Gambling
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Macau Casinos Deliver $11.8 Billion in Taxes in 2025
Posted on: March 17, 2026, 12:51h. Last updated on: March 16, 2026, 04:04h. Macau casino revenue led to $11.8 billion in gaming taxes for the government About 83 cents of every tax dollar received by the Macau SAR Government came from gaming Macau is the world’s biggest gaming market in terms of annual revenue Macau’s gaming revenue share totaled MOP94.9…
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Bally’s Marquette Announces Opening Date
Posted on: March 10, 2026, 12:52h. Last updated on: March 9, 2026, 02:53h. Bally’s Marquette will open its new land-based casino on March 13 Bally’s Marquette is a $26.2 million brick-and-mortar gaming facility The casino replaces the longtime Casino Queen Marquette riverboat Bally’s Marquette will open the doors to its new brick-and-mortar casino later this week. A rendering of the…
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Home Depot Employee Stole $4M in Gift Cards to Lead ‘Extravagant Gambling Lifestyle’
Posted on: March 2, 2026, 06:19h. Last updated on: March 2, 2026, 06:21h. Former Home Depot employee stole 8,325 company gift cards $4 million scheme funded gambling Secret Service investigation led to federal prison sentence A former employee of The Home Depot has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for stealing and activating more than $4…
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Second Police Gambling Scandal in a Day as Virginia Cop Gets 3 Years
Posted on: February 23, 2026, 07:19h. Last updated on: February 23, 2026, 07:19h. Virginia officer stole $831K to fund gambling habit Fake inheritance story used to secure 33 loans Court orders $747K restitution, three-year prison term A now-ex Virginia police officer who told friends and colleagues he was waiting on a large inheritance was, in fact, funneling most of their…
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UFC CEO Dana White Says the White House Fight Card is “Done”
Posted on: February 16, 2026, 08:18h. Last updated on: February 16, 2026, 08:27h. UFC CEO Dana White says he is in Washington this week to discuss the White House UFC event in June with U.S. President Donald Trump Internet speculation revolving around Gaethje-Topuria lightweight title unification bout White House card will feature half the fights normally seen at UFC “numbered” cards…
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Why You Can’t Watch WrestleMania from a Vegas Bar or Sports Book — Report
Posted on: February 9, 2026, 10:58h. Last updated on: February 9, 2026, 11:11h. WWE has reportedly blocked Vegas bars and casino sports books from airing WrestleMania 42 Ticket sales for the April event at Allegiant Stadium are reportedly 18% lower than last year High event ticket prices are to blame, so WWE wants to close the cheaper watch-party escape hatch…
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Macau Casino Heir Lists Manhattan Brownstone for $9.6 Million
Posted on: February 3, 2026, 01:07h. Last updated on: February 2, 2026, 01:17h. An heir to Stanley Ho’s casino fortune is selling a New York City brownstone at a discount Ho, the “King of Gambling,” held a monopoly on casinos in Macau until the turn of the century An heir to the late Stanley Ho’s multibillion-dollar casino fortune, derived from…
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Kalshi Hires Former Biden Staffer Bivona to Lead DC Office
Posted on: January 26, 2026, 08:44h. Last updated on: January 26, 2026, 08:45h. Prediction market operator announces opening of new Washington, DC office Former Biden staffer John Bivona will be company’s first head of government relations Bivona has nearly two decades experience as a Democrat advisor, strategist Prediction market operator Kalshi announced the opening of a new office in Washington,…
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After Casinos, Thailand’s Pheu Thai Turns to Wellness Tourism
Posted on: January 20, 2026, 01:22h. Last updated on: January 19, 2026, 03:07h. The Pheu Thai Party in Thailand is pitching wellness tourism The party was previously behind an effort to bring casinos to Thailand The 2025 political crisis in Thailand that resulted in Paetongtarn Shinawatra being forcibly removed as prime minister additionally cost her Pheu Thai Party control in…
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Polymarket and New York Rangers Join Forces
Posted on: January 12, 2026, 07:51h. Last updated on: January 12, 2026, 07:52h. Polymarket named Official Prediction Market Partner of NHL’s Rangers Kalshi has similar deal with Chicago Blackhawks NHL announced partnership with Kashi and Polymarket last October Another step forward for prediction markets with the announcement Polymarket has signed a deal with Madison Square Garden Sports Corp, naming the…
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