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Arkansas Supreme Court Partially Dismisses Casino Challenge
Posted on: October 15, 2024, 08:29h. Last updated on: October 15, 2024, 09:14h. On Monday, the Arkansas Supreme Court partially rejected a lawsuit challenging a certified ballot referendum set for this November’s election that seeks to revoke a gaming license issued for a casino resort development in Pope County. The Arkansas Supreme Court partially ruled against a legal challenge regarding…
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Museum Extends Passenger Service on Las Vegas Hoover Dam Railroad
Posted on: October 11, 2024, 05:54h. Last updated on: October 11, 2024, 06:45h. The return passenger train to Henderson, Nev. from Boulder City experienced a slight delay on Thursday — of 89 years. The Nevada Railroad Museum’s Union Pacific 844 becomes the first passenger train from Boulder City, Nev. to ever see the Las Vegas Strip. (Image: David Held) At…
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THE TROP DROPS: Historic Las Vegas Casino Bites Dust
Posted on: October 9, 2024, 09:03h. Last updated on: October 9, 2024, 09:20h. The Tropicana Las Vegas is now just a vacant lot strewn with tons of debris. It was taken down in 22 seconds early Wednesday morning — one second for each of the remaining two towers’ 22 floors. The former Paradise Tower (left) comes down just ahead of…
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Flight Apparently Catches Fire During Landing at Harry Reid Airport
Posted on: October 5, 2024, 09:12h. Last updated on: October 5, 2024, 09:17h. A Frontier Airlines plane was on fire as it landed at Harry Reid International Airport on Saturday afternoon in Las Vegas. Harry Reid International Airport, pictured above. A plane was on fire as it landed on Saturday. (Image: X) Smoke and flames were seen from the airplane…
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Online Lottery Couriers Lotto and Jackpocket Continue to Expand
Posted on: October 3, 2024, 08:47h. Last updated on: October 3, 2024, 08:47h. The trailblazing companies that created a new lottery sector when they launched online courier services for players in states where tickets are unavailable for purchase on the internet continue to expand into additional states and with new product offerings. A woman purchases Massachusetts Lottery scratch-off tickets in…
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VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Circus Circus is Next on Implosion List
Posted on: September 30, 2024, 08:12h. Last updated on: September 30, 2024, 04:20h. “Circus Circus is going to be sold, demolished, and they’re going to build a brand new megaresort –probably similar to Fontainebleau, Resorts World, Wynn and Encore at the north end of the Strip.” Circus Circus opened in 1968 as a circus-themed casino. Over the decades, it added…
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Chicago Suburb Mayor Guilty of Embezzling Gambling Revenues
Posted on: September 24, 2024, 08:33h. Last updated on: September 24, 2024, 09:03h. The incumbent mayor of Ford Heights, Ill., a Chicago suburb, has been convicted of embezzling public money. Mayor Charles Griffin was found guilty by a Cook County judge Monday of theft of government property of less than $100K, but over $10K, plus two counts of official misconduct.…
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Roblox Underage Gambling Class Action Allowed to Proceed
Posted on: September 21, 2024, 08:36h. Last updated on: September 21, 2024, 08:36h. A federal judge in Northern California has given the go-ahead to a class-action lawsuit that accuses mobile game platform Roblox of encouraging underage gambling. Roblox, above, is played by more than half of under-16s in America. But plaintiffs in the suit say it incentivizes underage gambling. (Image:…
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$2.7B Kindred Group Takeover by French Lottery Giant FDJ Approved with Caveat
Posted on: September 18, 2024, 08:32h. Last updated on: September 18, 2024, 08:32h. French antitrust regulators have approved the proposed $2.7 billion acquisition of Stockholm-listed online gambling giant the Kindred Group by Française des Jeux (FDJ), France’s lottery monopoly. FDJ will likely acquire Kindred to create a “European gaming champion” but it must keep its monopoly business completely separate from…
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LAS VEGAS STRIPPERS: Tesla Cybertruck With Pole-Dancers Driving Up and Down Blvd.
Posted on: September 13, 2024, 07:33h. Last updated on: September 13, 2024, 08:19h. If anything on your next trip to Vegas makes you wish you left the kids at home, it could be the Tesla Cybertruck with a truck bed full of gyrating strippers that just pulled up alongside you. Remember that cute Vegas ad campaign that wondered: “You can…
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