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New Jersey to vote on bill to regulate daily fantasy sports

Associated Press · May 22, 2017 at 12:03 am TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – Lawmakers in New Jersey are set to vote on legislation to regulate and tax daily fantasy sports. The Democrat-led Assembly is scheduled to vote Monday on a bill that would impose a…

‘Skilled’ gambling machines debut at Foxwoods

May 22, 201 The new video game gambling machine at Foxwoods Patricia Daddona Foxwoods Resort Casino has introduced skill-based video game gambling machines in partnership with New York City-based GameCo. Inc., the two companies said Monday. The new…

Atlantic City casinos 1st quarter profits up 30 percent

Wayne Parry, Associated Press · May 22, 2017 at 3:57 pm ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – After months of good news from Atlantic City’s recently struggling casinos, a top New Jersey gambling regulator made a bold proclamation Monday: Atlantic…

BND: Maine lawmakers push for more casinos

By Nick McCrea: A study commissioned by the Legislature and released last year has prompted lawmakers to propose several bills that would allow more casinos to join those in Bangor and Oxford, despite opposition from officials representing the two…

Maine casinos paid out $1 billion, kept $53 million in 2014

New, year-end numbers show slot machine gambling was down $15 million at the Oxford Casino in 2014. Hollywood Casino in Bangor saw a $10 million drop, modest after the $100 million wallop the year before. “I think the novelty is kind of…

Castle Rock Casiono Resort submits application for project

Representatives of Castle Rock Casino Resort submitted their application Thursday to the Kansas Lottery Commission to build a $145 million premier Las Vegas-style casino resort in Cherokee County. “We’re confident we’ve put forth…

Lawmakers Agree to Draft Report on State’s Casinos

The state Legislature has been shuffling the deck for years in an effort to expand gaming opportunities that include the state’s Indian tribes. At the State House Monday, a legislative committee agreed to draft a report for incoming lawmakers…

Biz Talk: Wichita business leaders behind development of Castle Rock Casino

By Daniel McCoy, Wichita Business Journal The announcement Tuesday of plans for the Castle Rock Casino Resort in southeast Kansas comes with a tie to Wichita to the tune of nearly $150 million dollars. A group of local business leaders are the…

State of Cyber Security: It’s Way Worse Than You Think

By Curtis KS Levinson CDP, CISSP-CAP, MBCP, CCSK Director of Cyber Security Consulting   So, what does it take for the cyberworld to end? Cyber-attack, electric grid failure, EMP attack? Exactly how dependent are we on technology and, especially…

Bangor Daily News: Lawmakers applaud study that says Maine could add 2 casinos, increase state gaming revenues

By Christopher Cousins, BDN Staff The fight over how many casinos can operate successfully in Maine could be entering its final round with the completion of a study that recommends where gaming facilities could survive in Maine and — more…