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Iowa and Iowa State Athletes Join Civil Lawsuit Over State Gambling Sting

Sep 17 2024 // DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ten more Iowa and Iowa State athletes and an Iowa basketball equipment manager ensnared in a 2023 state gambling sting joined a civil lawsuit Tuesday seeking unspecified monetary damages from the...

Wynn Resorts Paying $130M for Letting Illegal Money Reach Gamblers at Vegas Casino

Sep 10 2024 // Casino company Wynn Resorts Ltd. has agreed to pay $130 million to federal authorities and admit that it let unlicensed money transfer businesses around the world funnel funds to gamblers at its flagship Las Vegas Strip...

After Losing in Court, Atlantic City Casino Workers Plan Ad Blitz for Smoking Ban

Sep 6 2024 // A group of Atlantic City casino workers seeking to ban smoking in the gambling halls will launch an advertising campaign featuring their children in response to a judge’s rejection of a lawsuit that would have ended...

Judge Allows Smoking in Atlantic City Casinos, Dealing Blow to Workers

Sep 3 2024 // A judge on Friday allowed smoking to continue in Atlantic City’s casinos, giving some measure of relief to the city’s struggling casino industry while rebuffing workers who have long sought to be able to...

The Gaming Boom: Potential Risks and Insurance Implications

May 20 2024 // You don’t have to look very far to understand that the gaming (gambling) industry in the United States is booming.What was only available for those who wanted to travel to Las Vegas or Atlantic City is now available...

Judge Hears Atlantic City Casino Workers’ Anti-Smoking Lawsuit

May 17 2024 // A group of Atlantic City casino workers asked a judge Monday to ban smoking in the gambling halls, citing the toxic effects of working in a “poisonous” atmosphere, while the state said ending smoking could...

Iowa and Iowa State Athletes File Lawsuit Against State Over Gambling Sting

May 6 2024 // Attorneys for more than two dozen Iowa and Iowa State athletes who were ensnared in a state gambling sting filed a civil lawsuit seeking unspecified monetary damages from the state and its public safety and criminal...

State AG, Atlantic City Casino Union Ask Judge to Dismiss Anti-Smoking Lawsuit

May 1 2024 // Atlantic City’s main casino workers union and the New Jersey attorney general this week asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a different union that seeks to ban smoking at the city’s nine casinos.Local...

MGM Resorts Sues FTC to Stop Investigation of Casino Hack

Apr 17 2024 // MGM Resorts International sued the Federal Trade Commission to stop an investigation into how it dealt with a cybersecurity attack last year.The company said the investigation deprives it of its fundamental due process...

Workers Sue to End Atlantic City Casinos’ Exemption From Smoking Ban

Apr 8 2024 // Frustrated at having unsuccessfully agitated for over three years to get lawmakers to ban smoking in Atlantic City casinos, workers on Friday tried a new tactic. They filed a lawsuit to try to overturn a law that leaves...

Nevada Casino Settles for $500K for Incidents Involving Security Officers

Mar 26 2024 // Nevada gambling regulators fined a hotel-casino in Laughlin a record $500,000 in a settlement with the state Gaming Control Board stemming from a pair of incidents involving security officers who roughed up a patron and a...

Too Much Atlantic in Atlantic City: Beach Erosion Has Casinos Desperate for Sand

Mar 21 2024 // The ocean and beaches have always been a part of Atlantic City’s identity: from salt water taffy to Miss America bathing beauties to the name of the place itself, the city has been marketed as a place to have fun by...

New Bill Would Still Permit Smoking in Atlantic City Casinos But With More Restrictions

Feb 16 2024 // Atlantic City casinos would be able to continue to allow gamblers to smoke on the casino floor under a new bill that would impose additional restrictions on lighting up.New Jersey state Sen. John Burzichelli introduced a...

Alabama Lawmakers Push Sweeping Bill That Would Allow Lottery and Casinos

Feb 9 2024 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A group of Alabama lawmakers unveiled a sweeping gambling bill Wednesday that could authorize a state lottery and 10 casinos across the conservative Deep South state as some Republicans look to...

Ken Griffin Wants to Stop ‘Toxic Waste’ Casinos in South Florida

Feb 2 2024 // (Bloomberg) — Ken Griffin wants to exert more influence in Florida politics. One of his top priorities: stopping new casinos in his backyard.The state’s second-richest person is opposing a bill that would allow...

Bill to Ban Smoking in Atlantic City Casinos Advances

Jan 31 2024 // A measure that would prohibit smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos moved forward Monday after three years of going nowhere, heartening casino workers who say they are literally sick and tired of having smoke blown in...

New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Against Casino in COVID Business Interruption Case

Jan 26 2024 // New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an Atlantic City casino is not entitled to payouts from business interruption insurance for losses during the COVID-19 outbreak, determining that the presence of the...

New Jersey Casino Workers Light Up in State House to Protest Smoking in Workplace

Dec 18 2023 // With prospects for a smoking ban in Atlantic City`s casinos looking hazier than ever, workers who want smoking banned took matters into their own hands, lips and lungs Thursday.Members of the United Auto Workers union...

Atlantic City Investigates Boardwalk Fire That Damaged Facade of Resorts Casino

Nov 20 2023 // Investigators were trying Thursday to determine what touched off a fire on the Atlantic City Boardwalk a day earlier that burned a section of the historic walkway and damaged part of the facade of Resorts casino.Although...

Clorox Security Breach Linked to Group Behind Casino Hacks

Oct 10 2023 // A notorious group of hackers blamed for recent breaches on major casino companies is also suspected of being behind a recent cyberattack against Clorox Co. that has led to a nationwide shortage of its cleaning...