New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney said on Wednesday of this last week that he would oppose any move towards a land-based casino in the Meadowlands. Steve Sweeney said he would use his position to undermine any legislation which would authorize a casino outside of Atlantic City until February of
The Cato Institute and the Pacific Legal Foundation this week filed an amicus brief which supports New Jersey's recent appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court regarding online sports betting. In February, Chris Christie's administration filed an appeal with the Supreme Court, stating the federal ban on sports gambling in all
A casino self-ban bill advanced in the New Jersey Assembly with a unanimous 77-0 vote on Thursday. If the bill became a law, New Jersey gamblers who signed up for a voluntary self-exclusion list would not have to admit they are a problem gambler to do so. Self-exclusion lists are
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in Massachusetts says that a legal opinion offered by the U.S. Interior Department could help their chances of building a casino. The tribe hopes to build a resort casino in Taunton, Massachusetts in the next few years. According to a recent legal opinion by Hilary Tompkins,
California lawmakers have introduced two separate bills to legalize online poker in the state. According to the Sacramento Business Report, these bills have a better chance of being passed than previous efforts, because the land-based Native American casino interest might lend their support this time. If California followed the model
In the months after online gambling was legalized in New Jersey, players near the borders of the state sometimes had trouble getting their geolocation technology to work properly. If a player had a mobile device or a desktop computer near one of the boundaries of the state, this technology often
The Mandalay Bay Resort agreed to pay a $500,000 fine after its employees were caught by undercover law enforcement officers in a sting operation. The casino's employees provided drugs and prostitutes to the undercover officers This past week, the Nevada Gaming Control Board proposed the $500k settlement, which Mandalay Bay
Bwin.Party hopes the 2014 World Cup in Brazil will help it have a year of growth after a decline in 2013. The world's largest online gambling company had a difficult 2013, because the company could not The 2014 FIFA World Cup should become the main focus for sports gamblers this
The Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida may be interested in entering the New Jersey gaming market. Through their Hard Rock franchise, the Seminole Tribe has made filings with state gaming regulators in New Jersey. This could indicate an interest in establishing a presence in the area once ago. In the
To help relieve its long term debt, Caesars Entertainment Corporation sold four of its casinos to a subsidiary, Caesars Growth Partners, in exchange for $2.2 billion in cash. The four casinos which were sold in early March are three Las Vegas Strip casinos--Bally's Las Vegas, The Cromwell, and the Quad--and
An iGaming Legislative Symposium held in Sacramento in late February 2014 discussed strategies to legalize regulated online gambling in California in 2014. The conference was held to discuss the best ways to implement such policies in the Golden State, while also debating possible issues which might arise if legalization happens.
Kentucky's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control says illegal gambling machines are on the rise in their state. Unregulated slot machines and video poker machines are common in the state, where they become an open secret in a local community. One illegal brick-and-mortar gaming site was shut down recently in Williamson.
