily Fantasy Sports: Issues and Perspectives.” The real purpose, however, for the nearly two-hour long hearing on Wednesday became clear minutes in: the decriminalization of sports gambling nationwide. “The biggest thing for me is that I would like us to legalize sports betting,” Rep....
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Bernie Sanders has spent much of his time on the presidential campaign trail admonishing “casino capitalism”. On Monday morning he did so again – this time literally. “What we’re seeing in Atlantic City encapsulates the ugliness and the greed,” the Democratic hopeful told a crowd just off the famous...
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According to a brief report by TheHill.com, major players on both sides of the online gambling battle in the United States have acquired more troops. Both Sheldon Adelson’s Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSIG) and Amaya Services Ltd., a division of PokerStars parent Amaya, have hired new lobbyists. The...
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A lottery security director who was convicted of fixing a $16.5m lottery jackpot also allegedly rigged several other lottery random-number generators to be able to predict the winning numbers, according to Iowa investigators. For several years, Eddie Tipton, the former security director of the US Multi-State Lottery Association, installed...
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Las Vegas Sands is paying a US$9 million fine to settle a regulatory investigation that painted an unflattering picture of the casino owner’s expansion into Macau. The resolution announced Thursday closes a Securities and Exchange Commission probe that began more than five years ago. The corruption case revolved around...
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Lawyers representing New Jersey went to court Wednesday and made their latest argument that the state should be allowed to offer sports betting at casinos and horse-racing tracks. Former U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson — who led a legal team that represented President George W. Bush in the disputed 2000...
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In August 2015, a three-judge appellate court panel ruled against the state of New Jersey in the state’s ongoing push to legalize sports betting. It was nothing new for the Garden State, which has been trying to join an exclusive club of states where sports gambling is actually allowed...
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Good news for poker players out of New York Tuesday as Senate Bill S5302 passed through the Senate Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering by a unanimous 9-0 vote. The bill aims to legalize and regulate “certain interactive poker games that are considered to be games of skill” (read:...
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Sporting reputations are tumbling so fast, I doubt even Usain Bolt can keep up with them. We’ve had match-fixing in cricket and snooker, corruption in football, and doping in cycling, rugby, baseball and athletics. Now it’s the turn of tennis – and back to fixing matches. A joint Buzzfeed-BBC investigation...
As diferenças e semelhanças na forma como o pôquer online e os esportes de fantasia diários (DFS) nos EUA têm sido tratados continuam a surgir, acompanhando os desenvolvimentos recentes em Nova York. Enquanto o projeto de lei do pôquer online S5302 não cumpriu o prazo de adiamento de 17...
Patients May Be at Risk of Substantial Economic Losses, Psychological Distress Several studies have linked the antipsychotic medication Abilify to the development of compulsive gambling in patients taking the drug, reports the national law firm of Baron & Budd. Patients on Abilify who have suffered economic losses due to...
Atlantic City’s problems might get worse. Ninety-six percent of the workers at four of the city’s casinos voted Thursday to go on strike on July 1 if the gaming industry “continues to hold down wages.” Workers at a fifth casino have already authorized a walk-out. More than 6,000 workers...
MGM Resorts is to purchase Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in its entirety, after agreeing to buy the remaining 50% stake in the casino from its partner Boyd Gaming for a consideration of $900m. This does not mean that MGM Resorts will be the sole owner of Borgata, however,...
Bernie Sanders has spent much of his time on the presidential campaign trail admonishing “casino capitalism”. On Monday morning he did so again – this time literally. “What we’re seeing in Atlantic City encapsulates the ugliness and the greed,” the Democratic hopeful told a crowd just off the famous...
According to a brief report by TheHill.com, major players on both sides of the online gambling battle in the United States have acquired more troops. Both Sheldon Adelson’s Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSIG) and Amaya Services Ltd., a division of PokerStars parent Amaya, have hired new lobbyists. The...
A lottery security director who was convicted of fixing a $16.5m lottery jackpot also allegedly rigged several other lottery random-number generators to be able to predict the winning numbers, according to Iowa investigators. For several years, Eddie Tipton, the former security director of the US Multi-State Lottery Association, installed...
Las Vegas Sands is paying a US$9 million fine to settle a regulatory investigation that painted an unflattering picture of the casino owner’s expansion into Macau. The resolution announced Thursday closes a Securities and Exchange Commission probe that began more than five years ago. The corruption case revolved around...
Sporting reputations are tumbling so fast, I doubt even Usain Bolt can keep up with them. We’ve had match-fixing in cricket and snooker, corruption in football, and doping in cycling, rugby, baseball and athletics. Now it’s the turn of tennis – and back to fixing matches. A joint Buzzfeed-BBC investigation...
