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Nevada gaming regulators grant interactive poker licenses to three companies

LAS VEGAS -- Three companies were granted interactive gaming licenses by the Nevada Gaming Commission and Control Board Thursday as the lineup for the state's potential online poker market grew more crowded.Commissioners licensed Boyd Gaming Corporation, the Golden Nugget ownership and Fertitta Interactive - which includes the owners of Station Casinos, Inc...read more

UNITE HERE president resigning, will nominate local Culinary leader as successor

LAS VEGAS -- Culinary Local 226 leader D. Taylor, who has been at the forefront of the Strip's labor movement for more than 25 years, will be nominated at the end of November to become the national president of Washington, D.C.-based UNITE HERE.John Wilhelm, the current UNITE HERE president, announced in an e-mail message Wednesday he is stepping down, effective Nov...read more

Las Vegas attorney Frank Schreck's law firm expands gaming practice to Atlantic City

LAS VEGAS -- Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has expanded its gaming law practice to Atlantic City.The national law firm, which is headquartered in Denver but centers its gaming law practice in Las Vegas, announced the hiring of three New Jersey-based gaming attorneys, Paul O'Gara, Pacifico "Pat" Agnellini and Dennis Daly.The expansion allows Brownstein to position itself as the largest national gaming practice with offices in both Las Vegas and Atlantic City...read more

Full Tilt Poker affiliates won't get paid

Full Tilt Poker affiliates were dealt a body blow this week when The Rational Group, parent company of PokerStars and FTP, announced it wouldn't pay past affiliate commissions due and it was removing previous payments made through player accounts."Other than the non-U.S...read more

Top-10 game props for the NFL season

The NFL is the most popular sport to bet on in the United States. And betting on football games isn't just popular in Nevada sportsbooks. There are a number of online sportsbooks that accept bets from all over the world, and as the availability of televised games has expanded outside the United States, European-facing sportsbooks have expanded their offerings beyond the standard point spread, money line and over/under bets.bet365 Sportsbook & Racebook offers one of the widest selections of non-standard bets on every game in the NFL slate...read more

Illinois residents don't favor statewide gaming expansion, including a Chicago casino

Prospects for a casino in downtown Chicago took a hit over the weekend.A poll conducted by the Chicago Tribune and WGN-TV found that 47 percent of Illinois residents oppose gambling expansion. The numbers have turned around since February when a survey showed 50 percent of voters statewide approved of gambling expansion.The survey results show growing opposition to new casinos and video slot machines at horse racing tracks...read more

Full Tilt Poker website will relaunch in Europe

FullTiltPoker.com will relaunch in Europe on November 6 after the company was licensed Tuesday by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission.A statement released by the Rational Group said Full Tilt Poker will reimburse $184 million to former Full Tilt Poker players who lost their money when the previous owners ceased operating the site in June 2011.Rational Group, which also operates PokerStars.eu, acquired Full Tilt Poker's assets in July following settlement of its criminal case with the U.S...read more

Gaming needs due diligence in Russia

The Russian government has wagered $18 billion in infrastructure projects for the southern port city of Vladivostok on a gamble that American casino giants will turn the area into the next Macau.Vladivostok may also become known for something more than just its proximity to northeastern Asia, a minuscule gaming tax and a market hungry for casinos.Russian mobsters.We're not talking the drug lords that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Belushi chased down in the 1988 film "Red Heat." Nor do they resemble the arms dealer portrayed by Nicolas Cage in the 2005 movie "Lord of War."Today's organized crime in Russia is disguised as legitimate business operations."They are not the guys with the tattoos and the bull necks...read more

Bwin.Party's online poker celebration will have to wait

LAS VEGAS -- Earlier this year, Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment plc co-Chief Executive Officer Jim Ryan was asked to deliver a Global Gaming Expo keynote address.He thought the event would be a victory lap.At the time, chances seemed to favor Congress voting to legalize Internet poker.Gibraltar-based bwin.party had three partnership agreements in place to jump into the U.S...read more

Penn National getting its bucks in a row to battle gaming expansion in Maryland

The chief financial officer of Penn National Gaming promises the regional casino giant will continue to spend aggressively to defeat a gaming expansion initiative in Maryland.The company may even set a new benchmark for political spending in Maryland.The most expensive political campaign in Maryland was the state's governor's race in 2006, when candidates and parties spent more than $34 million...read more