The expansion of land-based casino gambling in the state of Massachusetts has received a great deal of attention, and for good reason. First, the potential impact of a land-based casino industry in the Bay State is thought to be quite large, given that the state is well-placed in the northeast.
Though it has been nearly three years since US-based players who had funds on Full Tilt Poker when the site was shut down - and its assets seized - by the United States government in April of 2011 have had access to their money, the wait to recover those accounts
The story of the counterfeit poker chips that forced Atlantic City's most luxurious hotel/casino property, the Borgata, to shut down an event at its 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open last week is turning out to be one of those real life tales that is stranger than fiction. According to an
An article that appeared in the New York Times this week asserts that Sheldon Adelson, Steve Wynn, and a handful of other prominent Republicans have taken up the issue of getting the party to explore the option of letting Las Vegas host its upcoming 2016 GOP Convention. The team behind
Lawmakers in the state of Louisiana - a state with a well-entrenched land-based casino industry - may soon be taking up the issue of the regulation of online gambling, according to the web site NOLA.com. A bill that would have allowed for Louisianans to access betting sites failed to gain
If you happen to have a pocketful of virtual currency burning a hole in your (virtual?) pocket, head to downtown Las Vegas. Customers and visitors to the Golden Gate and D Casino Hotel Las Vegas can now use Bitcoin at the properties, this according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Bitcoins cannot
By now, the dire - and very sad - situation facing the bankrupt city of Detroit is fairly well-known to everyone in America. The city, once home to millions, is now a shell of its former self, with houses being burned down for sport, residents decamping for more solvent parts
Among the biggest - and best-publicized - news stories coming out of the East Coast gambling scene last year was the casino licensing race currently underway in Massachusetts. The attention shined on the Bay State's process was due in no small part to the abundance of big name casino outfits
Players looking forward to the Borgata Winter Open poker tournament - held at the Borgata in Atlantic City, arguably the city's toniest land-based casino property - encountered a situation that was anything but exciting this week. The tournament was put on hold with the discovery of fake poker chips, this
Earlier this week, the number of land-based casinos in long-struggling Atlantic City was reduced by one, when the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel - a fixture along the boardwalk since it was first developed back in the early 1980's by casino mogul Steve Wynn - closed its doors for good. The
In what seems to many like a sudden move, this week the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement announced that it will be significantly reducing the amount of data contained within its monthly casino revenue reports, this according to the Press of Atlantic City. The DGE has been considering the
Anyone wondering if PartyPoker was really intent on recapturing its once-dominant position in the US online gambling market can set those questions aside, as the company announced a multi-million dollar marketing partnership with professional sports teams the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils today. Full terms of the deal were
