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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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Norfolk Casino Development Confirms Boyd Gaming Involvement
Posted on: September 11, 2024, 03:35h. Last updated on: September 11, 2024, 03:35h. The Norfolk casino project has a new development partner in Boyd Gaming, the Las Vegas-based gaming firm that is one of the nation’s largest regional resort operators. Boyd Gaming has teamed up with the Pamunkey Indian Tribe for its Norfolk casino. Boyd is replacing billionaire Jon Yarbrough…
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VIDEO: Bill Murray Shocks and Rocks Westgate Las Vegas Blues Fest
Posted on: September 5, 2024, 04:54h. Last updated on: September 5, 2024, 04:54h. The Big Blues Bender festival in Las Vegas has hosted some pretty big names since it was founded 10 years ago. Included on that list are none other than Buddy Guy, B.B. King and Taj Mahal. The biggest name this year was supposed to be Beth Hart…
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Victim Shot Outside of Detroit Casino
Posted on: September 2, 2024, 04:09h. Last updated on: September 2, 2024, 04:09h. Detroit police continue to search for the shooter who wounded a man on Friday near the entrance to Hollywood Casino at Greektown. Hollywood Casino at Greektown, pictured above. A man was wounded outside of the Detroit casino. (Image: Booking.com) The gunfire broke out after an argument escalated…
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