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GOP Presidential Hopefuls Introduce Sheldon Adelson-Backed Bill to Ban Online Gambling
Sens. Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio are among a cohort of senators that revived legislation heavily favored by the billionaire GOP donor.
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Nearly $3 million transferred from golfer Phil Mickelson to an intermediary was part of 'an illegal gambling operation'
A 56-year-old former sports gambling handicapper, acting as a conduit for a gambling operation, pleaded guilty last week to laundering approximately $2.75 million of Phil Mickelson's money.
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Why Did ‘Frontline’ Kill Lowell Bergman’s Gambling Documentary?
Recriminations and accusations are flying after the PBS series shelved veteran reporter Lowell Bergman’s documentary about the gambling industry in Macau.
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New Powerball Odds Could Give America Its First Billion-Dollar Jackpot
New York state lottery commissioners approved a proposed rule Monday that would change the Powerball lottery jackpot odds. Assuming the rest of the Powerball stakeholders get on board (and they hav…
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2015 WSOP Main Event Bubble Boy
Friday, July 10, 2015 9:57 PM PST (about 8 hours and 24 minutes ago)
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How the Deep South fell so far behind the rest of America
Hundreds of millions of dollars couldn't even turn around one little county still struggling with poverty and inequality
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Top 7 trustworthy online casinos in Germany
Based on restrictions in gambling area and Germany laws, internet casinos are still hard to find (trusted).Team from Slot Pill created the listing of greatest online casinos, most legit and trustworthy 7 casino suggested for German gamblers. These aspects were assessed during the list creation: Legality, Internet casino permits, State Regulation, Casino Payout percent, Withdrawal speed, online reviews, Applications Quality, Payment construction, Customer Support.
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China feared CIA worked with Sheldon Adelson’s Macau casinos to snare officials
Report commissioned by Adelson’s company shows Beijing was concerned officials were gambling with public money, leaving them vulnerable to blackmail.
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‘All men are created equal, except in the casino’
ONE high roller requests a refrigerator full of bananas that he squeezes and throws as he gambles. Another urinates against a wall. Other high-stakes players described by a pit manager at Mohegan Sun, one of the world’s largest casinos, throw chairs, scream at dealers and expect rules to be bent at the tables.
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Sunny Player Casino Review
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Addicted to the Lottery: Why People Buy False Hope and Lottery Tickets
People don't play the lottery because they expect to get rich. They play the lottery because it's fun to indulge in the fantasy that, one day, their lives could suddenly get easier.
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Fantasy Sports Employees Bet at Rival Sites Using Inside Information
Two fantasy companies defended their businesses’ integrity after accusations that employees were placing bets on information not available to the public.
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Scandal Erupts in Unregulated World of Fantasy Sports
A major scandal is erupting in the multibillion-dollar industry of fantasy sports, the online and unregulated business in which players assemble their fantasy teams with real athletes. On Monday, the two major fantasy companies were forced to release statements defending their businesses’ integrity after what amounted to allegations of insider trading, that employees were placing bets using information not generally available to the public.
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N.Y. rules DraftKings, FanDuel illegal gambling
New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman declared Tuesday that daily fantasy sports constitute illegal gambling in his state, and he sent game operators DraftKings and FanDuel cease-and-desist notices in a significant blow to the embattled, billion-dollar industry. Schneiderman demanded DraftKings and FanDuel, the two industry giants, stop accepting "wagers" from New York residents. He is not, at this point, asking the companies to discontinue operations in the state.
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How the world’s biggest bookie was snared at last year’s World Series of Poker — and walked a free man
An in-depth investigation into how Paul Phua rose from a numbers runner in Borneo to the world’s biggest bookie and poker impresario -- and how the FBI hooked him, only to have to let him go. By Brett Forrest.
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Prisoner can't sue USA Today for not printing gambling odds, Pa. court says
Inmate Alton Brown claimed the paper's decision to stop printing gambling odds ruined his illegal jailhouse book-making operation.
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Can Live Streaming Save the Poker Industry?
In 2003, an accountant with little poker expertise and the auspicious name of Chris Moneymaker won the main event at the World Series of Poker, in Las Vegas, taking home two and a half million dollars in prize money. His path to victory was televised on ESPN, which had revamped its coverage of the competition that year to create a sleek and accessible package that resembled the network’s major-league sports broadcasts.
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Still shunned: Manfred won't lift Rose's MLB ban
Pete Rose remains banned for life from Major League Baseball. Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Monday that he had rejected Rose's plea for reinstatement, citing his continued gambling and evidence that he bet on games when he was playing for the Cincinnati Reds. Manfred said in a letter sent to Rose and made public that baseball's hits king hasn't been completely honest about his gambling. The commissioner also noted that Rose continues to...
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Jackpot-fixing inquiry spreads to 5th state as prosecutor says insider fixed 2 Kansas prizes
The former security chief for a national association that operates lotteries personally bought two tickets that won jackpots in Kansas, investigators said Monday, bringing to five the number of states where he may have fixed lotteries.
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Boardwalk Vampire
Governed for decades by racketeers and corrupt politicians, Atlantic City blew its chances at revival. By Steven Malanga. (Autumn)
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