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BetonSports negotiating settlement

Online sportsbook BetonSports is negotiating with U.S. prosecutors to end a 22-count lawsuit, including charges of illegal gambling, racketeering, tax evasion and mail fraud. The company's lawyer, Jeffrey Demerath, informed the U.S. District Court in St...read more

Nevada At Work: One Address, Many Duties: Lionel, Sawyer & Collins Attorney Blooms as Firm Grows

Paul Hejmanowski defies today's job-hopping work force. He moved to Las Vegas in 1972 to become the 13th attorney at the expanding Lionel Sawyer & Collins law firm, which was founded by former two-term Nevada Gov. Grant Sawyer, litigator Sam Lionel, and former Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Jon Collins. In a short time, Hejmanowski became the law firm's managing partner, largely because his accounting background helped the business transform its billing and accounting. "I think I probably became the managing partner even before I was a partner in the firm," Hejmanowski said...read more

PartyPoker Founders Crack 'Forbes' Rich List

Two people on Forbes magazine's annual list of the 400 richest Americans built their fortune by blazing a trail in online gambling. PartyPoker.com founders (and husband and wife) J. Russell DeLeon and Ruth Parasol are tied for 197th on Forbes' list with an estimated net worth of $1.8 billion each...read more

Suing Dealers Welcome at Jobs

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Wynn Las Vegas' president said Friday that the dealers who filed a lawsuit seeking to end the casino's 3-week-old tip pooling program are welcome at their jobs. Andrew Pascal said Friday the Strip resort had not been formally served with the lawsuit, in which Wynn Las Vegas dealers Daniel Baldonado and Joseph Cesarz say the casino's policy, which calls for tokes earned by dealers to be split with casino supervisors, violates Nevada state law covering tip pooling. The dealers are seeking class action status for the lawsuit, filed in Clark County District Court, on behalf of more than 500 dealers affected by the new program...read more

Rebecca's Recommendations - September 22, 2006

As you already know, there have been two online gaming related arrests in the United States over the past few months. Therefore, many of the anticipated GPWA and CAC Vegas attendees decided to bail at the last minute due to the demands of their lawyers...read more

e-pokerUSA.com Launches Real-Money Tournaments

Pinhas Romik admits that he's not a very good poker player, but he does think his Web site, www.e-pokerUSA.com, is about to revolutionize the game. e-pokerUSA.com hosts a skill game that is a poker-bridge hybrid. The game follows the same rules as poker, but adds the duplicate scoring aspects of bridge to eliminate the luck of the draw. And while Romik may lack poker experience, no one can argue with his bridge credentials...read more

Poker Players Alliance Teams with Poker Stars

More than 1,200 players have joined the Poker Player's Alliance (PPA) this week thanks to a five-day PokerStars.com promotion that allows players on that site to become members of poker's largest lobbying group by participating in a poker tournament...read more

Making Poker Fun Again

On vacation in Las Vegas last week, I somehow convinced my girl that playing poker with her boyfriend would make for good quality time together. I taught her the little I know about live tournament play on the plane ride from Boston and when she felt ready, we sought out the Luxor Hotel and Casino Poker Room for her first live tournament...read more

Nevada Gaming Regulators Kill Money Laundering Rule

NEVADA -- Nevada gaming regulators took less than 10 minutes Thursday to eliminate the state's money laundering regulation, saying the rule became obsolete because the federal government had taken over tracking large cash transactions. In the second and final public hearing on removing Regulation 6A by the Nevada Gaming Commission, no one representing the casino industry addressed the proposed change...read more

Wynn Dealers Sue Over Tip Policy

and Tony Batt LAS VEGAS -- While a tip matter involving Nevada casino workers may have been resolved in Washington, D.C., the controversy over Wynn Las Vegas splitting the tokes earned by its dealers with casino supervisors has landed in Clark County District Court. Two Wynn Las Vegas dealers filed a class action lawsuit to end the casino's 3-week-old tip-pooling program. Meanwhile, in Washington D.C., the Internal Revenue Service will no longer audit Nevada casino workers for tip income and will reimburse workers who should not have paid taxes on tips, lawmakers and gambling lobbyists say. Daniel Baldonado and Joseph Cesarz, two Wynn Las Vegas dealers, believe the Wynn policy violates Nevada state law covering tip pooling because employers are sharing in the tips, a District Court filing shows. The dealers said they filed the lawsuit on behalf of more than 500 dealers affected by the new program. Wynn Las Vegas on Sept...read more