ONE PERSON KILLED IN CASINO SHOOT-DOWN IN MIAMI
Police in Hernando County, Miami, has said that a manager of a casino has shot and killed his nephew after an altercation. According to the police, the nephew had gone there to pacify his uncle. The shooting happened at…
GAMBLING AND TECH COMPANIES CHARGE INTO AMERICAN SPORTS BETTING MARKET
THE RACE TO BENEFIT FROM SPORTS BETTING From soccer in Europe to cricket in India, people enjoy betting on the outcome of sports competitions. In fact, sports betting is one of the most popular forms of gambling in the world, producing an estimated $40…
NEW YORK POKER ROOM MADAM, ALLEGED DRUG TRAFFICKER FREED ON BAIL
She described herself as the “LeBron James of poker,” whatever that means. She certainly isn’t as tall as he is and has way more hair. Whatever her reasons, Geeta Singh became known as the madam of a Greenwich Village, New York…
SBC’S ON THE BALL – LA LIGA PLOTS CONTROVERSIAL US GROWTH
In a proposal that could come to fruition as early as this year, La Liga is planning on hosting regular season games in The United States. The League has not currently revealed which clubs, or how many it plans on…
BETTING SECTOR HAS POTENTIAL AND ATTRACTS PROFESSIONALS AND AMATEURS IN BRAZIL
Differences in the laws of the two countries may be one reason for the discrepancy. While the US Supreme Court understands that the Legislative Assemblies of each state can regulate the activity in its territory, Brazilian federal legislation is…
BRAZILIAN TEAMS MEET WITH DEPUTIES CHAMBER PRESIDENT TO LOBBY FOR SPORTS BETTING
Representatives of Atlético-PR, Corinthians, Coritiba, Cruzeiro and Flamengo will have lunch today with the federal deputy Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ). In the agenda of the meeting are several important issues, including the transformation of clubs into public companies, arena rights, negotiation…
NEW NBA PARTNER MGM TO LAUNCH NJ MOBILE BETTING THIS WEEK
MGM has taken a strategic lead in US sports betting after becoming the official partner of the NBA and announcing plans to launch mobile sports betting in New Jersey before the end of this week. The gambling giant held a…
GVC AND MGM AIM TO ‘DOMINATE’ US BETTING
Ladbrokes owner GVC and US casino giant MGM Resorts said they expect to “dominate” the US sports betting market after announcing a $200m (£153m/€171m) joint venture. As MGM also announced a partnership with Boyd Gaming that would see the two…
BRAZILIAN SERIES OF POKER DELAYED FOR NEYMAR JR.
After 12 hours of play, the 288-entry field was whittled down to the final 19 and Neymar Jr. sat fourth in chips – he’d worked his 60,000 starting stack up to 1.391 million – while all of his buddies had…
NINE PENNSYLVANIA CASINOS APPLY FOR ONLINE POKER LICENSES
In Pennsylvania, the twelve land-based casinos (there are currently eleven, but one will open later this year) get first dibs on licenses. The application fee alone for each is US$4 million. For those who applied for all three by July…