Tag Archives: U.S.A.

Queens Assemblyman Files Bill To Transform Mets’ Citi Field Parking Lot Into Casino

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On Wednesday, March 22, Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry (D-Queens) officially submitted legislation that would permit New York city to construct on the parking lot at Citi Field, which would further aid Mets owner Steve Cohen’s redevelopment plans that involves constructing a new casino. However, a previous attempt to renovate the parking lot by a Queens Development […]

Hofstra University New Opponent Of Las Vegas Sands’ Proposed New York Casino

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Hofstra University is this week the newest opponent of the construction of a proposed New York casino by Las Vegas Sands, an American casino and resort company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to the proposal, the Las Vegas giant would build an entertainment venue on the site of the Nassau Coliseum in New York, […]

Sports Wagering Returns to Georgia Senate After Previous Defeats

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After the failure of legislation that would have permitted sports wagering in the state, involving horse racing, the official legalization of sports wagering is up for a vote again Thursday in the Georgia senate. However, this time the main focus of the legislation is to allow sports wagering in the state without legalizing horse racing […]

Graton Rancheria Announces New Compact To Double Graton Resort’s Slot Machines

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Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, owners of the Graton Resort and Casino, has signed the latest compact with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office that will authorize it to double the total number of slot machines. This permission will launch a planned expansion that was first reported last year. New agreement: This latest, 200-page compact between California […]

Flutter Entertainment Pays $4 Million Fine to U.S. for Violating Foreign Bribery Law

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Flutter Entertainment, the Dublin-based global gaming and sports betting company and the owner of the online poker site PokerStars, with a $4 million fine for the alleged violation of the US foreign bribery law committed through the circulation of payments to consultants based in Russia. Bribery allegations: […]

Local Regulator Rejects Cordish Companies’ Live! Resorts Madrid Building Proposal Again

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The Community of Madrid rejected the plans of the American casino operator Cordish Companies to construct the Live! Resorts Madrid entertainment complex in the Madrid municipality of Torres de la Alameda for the third time in seven years. Cordish Companies presented new plans to the Executive of Madrid for the €20m development in June but […]