Trial Over Raid That Closed Alabama’s Largest Casino Starts Tuesday
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — (Associated Press) - A trial starting Tuesday in Montgomery could determine the future of what was once Alabama's largest casino.
VictoryLand casino in Shorter has been closed since Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange raided it in February 2013.
A civil trial starting Tuesday will determine whether the state can destroy the 1,615 gambling machines seized in the raid and keep the $223,405 in cash that was confiscated.
Strange says the games are illegal slot machines that should be destroyed.
ESPN.com Adds New Betting Guide Section for Sports in Shocking Turnaround
Is 2014 the year the US-facing sports world finally begins to embrace sports betting? It sure seems that way.
Jacksonville Firm Eyes Shuttered Show Boat Casino
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) - A Florida company that develops restaurant and entertainment complexes is interested in the former Showboat casino in Atlantic City.
Latitude 360, a Jacksonville company, said Friday the newly closed casino is one of three locations in Atlantic City it is considering for a $20 million project that would be paid for in conjunction with a financial partner. It would not involve gambling.
Company CEO Brent Brown said he has toured the former casino, which closed on Sunday, and has been in talks with its owner, Caesars Entertainment.
Trump Plaza Might Try to Keep Betfair Online Gambling Relationship After Closure
(Associated Press) - Two Trump casinos in Atlantic City are in turmoil as the closing of Trump Plaza nears.
Trump Plaza is considering keeping its Internet betting operation online after the physical casino closes Sept. 16, and the Taj Mahal is experiencing money problems.
In a petition to New Jersey casino regulators, Trump Entertainment Resorts says it might try to keep its Internet gambling operation with online partner Betfair going after Trump Plaza closes on Sept. 16.
‘Frontline’ to Profile Macau: How Billions of Dollars Make it to the Gambling Tables
The popular and well produced PBS series “Frontline” this month (September 2014) will profile the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau. Watch It Here
Veteran correspondent Lowell Bergman explores how this former Portuguese colony become the gambling capital of the world. And, yes, Macau is bigger than Vegas….way bigger than Vegas.
Anti-Web Gambling Crusader Adelson May Buy the US Senate: $100m Up for Grabs
Gambling magnate and GOP mega donor Sheldon Adelson may be looking to try to buy the US Senate. He is spending $100 million of his own cash on the mid-term elections through various untraceable conservative groups, The Daily Beast is reporting.
Undercover in Myanmar's Sin City Where Anything Goes: Casinos Coming Soon?
The BBC last month featured an undercover report detailing Myanmar's Sin City and its “anything goes” mentality that includes the likes of gambling, drugs, prostitution and various black markets. The city even hosts a popular Thai transvestite show.
Gambling Dad Arrested: Admits to Leaving Child in Car While Playing in Casino
Delaware State Police arrested a Maryland man for leaving his 14-year-old daughter in a running car unattended while he gambled inside the Harrington Raceway and Casino.
The incident occurred over the weekend. 26-year-old Justin Middleton of Preston, Maryland was taken into custody. He is charged with reckless endangering and other charges.
Police said the child did not appear to be in any distress and was turned over to a relative.
- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
Mass Unemployment Filings in Wake of Atlantic City Casino Closures
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) — Hundreds of newly laid-off casino workers began filing for unemployment Wednesday morning, the first attendees at an assistance center that expects to process 5,000 workers over the next three days.
Bookies Make Out Well for First Week of College Football
Sports bookies both online and in Vegas enjoyed a successful weekend and hope that trend continues with the start of NFL this upcoming weekend.
Among the big hits in Vegas, Virginia covering against UCLA.
Revel Starts Shutdown Monday After Just 2 Years
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) — The most spectacular and costly failure in Atlantic City's 36-year history of casino gambling begins to play out Monday when the $2.4 billion Revel Casino Hotel empties its hotel.
Its casino will close early Tuesday morning.
Revel is shutting down a little over two years after opening with high hopes of revitalizing Atlantic City's struggling gambling market. But mired in its second bankruptcy in two years, Revel has been unable to find anyone willing to buy the property and keep it open as a casino. It has never turned a profit.
High Profile Names of Denver Sports Betting Clients Will Not Be Released
Jeffrey Dorschner, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Colorado, has confirmed that the names of those appearing on a client list of a multi-million dollar Denver area sports betting ring will not be made public.
Atlantic City Residents Hope for Best as Casinos Close
The storied Showboat Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey has shut its doors and two more casinos are about to close in the coming weeks. Residents now brace for the worst, worrying over what will become of their seaside town.
Behind the Scenes of the Showboat Casino Closure and How it Will be Done
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (Associated Press) -- When a casino shuts down, making an announcement over the loudspeaker and herding gamblers off the casino floor is only the beginning. Here's a look at what takes place behind the scenes:
-- Secure the money and the chips. Casino security, supervised by inspectors from the state Division of Gaming Enforcement and backed by state police, immediately secure the money and gambling chips from each table game and slot machine. Supervisors and dealers count the chips, total up the money and have it wheeled away to the cash counting rooms.
New York Post Asks if Phil Mickelson Will be Charged With Insider Trading
The Sunday New York Post reports that golfer Phil Mickelson could be looking at a lengthy prison sentence if found guilty of insider trading.
Chris Christie Law Firm Bills $780,000 for Sports Betting Case, Other Items
POINT PLEASANT, N.J. — (Associated Press) - The law firm hired to defend Gov. Chris Christie's administration in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal has charged the state another $780,000 for work this summer. That's in addition to $6.5 million billed through April.
Nevada Gambling Revenue Inches Upwards in July
LAS VEGAS — (Associated Press) - State officials say Nevada gambling revenue was up less than 1 percent in July compared with the same month last year.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board reported Thursday that the state's casinos brought in $932 million last month. Las Vegas Strip gambling revenue was up 5 percent to $563 million, while downtown Las Vegas revenue was down 3 percent to $38 million.
Reno casino revenue was down 2 percent in July to $48 million, and South Lake Tahoe gambling revenue dove 23 percent to $25 million.
Study Finds Gamblers Brains Are Similar to Those of Pigeons
Psychologists at Warwick University, in the United Kingdom have concluded that gamblers brains are similar to those of pigeons.
Don't fret gamblers.
888 CEO Brian Mattingley to Step Down
(Reuters) - 888 Holdings Chief Executive Brian Mattingley will step down from the day-to-day running of the online gambling company next year and become chairman in a management restructuring, 888 said on Wednesday.
888, which offers casino, poker and bingo games, will promote its Chief Operating Officer Itai Frieberger to a seat on the board in January and he will run the business with Chief Financial Officer Aviad Kobrine when the changes take effect.
Warren Buffett Won’t Play Roulette: Joins Floyd Mayweather in Vegas
TMZ.com caught up with billionaire Warren Buffet while in Vegas. He was there to both gamble and meet up with boxer “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
‘Ghost’ Fraudster Gets Nearly 5 Years Prison Sentence: Blames Gambling Problem
Canadian Ralph Sanon has been sentenced to 4-and-a-half years for stealing identities and raking in over $777,000 between the years 2011 and 2013.
Dubbed “the Ghost” by investigators, he would steal the victims identities then use bogus ID’s to get unsuspecting banks to provide him with fresh debit cards and PIN numbers, allowing Sanon to essentially drain the accounts of victims.
Sanon got his nickname for his elusiveness.
At the pre-sentencing, he claimed to have fallen into the wrong crowd and developed a gambling addiction.
Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore Opens Tuesday Night
BALTIMORE — (Associated Press) - The Horseshoe Casino Baltimore is scheduled to open, marking a new milestone in Maryland’s development of casino gambling.
The casino set to open Tuesday is the fifth and last of the five casinos initially planned when lawmakers approved slot machine gambling in a 2007 special session, a plan later approved by voters in a statewide vote in 2008.
Two Suspects Detained for Abduction and Murder of Internet Gambling Millionaire
Just one day after it was revealed that kidnapped Taiwanese Internet gambling millionaire Shih Chia-chin had been found dead, his alleged captors and killers were detained in the southern part of Taiwan on Tuesday.
Michigan Bookies: Detroit, Ann Arbor, East Lansing, Grand Rapids
Michigan bookies are well placed with two of College Football’s most popular and successful programs: The Wolverines and Spartans. Likewise, Michigan bookies can capitalize off of Detroit’s four professional sports franchises including the NFL Lions, MLB’s Tigers, NBA’s Pistons and, in recent years, the more prominent Red Wings.
Kidnapped Internet Gambling Millionaire Found Dead
A Taiwan businessman who reportedly amassed tens of millions of US dollars from illegal gambling has been murdered by his kidnappers, police confirmed on Monday.
Has Selig Stand on Pete Rose Softened?
CINCINNATI (Associated Press) - As his term winds down, baseball Commissioner Bud Selig hasn't changed his outlook on Pete Rose's lifetime ban for gambling.
Selig visited Cincinnati on Friday for the opening of an urban youth academy.
AP: Fantasy Football Looking a Lot More Like Gambling
Some of the newest incarnations of fantasy football look a lot more like gambling than intricate, outsmart-your-opponent strategy games.
Fantasy Sports Players Are Giving Up Their Day Jobs
(Associated Press) - Cory Albertson was cruising at 30,000 feet and, like others on the plane to Detroit, taking care of some business on his laptop.
Denver Area Bookie Client List Could Prove Damaging Following Guilty Plea
As reported earlier this month by Gambling911.com, Denver area bookies and agents alike may be looking over their shoulder this football season….Worse still, they could be fearing that dreaded early AM knock on their door.
That’s because one of the state’s largest bookmaking operations has been taken down and the client’s list reportedly reads like a “Who’s Who of Denver’s Elite”.
Las Vegas Goes Gay
LAS VEGAS (Associated Press) — While gay couples still can't get married in the marriage capital of the world, Las Vegas wants to let them know they — and their money — are more than welcome to the buffet of other activities Sin City has to offer.
