Saipan Lawmaker Hopes Four’s a Charm

Casino gaming is back on the legislative agenda in Saipan. It will be the fourth try at passage in four years, and this time around, supporters say, the government...

Published March 10, 2014

More Trouble for Bitcoins

Canadian-based virtual currency exchange Flexcoin is the latest to be shut down after being attacked by hackers, following the collapse of Japanese exchange Mt. Gox. Also, the creator of...

Published March 10, 2014

California Governor Re-appoints Two to Gambling Commission

California Governor Jerry Brown has named two members to new terms on the California Gambling Control Commission, Tiffany Conklin and Lauren Hammond (l.).

Published March 10, 2014

GLI Appoints Tribal Development Director

Gaming Laboratories International has named Russell Witt as the company’s new national director of tribal development, which serves the needs of tribal regulators.

Published March 10, 2014

Aruze America Names Executives

Aruze Gaming America has named Kelcey Allison its new chief operating officer, and has named Jamison Hill as vice president of sales for North America.

Published March 10, 2014

IGT Announces Big Contracts in Florida, Las Vegas

IGT has announced contracts for a 40 percent share of the slots at Florida’s Dania Casino and Jai-Alai, and 50 percent of the slot floor at the new SLS...

Published March 10, 2014

NEWave Wins Oklahoma Contract

NEWave has won a contract to expand its relationship with a multi-property client in Oklahoma to install its Tax Forms Validator software at two casinos.

Published March 10, 2014

AGEM Offers Scholarship

The Association of Gaming Equipment Managers is sponsoring a $10,000 scholarship to Drexel University for students interested in pursuing a gaming career.

Published March 10, 2014

Galaxy, BofA Settle Loan Dispute

Galaxy Gaming has settled legal issues over a disputed business loan with Bank of America over the bank’s allegations that false statements were made in a loan application.

Published March 10, 2014

Two Companies Earn GSA Certification

Two new Gaming Standards Association member companies have successfully completed the organization’s rigorous certification program.

Published March 10, 2014

Players Network Sues Comcast

Players Network has filed a $150 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against Comcast, alleging the cable company failed to provide space for agreed-upon programming.

Published March 10, 2014

Big Spenders

Sheldon Adelson (l.), the chairman of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. made Forbes’ billionaires list for the first time in seven years. His net worth is now about $38...

Published March 10, 2014

Slot Machines Good For Indian Kids

A new study shows that adding slot machines to Native American casinos in California resulted in a modest reduction in tribal childhood obesity.

Published March 10, 2014

Drunken Stupor

Sports fan Mark Johnston, who lost a reported half-million dollars betting during a Super Bowl trip to Vegas, says he was too drunk to be held liable. Johnston played...

Published March 10, 2014

Some Timely Thoughts on New Jersey’s Sports-betting Push

Though taped more than a year ago, a recent Showtime report on sports betting quotes identified former bookies as saying that casino sports betting in Atlantic City will barely...

Published March 10, 2014

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Small Nuggets of News

Published March 10, 2014

Florida Bill Would Not Allow Casinos

Even though there’s not much hope for the passage of any gaming bill, Florida’s state legislature is being presented with a few options, from no casinos to huge integrated...

Published March 10, 2014

Senecas Plan Casino No. 4

The Seneca Nation of Indians of New York State has acquired 32 acres of land in the community of Henrietta, outside Rochester. They hope to build a fourth casino...

Published March 10, 2014

New Hampshire Panel Rejects Casino Bill

The odds of a bill that would authorize a casino resort in New Hampshire plummeted last week when the House Ways and Means Committee by a narrow vote declined...

Published March 10, 2014

Boston Casino Fight Gets Even More Messy

Now that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission has handed out the state’s first gaming license, attention has turned to the state’s most lucrative license, the one for the Boston Metro...

Published March 10, 2014