Gambling

Fantasy Leagues To Be Operated By NJ Casinos Under New Regulations

Casinos can partner with fantasy league operators to let them run the tournaments. The gaming halls can also take entry fees and pay out winnings at casino cages, according to the regulations.

2013/04/21

Superstorm Sandy's destruction is seen in Atlantic City - Oct. 30, 2012 (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Atlantic City Casino Revenue Down 12.5 Percent In February

Figures released Monday by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement show the city’s 12 casinos took in $212.3 million.

2013/03/11

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at the Hilltop Group Home in Robbinsville - March 7, 2013 (credit: Tim Larsen / Governor's Office)

Christie To Keep Fighting For Sports Betting In New Jersey

Christie said Thursday after visiting a group home for people with disabilities that he’ll take the fight to the Supreme Court if he has to.

2013/03/07

New Jersey Gaming Attorney Sees Online Gambling Coming Soon

The governor of Nevada has signed a bill legalizing online gambling there and one New Jersey gaming attorney and consultant believes it will happen in the Garden State, too.

2013/02/22

Citi Field (credit: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Palladino: Mets’ Casino Proposal Was Bad Idea From Beginning

They thought the fallout from Madoff was bad? What if a rostered lunkhead got caught in their gaming hall?

2013/02/06

Mets Owners Proposed Casino In ‘Initial Concept’ For Willets Point

Baseball and blackjack? The owners of the Mets were all in on a 2011 proposal for a casino next to Citi Field, only to be rejected by the Bloomberg administration, according to the New York Post.

2013/02/05

Atlantic City Skyline (file / credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Atlantic City Casino Workers Push Christie To Sign Online Gambling Bill

The president of Atlantic City’s largest casino workers’ union called on Gov. Chris Christie to sign an Internet gambling bill, saying online betting revenue could make the difference between two or more casinos surviving or having to close.

2013/01/31

Trump Taj Mahal and other casino hotels in Atlantic City, New Jersey (file/credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

High Rollers Leave AC In Favor Of Pennsylvania Casinos

Last week, Atlantic City reported its annual revenues at just over $3 billion. Pennsylvania’s slots and table games brought in $3.16 billion in gross revenue in 2012, according to the state’s Gaming Control Board.

2013/01/17

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announces the take down of a gambling ring - Oct. 25, 2012 (credit: Marla Diamond / WCBS 880)

Queens D.A. Announces Indictments In Nationwide Sports Betting Ring

25 people have been indicted in the nationwide sports betting ring that had tentacles in several Las Vegas casinos, where NYPD Inspector Brian O’Neil says operatives influenced legal betting to increase payouts.

2012/10/25

Lichtenstein: NCAA To New Jersey — Drop Dead!

We’re used to hypocrisy from politicians. It’s their job to say whatever it takes to get (re)elected. But in my lifetime nothing compares with the nonsense spewing from the mouths of those running the NCAA.

2012/10/18

Dolly Parton Is Coming To A Slot Machine Near You

Would you play a slot machine with Dolly Parton’s face on it? What if it sang “Two Doors Down” and “Nine to Five”?

2012/09/14

Atlantic City Casino Sues Alleging Fraud; Players Demand Winnings In Countersuit

A New York man told CBS 2 that he and fourteen others were denied more than a million dollars in winnings, detained, and roughed up during a trip to the Golden Nugget in April.

2012/08/22

Mobile Gambling Coming To Atlantic City

Adults who patronize Atlantic City’s casinos will soon be able to gamble at the pool or while waiting in line at the buffet.

2012/08/08

MetLife Stadium at the Meadowlands as seen from Chopper 880 - East Rutherford, NJ (credit: Evan Bindelglass / WCBS 880)

Weinberg Proposes Temporary Meadowlands Casino For Super Bowl XLVIII

Super Bowl XLVIII is still nearly a year and a half away, but plans are well underway for the event.

2012/07/25

Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson (Photo by Aaron Tam/AFP/Getty Images)

Opinion: Why Is China’s Largest Foreign Investor Spending So Much Money On Our Elections?

Sheldon Adelson, the largest foreign investor in China, has invested tens of millions of dollars in influencing the 2012 election and has vowed to spend $100 million to put his thumb on the scale for Mitt Romney in November.

2012/07/20

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