Video Gaming: the New Addiction?

The proliferation of video games has permeated society to such an extent that almost all children and adolescents play. And increasing numbers of young adults are also playing, and...

Published February 3, 2020

Hawaiian Gardens, California: The Money Laundering Capital of the World

In the ongoing saga of card-room corruption in California, one facility stands head and shoulders above the rest: Hawaiian Gardens Casino (l.), located in the town with the same...

Published January 27, 2020

The California Legislature: A Parliament of Whores

The long and winding road of California card rooms must stop with Robert Lytle, a regulator who approved radical changes to card room procedures, and then was booted from...

Published January 20, 2020

How Not to Win the Lottery

Authorities in Mississippi say two men attempted to outsmart the state lottery commission by submitting a losing ticket that had the winning numbers glued onto it. The ticket was...

Published January 13, 2020

Gamblers Seek Help, Get Signup Offers

Recently, compulsive gamblers in the UK who Googled the self-exclusion program Gamstop were instead treated to multiple ads for online casinos, including unregulated sites. The inadvertent search results forced...

Published January 13, 2020

Harry and Meghan and Sherwood Valley

A small California tribal casino has offered development opportunities or employment for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Harry and Meghan. The two have resigned from their official duties...

Published January 13, 2020

Tired of Wynning Yet?

The insistence of Nevada regulators to further punish Steve Wynn could cost the state millions and damage the reputation of the state agencies as the decision to hold him...

Published January 13, 2020

Wynn to Nevada Regulators: See You In Court

The Nevada Gaming Control Board wants disgraced former casino tycoon Steve Wynn declared “unsuitable” to participate in gaming in the state. The Nevada Gaming Commission agrees. Wynn, however, says...

Published January 13, 2020

Trial Set In Overpaid Bettor’s Lawsuit

A trial has been set in the case of Davell A. Golding, who has filed a lawsuit against the state of Delaware and Dover Downs Casino (l.). The casino...

Published January 6, 2020

Tourism Chief: 40-Plus Kidnappings, but Philippines ‘Safe’

From January through November, a total of 49 people were abducted in the Philippines in a spate of crimes related to casinos there, according to police. Even so, Tourism...

Published December 23, 2019

Was ‘Suspicious’ Casino Withdrawal a Political Donation?

In 2015, Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo withdrew $100,000 in cash from an account at the Star Casino in Sydney, Australia. Shortly thereafter, the NSW Labor Party member James Clements...

Published December 23, 2019

Back In Court: Lawsuit Over Losing Bet

In May, a Rhode Island man sued the state and two casinos over what he termed the failure to obtain voter approval for sports betting as prescribed in the...

Published December 16, 2019

AC Casino Owner Supports Government Overhaul

Resorts Casino Hotel owner Morris Bailey (l.) has contributed more than $126,000 to a political action committee called Atlantic City Residents for Good Government, which hopes change Atlantic City’s...

Published December 9, 2019

NFL to Staff, Players: You Bet, You Lose

With the recent suspension of Arizona Cardinals’ Josh Shaw (l.), the NFL is again warning league personnel and players that they’re prohibited from “placing, soliciting, or facilitating any bet...

Published December 9, 2019

The Boys’ Club

Proposed regulations to codify sexual harassment and workplace discrimination in Nevada don’t go far enough, says former gaming regulator Richard Schuetz (l.). He claims the proposed regulations have been...

Published December 9, 2019

Slot Player: Icelandic State Caused Gambling Problem

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has accepted the case of Guðlaugur Jakob Karlsson, an Icelandic man who says the government caused his gambling problems by allowing slot...

Published December 2, 2019

Maltese Gaming Exec Investigated in Murder Case

Yorgen Fenech, owner of Tumas Gaming Group with three casinos in Malta, was arrested last month in connection with the death of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia (l.). Fenech...

Published December 2, 2019

Massachusetts Mayor Suspends Disorderly Spokeswoman

The mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts, Domenic Sarno, has suspended his director of communications after she was arrested at the MGM Springfield casino. Marian Sullivan was charged with malicious destruction...

Published November 25, 2019

Fake News: Roof Collapse at African Casino a Hoax

Social media provides an instantaneous way to spread the “news,” fake or otherwise. Last week police and rescue personnel in Durban, South Africa assured residents that, contrary to a...

Published November 25, 2019

RICO Suit Against Wynn Resorts Tossed

Sterling Suffolk Racecourse (SSR), former owner of a racetrack near Boston, lost a court battle when a federal judge threw out its RICO lawsuit against Wynn Resorts. The judge...

Published November 25, 2019