Video games, daily fantasy sports (DFS) and eSports are on track to receive greater recognition in Brazil, where they are already extremely popular. A bill currently in the works would legitimize them as part of an official “industry,” leading to new jobs and tax benefits for companies in the space. The new framework is in […]
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A federal judge in Boston has sentenced former Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe chair Cedric Cromwell to three years in prison for accepting bribes. Also sentenced Thursday was David DeQuattro, owner of Rhode Island-based RGB Architects. He was convicted in May on one count of paying a bribe to an agent of an Indian tribal government. He […]
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South Korean authorities have detained and reluctantly released a major suspect in the 2021 robbery of Landing International’s Jeju Shinhwa World casino on the island resort of Jeju. A Chinese national, identified only by Korean media by his last name “Wu,” or “Woo,” was intercepted at Incheon Airport, which serves Seoul. Wu, a casino junket […]
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New Jersey voters aren’t necessarily inclined to support an expansion of casino gaming in the state. That’s according to a poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU). Just 37% of those surveyed say they support adding new casinos outside of Atlantic City, and 51% say they’re opposed. Those results are similar to what FDU found with […]
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A very lucky Yonkers, New York man recently won close to $1 million at Empire City Casino, the MGM Resorts gaming property announced Tuesday. It was on a $20 bet at the Yonkers casino. The $925,488 payout is the biggest jackpot so far this year, the casino said. The lucky spin was on a Wheel […]
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More than 125,000 British citizens live in the New York metropolitan area, and not a single one of them is expected to show up for work next Monday morning, nor the following Friday afternoon. That is because England will be playing its first two World Cup matches those days, the opener against Iran and the […]
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An armed heist and shootout at an underground gambling den in Thailand last week didn’t raise any alarms at first. It took a Facebook post about the incident for the police to realize it happened, and there are continuing claims of corruption within the force. The incident came to light following a post by the […]
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Chelsea is the strong favorite to sign Cristiano Ronaldo in the January transfer window. That’s after an interview the soccer megastar gave to British broadcaster Piers Morgan that has made his position at Manchester United untenable. Ronaldo told Morgan that he felt “betrayed” by United, and admitted he had no respect for manager Erik ten […]
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Not since 1972 has an NFL team completed a season without suffering a loss. That reign continues as the Washington Commanders celebrate an underdog win against the now-broken Philadelphia Eagles in Monday Night Football. Washington beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh when they were 11-0 in 2020. Now, they beat the Eagles when they were 8-0. […]
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Both the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the US Department of the Interior filed replies Monday in the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, arguing that US District Judge Dabney Friedrich erred nearly a year ago when she struck down the tribe’s gaming compact with the state of Florida. That ruling […]
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