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Study finds residents are fine with state’s gambling landscape

Two-thirds of Connecticut's residents are satisfied with the gambling options available in the state, a new bombshell-free study concludes. "Impacts of Legalized Gambling in Connecticut," posted Friday on the website of the state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, also finds the state does a good job caring for problem gamblers,…
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Huge Lotto Win For Ticket Bought In Hartford

HARTFORD, CT - One person's trip Wednesday, Nov. 1, into a Hartford convenience store turned out to be a massive, life-changing experience... and in a good way. That's because a huge-paying lottery ticket was sold at the Sam's Quick Stop store in Hartford, 15 Asylum St., state lottery officials said. The jackpot won was enormous, $428382, according…
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Huge Lotto Win For Ticket Bought In Hartford
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Top Canadian Provinces For Online Gambling 2023

The rising popularity and ease of online gambling networks have played a role in the immense expansion of online gambling in Canada in the past few years. Canadians can chill and enjoy themselves in their houses while participating in casino tournaments, sports wagering, and other gambling hobbies. Anyone wishing to research reliable gambling…
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Top Canadian Provinces For Online Gambling 2023
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Roll Of The Dice; Recession Proof Gambling

This story features TABCORP HOLDINGS LIMITED, and other companies. For more info SHARE ANALYSIS: TAH Gambling is regarded as recession proof. The ASX offers numerous offers to give portfolios a winning edge. -Research suggests households don't consider buying lottery tickets a luxury or even discretionary-UBS survey shows 31% of Australians buy a…
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Roll Of The Dice; Recession Proof Gambling
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Ohio, Indiana employ dozens more than Kentucky for gambling enforcement

CINCINNATI - By the time Ohio's sports-betting industry turned 1-week-old in January, the Ohio Casino Control Commission announced fines totaling more than $1 million against four online sportsbooks that violated marketing and responsible-gaming rules. That aggressive approach fit the profile of Ohio's lead gambling regulator, where 55 out of 111…
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Ohio, Indiana employ dozens more than Kentucky for gambling enforcement
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Georgia Lottery's Mega Millions Kicks off New Year with $785M Jackpot

The new year is off to an exciting start with the Mega Millions jackpot for the Tues., Jan. 3 drawing at an estimated $785 million ($403.8 million cash). This is the fourth highest jackpot in the game's history. The jackpot continues to grow after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Friday, Dec. 30. Winning numbers for Friday's drawing were:…
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In a year, casinos’ online gaming revenue increased by 57%

Gamblers have increasingly taken to the casinos' online gaming sites in their first year of operation, year-over-year revenue comparisons for November show. Last month's numbers, posted this week by the state Department of Consumer Protection's Gaming Division, afford the first year-over-year comparison of a full month's results. Online casino…
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GameSense advisor builds relationships at new Delta casino

BC Lottery Corp. provides GameSense advisers in every casino Gambling is not a way to make money. Put another way, you're not going to get rich. It's just for fun, whether it be dabbing the final letter on a bingo card or getting lucky with the spin of the roulette wheel. To keep people aware of that, BC Lottery Corp. provides GameSense advisers in…
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GameSense advisor builds relationships at new Delta casino
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Lotto 6/49 jackpot worth $5 million won in Richmond

Somebody in Richmond is about to get an early Christmas present. A ticket for Saturday's Lotto 6/49 draw purchased there matched all six winning numbers for the classic $5-million jackpot: 4, 18, 26, 36, 41 and 42. It was the fifth 6/49 jackpot win in B.C. this year. The winner or winners have a year to claim the prize after the Dec. 3 draw date.…
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Lotto 6/49 jackpot worth $5 million won in Richmond
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State's share of online gaming revenue reached new high in January

Revenue generated for the state by online casino gaming continued its upward trend last month, reaching $3.4 million. The new form of gaming, approved along with online and retail sports betting last year by the legislature and introduced in mid-October, had resulted in payments to the state of $2.5 million in November and $2.9 million in…
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Evolution Of The Canadian Gambling Industry

Gambling has a long, rich history in Canada. For decades, its very existence was highly contested. The casino industry has traveled a long road to becoming the booming online realm that it is today. In 2022, a fresh world of casino games is available at the tap of a finger, thanks to the rise of mobile gambling. There's more than one reason why…
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Evolution Of The Canadian Gambling Industry
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West Kelowna resident wins $31-million Lotto Max prize online

A B.C. lottery player who switched to buying her tickets online a couple of months ago has scored a $31-million Lotto Max jackpot. Jennifer Cole of West Kelowna made the decision to get a lotto subscription at PlayNow.com in May, then won the life-changing prize in the July 8 draw. She claimed her prize on Friday at B.C. Lottery Corp. head office…
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West Kelowna resident wins $31-million Lotto Max prize online
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Mega Millions lottery ticket sold; $10k prize in CT

Only one winning ticket was sold for the drawing Friday night for the mega-jackpot in the Mega Millions lottery game - but it wasn't in Connecticut. That ticket - with the winning numbers of 13 36 45 57 67 and Mega Ball 14 - was purchased in Illinois, according to megamillions.com. The ticketholder wins the entire jackpot, which was estimated to be…
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Mega Millions lottery ticket sold; $10k prize in CT
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'Enough Room In The Sandbox' For Often Misunderstood Online Lottery

Horse racing aficionados have been betting on races online Sports bettors in dozens of states have tried their luck since the Supreme Court ended Nevada's virtual monopoly in May 2018. Online casino gaming is only operating in a half-dozen states, but many lawmakers have noticed that New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan operators have cleared…
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'Enough Room In The Sandbox' For Often Misunderstood Online Lottery
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A parade of gambling commercials during TV hockey games

Never thought I'd miss the beer commercials during the hockey game. Have to say this, though: at least the I! Am! Canadian! guy only pandered to misplaced patriotism, and didn't non-stop nag me to place a bet every time the whistle blew. This has been the defining feature of this year's Stanley Cup playoffs: a tsunami of gambling ads. Feels like…
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A parade of gambling commercials during TV hockey games
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Mohegans announce support for Yale plan to combat problem gambling

Mohegan - Mohegan Sun's tribal owners announced Tuesday that over the next five years they will invest $2 million in the Yale School of Medicine's ongoing development of an app-based program aimed at treating problem gambling through a process known as cognitive behavioral therapy. The announcement came at a news media event at the Mohegan…
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Mohegans announce support for Yale plan to combat problem gambling
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Mashantuckets' latest venture: Wondr Nation, an online gaming company

Mashantucket - In a bid to expand its digital footprint, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, which owns Foxwoods Resort Casino, has launched Wondr Nation, on online gaming entertainment company. A rebrand of Mashantucket Pequot Interactive, which the tribe formed last year in connection with the legalization of online casino gaming and sports betting in…
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Casinos, state post April gaming revenues

Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun this week reported year-over-year declines in their April slot-machine revenues. Foxwoods "won," or kept, $29.7 million after paying out prizes last month, 4.5% less than the $31.1 million it kept the same month a year ago. Mohegan Sun kept $42.7 million last month, down 3.5% from the $44.2 million it kept in…
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Casinos, state post April gaming revenues
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IGT capitalizes on strong casino demand in first-quarter earnings report

Strong casino play has prompted operators to upgrade their slot machines, a boon to gaming equipment behemoth IGT. The London-based company with a heavy presence in Nevada reported narrowing net income despite a 3.5 percent increase in revenue in the first quarter of 2022. IGT executives attributed the decline to omicron variant-produced downturns…
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How the Online Casino Industry Has Developed New Jobs?

This year, April 4th represented a watershed moment in the history of online gambling in Canada. After years of protest, the federal government finally allowed single-game sports betting. There is a $14 billion Canadian black market sportsbook business, which has been authorized by the government in order to redirect that money to legitimate…
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How the Online Casino Industry Has Developed New Jobs?
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Mohegan Sun investing $15 million in new lounge, other improvements

Mohegan - Mohegan Sun is betting on its high-end clientele. The casino has announced it plans to invest $15 million in a new VIP lounge and other amenities, including upgrades of its two most luxurious hotel suites and improvements to Mohegan Sun Golf Club in Baltic. "Our premium customers have always been an important part of our business," Jeff…
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Mohegan Sun investing $15 million in new lounge, other improvements
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House committee advances bills related to legalized gambling in Kentucky

A Kentucky House Committee voted Wednesday to approve a legislative package that includes legalizing sports wagering, banning unregulated gambling machines commonly referred to as "gray" machines, modernizing pari-mutuel wagering statutes, and creating a fund to fight gambling addiction. The bills comprise an omnibus approach to overhauling the…
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House committee advances bills related to legalized gambling in Kentucky
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Casinos' up-and-down slots revenue comparisons were up in February

Casino slot-machine revenues were up in February compared to the same month a year ago, data released Tuesday show. Mohegan Sun reported it "won," or kept, $40.4 million in slots revenue after paying out prizes, a 23.3% increase over the $32.7 million it kept in February 2021. Foxwoods Resort Casino's numbers, posted on the website of the state…
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Casinos' up-and-down slots revenue comparisons were up in February
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Gambling study bill draws support in public hearing

Both supporters and opponents of newly expanded gambling in Connecticut agree it bears study - right away. But can "an examination of the types of gambling activity engaged in by the public and the desirability of expanding, maintaining or reducing the amount of legalized gambling permitted in this state," as a proposed bill states, be completed by…
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Gambling study bill draws support in public hearing
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B.C. casinos used foreign high rollers as money-laundering ‘pawns,’ inquiry hears

In 2012, an RCMP investigation reported that Richmond's River Rock Casino and New Westminster's Starlight Casino "are a very significant source of money-laundering activity, using wealthy People's Republic of China gamblers as willing pawns in their activity." The confidential RCMP document that makes this explosive allegation - which has not…
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B.C. casinos used foreign high rollers as money-laundering ‘pawns,’ inquiry hears
The Denver Gazette

Connecticut’s launch of expanded gambling yields billions for gamblers, millions for state and casinos, but deeper debt for some

HARTFORD, Conn. - Bettors dropped more than $2 billion late last year as Connecticut launched its long-awaited legalized sports betting and online gambling, generating tens of millions of dollars for the state, the two tribal-owned casinos and Connecticut Lottery Corp. But for some gamblers who too easily take on debt with gambling now available on…
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'Betting and betting,’ CT's expanded gambling yields billions

Bettors dropped more than $2 billion late last year as Connecticut launched its long-awaited legalized sports betting and online gambling, generating tens of millions of dollars for the state, the two tribal-owned casinos and Connecticut Lottery Corp. But for some gamblers who too easily take on debt with gambling now available on laptops, tablets…
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'Betting and betting,’ CT's expanded gambling yields billions
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Casino revenue from slot machines, online gaming was up in December

Southeastern Connecticut's casinos posted big year-over-year gains in slot-machine revenue in December, largely a reflection of the COVID-19 restrictions that were in place a year ago. Mohegan Sun reported Monday that it kept $41.8 million in slots "win" after paying out prizes last month, a 29.5% increase over the $32.2 million it kept the same…
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Casino revenue from slot machines, online gaming was up in December
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P2E Plans to Reopen DiamondJacks Casino in Bossier City, Louisiana

The gaming company that hoped to build a waterfront hotel-casino east of New Orleans intends to resume in Bossier City, the state's top gaming regulator said. Peninsula Pacific Entertainment, known as P2E, has indicated it plans to return to Bossier City in northwestern Louisiana and reopen the floating DiamondJacks casino, Ronnie Johns, chairman…
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P2E Plans to Reopen DiamondJacks Casino in Bossier City, Louisiana
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Online gambling for sports and casino games in CT begins Tuesday with a soft launch

Online sports and casino gambling is expected to begin in Connecticut Tuesday with a 7-day, soft launch for a total of 2250 people identified by the fantasy sports companies that have joined forces with the Connecticut Lottery Corp., and the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes. The soft launch includes online casino games for the two tribes and…
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Online gambling for sports and casino games in CT begins Tuesday with a soft launch
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How Has the Online Casino Industry Evolved in Canada?

August 27, this year, marked an important date in the Canadian online gambling industry. The federal government legalized single sports betting after years of opposition. The government legalized the sector because it wants to divert the $14B Canadian spend on black market sportsbooks to legal bookmakers. This money doesn't include the amount spent…
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How Has the Online Casino Industry Evolved in Canada?
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Expanded gambling raised $1.7 million in revenue for Connecticut since mid-October start

Expanded gambling in Connecticut that began in mid-October with sports betting and online casino games has generated $1.7 million in state revenue, Gov. Ned Lamont said Wednesday. Online casino gambling brought in $1.2 million and sports betting raised about $513000. The money will be deposited into the state's general fund. "This first revenue…
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Expanded gambling raised $1.7 million in revenue for Connecticut since mid-October start
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CT online gambling launches with thousands of bets and an open future

A day after New Jersey announced it was the first state to take in more than $1 billion in sports wagers in a single month, Connecticut fully launched online casino gaming and sports betting with thousands of bets placed in the first few hours. Now the question is what the largest betting expansion in decades will mean for state coffers, and for…
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CT online gambling launches with thousands of bets and an open future
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With an explosion of sports betting and online gambling, Connecticut braces for a potential increase in problem gambling

Online sports betting and casino gambling barreled into Connecticut this month, prompting worries about an explosive increase in already common problems blamed on gambling addiction: heavier personal debt, broken relationships and crime. After years of debate and on-again, off-again legislative attempts to extend gambling beyond the state's two…
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With an explosion of sports betting and online gambling, Connecticut braces for a potential increase in problem gambling
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Connecticut Joins the Online Gambling Party, Poker Invited but Left at the Door

Connecticut joined the online gambling party this week with sports betting, casino, and slots games, but online poker players still have to wait before they can ante up online. The Connecticut Lottery Corp., the Mohegan Tribe, and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe officials launched sites online gambling sites on Tuesday, bringing more than 130…
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Connecticut Joins the Online Gambling Party, Poker Invited but Left at the Door
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Online gambling starts in Connecticut, with the first bets placed on NLCS

HARTFORD, Conn. - Online gambling in Connecticut began at 6 a.m. Tuesday, kicking off expanded wagering that was years in the making in negotiations between elected officials and the state's two Native American-owned casinos over details of sports betting and digital games. FanDuel, the partner of Mohegan Sun casino, and DraftKings, which is…
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Online gambling starts in Connecticut, with the first bets placed on NLCS
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Unrestricted online gambling set to begin Tuesday in Connecticut, ushering in broadest expansion in decades

HARTFORD, Conn. - Unrestricted online gambling in Connecticut begins Tuesday, inaugurating the broadest expansion of legalized wagering in the state since the two Native American casinos opened in the 1990s. The state Department of Consumer Protection authorized the launch of online sports wagering and iCasino to begin at 6 a.m. Tuesday following a…
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Unrestricted online gambling set to begin Tuesday in Connecticut, ushering in broadest expansion in decades
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Connecticut casino win, online wagering soft launch see positive numbers

he two southeastern Connecticut casinos posted their year-over-year stats report showing increases in slot machine revenue on Friday. Mohegan Sun reported it kept $43.4 million after paying out prizes last month, a 7.8% increase over the $40.2 million it saw in September 2020. Foxwoods Resort Casino got $31 million, up 12.1% in a year-over-year…
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Online gambling in Connecticut to launch on a limited basis Tuesday

Bettors can gamble on their phones, tablets and other online devices beginning Tuesday, the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection announced. The agency said Friday it notified the Connecticut Lottery Corp., Mohegan Tribe and Mashantucket Pequot Tribe - owners and operators of the state's two casinos - they may begin a seven-day limited…
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Online gambling in Connecticut to launch on a limited basis Tuesday
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What Tourists Should Know About Online Casinos in Canada

Canada is a beautiful country full of amazing people, beautiful sceneries, and most of all beautiful casinos. Gaming in Canada dates back many years ago. An activity that has continued to grow thanks to a majority of the Canadian population embracing gaming. The introduction of online gaming has also played a major role in the popularity of…
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What Tourists Should Know About Online Casinos in Canada
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B.C. bettors hit potential jackpot with regulatory change

Legalized single-game sports betting launched in B.C. this month for the first time - part of a bid to put the squeeze on bookies and the grey market | sb-borg/Getty Images Many British Columbian's engaged in their classic pastime over the weekend: sports betting. It would have been the first time they could legally place a bet on the outcome of a…
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B.C. bettors hit potential jackpot with regulatory change
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Proposed casino sites add meat to case for legalized gambling

ATLANTA - Supporters of legalizing casino gambling in Georgia have failed to make headway in the General Assembly year after year for the last decade amid intense opposition from religious conservatives. But this year's push features a different wrinkle. A Georgia developer who helped build The Battery, a mixed-use complex in Cobb County that…
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Proposed casino sites add meat to case for legalized gambling
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Casinos' slot revenues were down year-over-year in June

Casino slot-machine revenues were down significantly last month compared to the previous June, evidence that Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resorts Casino benefited from reopening ahead of their competition during the COVID-19 pandemic. While Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun opened June 1, 2020, after being closed for 11 weeks, other Northeast…
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Casinos' slot revenues were down year-over-year in June
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View Royal casino ready to reopen July 1 if province gives green light

Gamblers could return to the slot machines and card tables in View Royal within a week as operators of Elements Casino hustle to rehire staff, prepare safety procedures and ramp up food and beverage ­services. The six municipalities that take a 10% share of casino revenues are also cautiously optimistic for a green light from provincial health…
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MGM drops suit over tribes' now-shelved East Windsor casino project

MGM Resorts has dropped a lawsuit over the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes' plan to develop an East Windsor casino, a project shelved as part of the gaming-expansion agreement negotiated earlier this year between Gov. Ned Lamont and the tribes. The agreement formed the basis of legislation passed by the legislature and signed into law by the…
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MGM drops suit over tribes' now-shelved East Windsor casino project
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B.C. Lottery Corp. CEO ‘blown away’ by police report of organized crime at casinos

The president of the British Columbia Lottery Corp. says the first time he officially heard organized crime groups were laundering money at provincial casinos was six years ago during a meeting with the RCMP. Up until the 2015 police briefing, there had long been concerns about suspicious cash circulating at casinos but the RCMP report confirmed…
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B.C. Lottery Corp. CEO ‘blown away’ by police report of organized crime at casinos
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Lawsuit claims province, lottery corp promote ‘dangerous’ video slot machines

A class-action lawsuit launched against the provincial government and the British Columbia Lottery Corp. alleges video slot machines in gaming facilities across B.C. are "inherently deceptive, inherently addictive and inherently dangerous when used as intended." Lead plaintiff Corina Riesebos filed a notice of civil claim under the Class…
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Unleash the power of the Orb with Live 5’s latest slot

Orb of Osiris launches exclusively with Entain brands including PartyCasino and Foxy Games before going network wide on the 15 February Live 5, the partner of choiceslot developer who are behind some of this year's most popular titles, is taking players into the deep dark depths of an ancient Egyptian tomb in search of treasures and big wins in its…
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Unleash the power of the Orb with Live 5’s latest slot