The question of expanding the casino industry in Maine has cropped up again after an investment group plans to put a question to state residents in a referendum in November. Several years ago, Mainers voted against the expansion of gambling in the state, but this time investors and analysts believe that residents will see the [...]

The poker community in California got a rude surprise last week when they learned that one of their chief advocates for poker rights in the state had been arrested and indicted on charges of fraud. Senator Rod Wright, who supports the licensing of online poker and sports betting in California, faces eight counts, including voter [...]

Good news for online payment processors who are ducking for cover from the long arm of the US Department of Justice. Douglas Rennick, the Canadian who was charged with money laundering and operating an online payment processing service between offshore groups and US gamblers, was handed a particularly light sentence by the New York Federal [...]

This is one poker heist that obviously didn’t pay off for the criminal involved – Edward Donnell Hendriks, a 38 year old from San Antonio, was sentenced to three concurrent 99 year terms in prison, following his participation in an armed poker heist in 2009. He will not be eligible for parole for at least [...]

The billion dollar Malaysian gambling group, Genting Bhd will be taking its first steps into the New York gambling market after it announced that it had received approval to run the very first gambling parlor in Queens, New York City. The thirty year license will see awarded to Genting and allow it to open its [...]

Is Daniel Tzvetkoff, the Australian millionaire who was charged with illegal online gambling processing by US authorities, cooperating with Justice Department officials? It has been reported in a number of media outlets that the 27 year old Tzvetkoff was secretly released on bail and is now living in a safe house in the United States. [...]

Churchill Downs, the company that hosts the annual Kentucky Derby, has expanded further into the US gambling market by purchasing a casino. The group paid around $138 million for Harlow’s Casino Resort & Hotel in Greenville, Mississippi, marking its first step into the Magnolia State. The casino is currently owned by a number of parties, [...]

The BBC recently ran an online article entitled Can the World of Online Poker Chase Out the Cheats? which highlighted the case of 25,000 players falling prey to a Chinese collusion at one of the world’s most prominent online poker sites, Poker Stars. The scam was reported in July this year and Poker Stars refunded [...]