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David Ferrara Gaming Guru - Page 2Gaming agents infiltrated Bitcoin poker site to bring criminal case29 April 2015
A special agent with the Nevada Gaming Control Board infiltrated a Bitcoin-fueled poker website to help launch what authorities on Tuesday said was the first state-level criminal prosecution of illegal online poker. “The industry must be licensed and controlled,” Attorney General Adam Laxalt said at a news conference, while flanked by A.G. ... (read more)
Nevada AG charges online poker operator who used Bitcoin28 April 2015
The Nevada Attorney General’s Office and state gaming regulators are pursuing the operator of an unlicensed online poker site in what’s believed to be first prosecution of its kind by the state. Attorney General Adam Laxalt has scheduled a news conference today to give details of a case against Bryan Micon and his Bitcoin-fueled Seals with Clubs poker site, which was shut down Feb. ... (read more)
Sands China Ltd. hit with sanctions for withholding documents9 March 2015
LAS VEGAS -- District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez has ordered hefty sanctions against Las Vegas Sands Corp. subsidiary Sands China Limited for improperly withholding documents in an ongoing wrongful termination lawsuit. In an order filed Friday, Gonzalez told the attorneys to surrender the documents, pay ... (read more)
Supreme Court reverses $6.6 million award in lawsuit against Palms5 June 2014
The Nevada Supreme Court has reversed a Clark County judge’s decision to award $6.6 million to a man who suffered a knee injury during a Monday Night Football event at The Palms Casino Resort. District Judge Jessie Walsh should have heard testimony from a crowd control expert about the risks of tossing ... (read more)
Robocoin, first Bitcoin ATM in a casino, launches at The D22 May 2014
A tall blue box tucked in the rear of The D Las Vegas casino in downtown Las Vegas could soon shake up the gambling industry. That’s the hope of Derek Stevens and Jordan Kelley, who met Wednesday on the casino floor as they prepared to launch the first Bitcoin ATM ever placed in a casino. Standing against ... (read more)
Winning online poker players must confront paying taxes3 April 2014
Nearly a year after the launch of real money online poker in Nevada, there’s a new wave of players who must pay taxes on Web poker winnings from 2013. In the years before regulated online gambling, offshore sites that skirted the law to attract U.S. players may not have cooperated with the Internal Revenue Service. ... (read more)
Culinary and Bartender workers authorize strike31 March 2014
LAS VEGAS -- Members of the Culinary and Bartenders unions voted Thursday to authorize a strike at 10 downtown Las Vegas casinos and two other properties, though they have not determined when strikes could begin. The authorization comes after a more than a year-and-a-half of negotiation with the casinos, Culinary Local 226 spokeswoman Bethany Khan said. ... (read more)
Affinity Gaming blames weather, economy for 2013 revenue slide31 March 2014
LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas-based Affinity Gaming on Friday reported a continued slide in earnings across 11 properties last year. Affinity’s total revenue for the year fell to $390.5 million in 2013, according to the latest earnings report. That is down $12.7 million, or 3.1 percent, from the $403.2 million in earnings reported in 2012. ... (read more)
Online poker regulation hailed as victory by casino executives21 March 2014
LAS VEGAS -- Early projections of a massive swell of cash from legalized online gaming may have been overly optimistic, but regulation launched a breakthrough in the gambling world, Ultimate Gaming’s top executives told a crowd of about 200 on Thursday at the iGaming North America Conference 2014. In a ... (read more)
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