Tag: Gambling
Brazil starts blocking irregular online gambling as concern rises over addiction
SAO PAULO -- Brazil on Friday started blocking over 2,000 gambling websites designated as irregular, part of a push by the government to...
An ex-judge from mainland China is set to take Macao's top job. What's at stake for the casino hub?
MACAO -- Some 400 pro-establishment electors are set to approve the sole candidate for Macao’s chief executive job on Sunday, making him the...
Las Vegas will blow a kiss goodbye — literally — to the Tropicana with a flashy casino implosion
LAS VEGAS -- Sin City will quite literally blow a kiss goodbye to the Tropicana before first light Wednesday in an elaborate implosion...
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa evacuated twice after suspicious devices found at the casino
TAMPA, Fla. -- The Seminole Hard Rock Tampa was evacuated Sunday night and again on Monday after the discovery of two suspicious devices...
Buffalo’s longest-serving mayor is leaving City Hall for a betting agency
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Buffalo's longest-serving mayor, Byron Brown, said Monday he will leave City Hall in a few weeks to lead an offtrack...
A tiny tribe is getting pushback for betting big on a $600M casino in California's wine country
SAN FRANCISCO -- For decades a small, landless tribe in Northern California has been on a mission to get land, open a casino...