More Than Half of Nevada Casino Goers Support Blanket Smoking Ban
Plenty of support A new study shows that the majority of voters in Nevada support a ban on indoor smoking at the state’s casinos. The Park MGM is the only gaming property in Las Vegas that doesn’t allow smoking and most major properties don’t even have areas that prohibit cigarettes. 60% of the respondents in…
Read MoreSydney Police Investigate Mysterious Body Found Floating in Water Near Star Casino
When The Star Entertainment makes our headlines, it’s usually not for positive reasons. This time it’s no different, although this is seemingly no fault of the casino operator itself. Police have found a body floating in water near the Star Casino in Sydney. it appears to be a man in his 50s, although he is…
Read MoreRacing Trainer Who Sold Nonexistent Horse Gambled $2M Before Bankruptcy
A former harness-racing trainer from New Zealand was convicted last year of fraud for selling a horse that didn’t exist. This week, it emerged he illegally gambled more than $2 million before filing for bankruptcy, according to local media reports. Mitchell Kerr, right, sold a nonexistent horse, not pictured, as part of a scam to…
Read MoreLas Vegas’ Downtown Grand to Pay $720,000 in Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
The Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas has agreed to pay $720,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The lawsuit claims that the casino, located about a block off the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas, violated anti-discrimination laws multiple times since 2018,…
Read MoreEffort to Exempt Charities From Ad Ban Defeated as Irish Lawmakers Debate New Gambling Bill
Defeated amendments An attempt by Ireland’s government to exempt charities from the nation’s Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 has been defeated. lost 69 votes to 55 and 68 votes to 66 On Wednesday, politicians debated the issue in the Dáil, the lower house of the Irish legislature. Two amendments to leave charities out of the TV…
Read MoreMalaysia’s Prime Minister Dismisses Rumors of a Second Casino
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has quashed rumors that the country will soon be getting a second casino, saying that they are “not true” and are “a lie.” Bloomberg reported on Thursday that the government is looking at turning part of an underperforming real estate project on reclaimed islands near the border of Singapore into…
Read MoreClark County Approves $15m Demolition Plan for Tropicana
End of an era The demolition of the iconic Tropicana casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip is getting closer and now Clark County has approved the permit application to implode the property. Bally’s Corporation just has to pay the $48,000 application fee and it will officially have its hands on the permit. plans to…
Read MoreKorea Police Arrest More Than 1,000 Youth Gamblers, Including Nine Year Old
Six-month operation While the scale of gambling arrests in Asia often staggers US newsreaders, “a six-month crackdown on online gambling targeting adolescents” in South Korea defies belief. accused 12 teens of running online betting sites The Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) on Thursday said a crackdown by the National Office of Investigation resulted in the…
Read MoreRivers Casino Pittsburgh Is the Latest Pennsylvania Casino to Request the Removal of Hundreds of Slots
Rivers Casino Pittsburgh was successful with its request to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) to remove 302 slot machines from its gambling floor. The state’s gambling regulator approved the measure on Wednesday at its monthly meeting. placing some of the blame on unregulated skill games Four other casinos over the past year in the…
Read MoreNevada, South Dakota, Montana Are America’s Three Most Gambling-Addicted States
Mapping gambling addiction A WalletHub study of America’s most gambling-addicted states has revealed Nevada, perhaps unsurprisingly, claims the top spot, with South Dakota and Montana making up the top three. Notably, Utah and Hawaii, both states without a legal gambling market, made it onto the list regardless in 44th and 50th place, respectively. WalletHub took…
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