All the headlines from our Casino Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 9 2015 // Fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings are coming under further pressure as a player in Kentucky accused them of negligence and fraud in a lawsuit.Adam Johnson, a daily fantasy player from Jefferson County, says...
Jul 29 2015 // Fake palm trees and high winds fueled a poolside fire on a rooftop at The Cosmopolitan hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip over the weekend, fire officials said Monday.The blaze on Saturday sent guests running and plumes...
Jul 5 2015 // BP Plc’s record $18.7 billion settlement ended government claims over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, leaving numerous smaller private lawsuits to be mopped up.While investors, residents and businesses that...
Jul 2 2015 // West Virginia Lottery officials say “casino night” fundraisers conducted by charitable organizations are illegal but the Lottery does not have authority to crack down on such events.County prosecutors have...
May 21 2015 // Steve Wynn’s push for a stronger hand when suing people who badmouth him is being viewed by some, including Yelp Inc., as stacking the deck against free speech.The social media site called on its subscribers to stop...
Apr 28 2015 // XL Group plc Chief Executive Officer Mike McGavick said that while he shuns casinos unless he’s with his mother-in-law, he’s felt lately like he was sitting at a “high stakes table” as he made...
Mar 26 2015 // A class action lawsuit filed in a California federal court alleges The Venetian and The Palazzo casino-resorts hid daily resort fees from travelers booking rooms at the Las Vegas Strip properties.The lawsuit filed earlier...
Mar 18 2015 // For better or worse, the lawsuit-finance market continues to grow. Hedge funds and others speculating on litigation are making more and larger bets. Some corporate lobbyists warn that the new financial engineering...
Mar 16 2015 // One faction of an Indian tribe has accused another in a lawsuit of squandering millions of dollars in profits from a Northern California casino to lead lavish lifestyles.In the federal suit filed Tuesday, tribe members who...
Jan 26 2015 // The Mississippi Supreme Court will consider whether a judge was wrong in finding that an insurance company was not liable for damage caused when the Grand Casino barge was torn from its moorings during Hurricane Katrina...
Jan 12 2015 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Dec 30 2014 // A federal judge has scheduled for Jan. 26 the trial of a Georgia doctor accused of recruiting casino workers in Biloxi to run a prescription pill ring.Dr. Sanjay Sinha of Woodstock, Georgia, is charged with one count of...
Oct 7 2014 // Insurance broker Marsh has named Christian Ryan, a real estate, gaming and hospitality insurance broker, as its U.S. Gaming Practice leader. Christian Ryan Ryan joins Marsh from Willis North America where he has spent the...
Sep 2 2014 // Your child throws a tantrum and smashes something? Take out “naughty child insurance”. Similarly, buy cover against your bride becoming pregnant before the honeymoon, your team being knocked out of the soccer...
Jul 23 2014 // A federal appeals court has declined to allow the family of Bryan Lee Glenn to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges a Biloxi, Mississippi, casino kept serving drinks to the man while he was drunk.Glenn, 30,...
Jul 22 2014 // Apollo Global Management LLC’s dual stakes in an insurer and the largest operator of U.S. casinos are drawing scrutiny by New York’s top financial regulator, who doesn’t want policyholders exposed to the...
May 29 2014 // Lockton has hired Veronica Fuentes and Svenja Dahlstrom in the company’s Gaming, Entertainment & Sports Practice, a new practice launched as part of Lockton’s Pacific Operations in April.Fuentes in an...
May 27 2014 // An Alabama casino lost any tribal immunity from dram-shop lawsuits when it agreed as part of the state licensing process that it would be financially responsible for damages in serving alcohol to an apparently intoxicated...
May 5 2014 // Lockton has launched a gaming, entertainment and sports practice to be based in Irvine, Calif.The group is part of Lockton’s Pacific operations and it integrates multiple vertical markets. Lockton’s gaming,...
Apr 21 2014 // Lockton has launched a gaming, entertainment and sports practice to be based in Irvine, Calif.The group is part of Lockton’s Pacific operations and it integrates multiple vertical markets. Lockton’s gaming,...