The State of New Jersey's dreams of legalizing sports betting were boosted slightly on Tuesday when the US Supreme Court asked the US Solicitor General to file a brief on the matter. It's a move that will actually delay the court's decision as to whether it will take on the case at all, but it's…
Atlantic City casino owners might be among the very small number of people who thought 2016 was a pretty awesome year. After all, it was the first time in a decade that the city's casinos actually posted positive revenue. Much of that success, it turns out, was due to an increase in internet gambling. According…
Trump Taj Mahal owner Carl Icahn is planning to surrender his New Jersey gaming license this week, but he's not going to go down quietly. The billionaire investor is planting poison pills in the building's deed to make certain that if it ever becomes a casino again, he gets a cut of the action. Icahn's…
New Jersey lawmakers have passed a bill that punishes casino owners who shutter their doors with a five-year casino time out. It's a measure that's aimed squarely at punishing Trump Taj Mahal owner Carl Icahn, who closed his casino at the height of a recent labor dispute with his employees. It's generally believed that Icahn…
Phil Ivey has been ordered to pay back $10.1 million he won from the Borgata Casino in 2012 while using an advantage play method known as, "edge sorting." U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman ruled that Ivey's methods violated the New Jersey Gaming Control Act which made the massive roll illegal. Ivey will not, however, be…
The American Gaming Association (AGA), along with five US states, have joined the State of New Jersey's fight to legalize sports betting in the United States. It's just the latest twist in an ongoing legal saga that's taken on new dimension since the shock election of US leader Donald Trump. Along with the AGA, Arizona;…
New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone is getting ready to introduce a bill that would massively reshape the nature of US gambling laws. Pallone's proposed measure would do everything from legalize sports betting to undoing PAPSA. The big question now is whether or not he's got the political juice to push his bill through America's most…
As part of their seemingly never-ending bid to get off of life support, Atlantic City casinos are rolling out an American first: skill-based slot machines. Use of the machines, which are produced by a New York firm called GameCo, Inc., was approved during a late-night meeting of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE)…
Atlantic City's, seemingly, never-ending bloodbath took another victim this week as the Trump Taj Mahal shut it doors for good. The casino is the fourth in AC to close to since 2014 and is leaving more than 3,000 workers without jobs. Though the once glitzy jewel of the Atlantic City Boardwalk carries the name of…
Lawmakers in New Jersey have moved forward a bill that would prevent casino owners who have closed down properties from re-entering the NJ gaming market for five years. The measure is aimed at aimed squarely at casino magnates with a penchant for manipulating bankruptcy laws for their own benefit, while busting local labor unions. According…
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