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07-16
2024
DraftKings Penalized $100,000 for Reporting Inaccurate Betting Data
In a strongly worded reprimand, New Jersey’s gambling regulators have fined DraftKings $100,000 for providing incorrect sports betting data to the state. This was deemed “unacceptable conduct, ” highlighting significant flaws in the comp ... ...
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07-10
2024
U.S. Treasury’s FinCEN has reach into Northern Marianas/Saipan
A U.S. District Court judge in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands has ruled that the U.S. Treasury can regulate, and their Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) can enforce anti-money laundering laws in that jurisdiction. The decis ... ...
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07-10
2024
NagaCorp inks $50m 10 year slots deal
A group of four investors will get a 30% share in the take from 300 slot machines at NagaWorld in Phnom Penh, Cambodia over the next 10 years for a stake of $40 million. The “negotiation fee” was already promised by one of the parties j ... ...
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07-10
2024
APPT Macau Day 2 action–Xiaohua Fu owns the day
After starting Wednesday and Thursday (Days 1a, 1b) with 493 total entrants, today’s action began with a field of 188. That number became 41 on Day 2 of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour Season 9 in Macau Friday. All survivors made it into the money ... ...
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07-10
2024
Paradise Entertainment opens new slot hall at Waldo Hotel Macao
A new slot hall opened yesterday at the Casino Waldo in the downtown area of Macau as part of a casino hotel project of Paradise Entertainment. The casino management firm and creator of electronic casino games, Paradise Entertainment Ltd, has just l ... ...
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07-10
2024
Imperial Pacific expects to construct 2 hotels and a casino in Saipan within 6 months of start
A company that has pledged to spend as much as US$7 billion on a casino resort on the Pacific island of Saipan says an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary will construct two hotels and a casino there within a six-month period. The company has proposed ... ...
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07-10
2024
Paul Phua prepares for home after US Judge drops all charges
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Nevada Gaming Control Board agents went to great lengths to infiltrate Paul Phua’s alleged illegal gambling operation at his Caesars Palace villa in Las Vegas. The sting was conducted during July 2014 when the ... ...
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07-10
2024
APPT Season 9 Macau Main Event Final—Yat Wai Cheng takes it for HK$2,525,000
After five days of grinding action, the Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau Main Event has come to an end, the most anticipated event of the 2015 PokerStars.net series stop. Final table play would see seven players at the felt with Yat Wai Cheng earning t ... ...
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07-10
2024
US Authorities impose $75 million fine on pacific island casino
The US Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced this week that it had imposed a $75 million fine on the Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino, which is located in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islan ... ...
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07-10
2024
Baccarat games boost Las Vegas revenue in April 2015
Casinos in Las Vegas might have had an average 2014 but things are looking up in 2015. Las Vegas casinos reported a five percent spike in April 2015 when compared to April 2014 and brought in over $95 million in revenue according to the Nevada Gamin ... ...
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07-10
2024
APPT Macau Main Event; Jia Liang takes lead Day 1b
Day 1b of the Season 9 Asia Pacific Poker Tour Macau HK$25,000 Main Event at PokerStars LIVE Macau at City of Dreams brought in more competition than Wednesday’s event with 286 entrants compared to 207 from Day 1a for a total of nearly 500 pla ... ...
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06-19
2024
1Win integration alliance for Relax Gaming Limited
A little over a month after being approved by regulators in Gibraltar and Maltese online casino games developer Relax Gaming Limited has now returned to announced the inking of a content distribution deal with the iGaming domain at 1Win. Headquarter ... ...