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BORGATA LAWSUIT ACCUSES RIVAL OCEAN CASINO OF POACHING KEY EXECUTIVES BY @NJ_Gambling's JOHN BRENNAN (@BergenBrennan)

NJ Online Gambling

It took eight years, but a settlement in the epic $10 million Phil Ivey vs. Borgata mini-baccarat “edge sorting” saga appears to have been finalized last week.

But just a day later, Borgata filed its own lawsuit rife with melodrama, accusing rival Atlantic City’s Ocean Casino Resort of “r…

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House of Cards(TM) Gaming Report for the Week of August 31, 2020

This week’s stories include Wynn goes live with an online casino and Sportsbook in New Jersey, new Lottery game based on live horse racing and coin shortage affects Vegas casinos.

Have any news or tips regarding casinos, gaming or legislation? Send us an email at newsroom@houseofcardsr…

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House of Cards® - Ep. 658

This week Ashley talks with Professor Emeritus Larry Gragg, Missouri S&T, about his book Becoming America's Playground: Las Vegas in the 1950s.

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#NEWJERSEY’S #FREEHOLDRACEWAY RETURNS AFTER LONG DROUGHT (WITH A #SPORTSBOOK) BY @NJ_Gambling's JOHN BRENNAN (@BergenBrennan)

NJ Online Gambling

After an absence of more than five months, Freehold Raceway resumes its harness racing on (this past) Friday.

The schedule is for races on Friday and Saturday to feature a 12:30 p.m. ET post time for the racing card for the rest of 2020.

As usual, there will be win, place, and show poo…

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Press Release: POINTSBET BECOMES OFFICIAL SPORTS BETTING PARTNER OF NBC SPORTS IN MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH NBCUNIVERSAL

NBC Sports to Provide PointsBet With Premium Media and Marketing Opportunities Across Linear & Digital Platforms
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STAMFORD, Conn. – August 27, 2020 – NBCUniversal and PointsBet today announced a mu…

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Featured Groups: #BMWChampionship from The @PGATour + #FantasySports Offer from #MonkeyKnifeFight (@MKF)

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The second leg of the FedExCup Playoffs gets underway this week at the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields in Illinois. The top 30 in the standings after Sunday will move on to the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.

Here are this week's Featured Groups, along with how to foll…

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Do ghosts haunt Churchill Downs? Take a step inside the track's spooky history from the Louisville Courier Journal

The Kentucky Derby has 146 years' worth of stories behind it.

Some of the tales are spookier than others.

Sitting across from Ronnie Dreistadt, the manager of education services at the Kentucky Derby Museum, is almost like flipping through a racing book of horrors.

He's the in-house…

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New #Online #Game Alert: Vast riches await you in The Demon Code Now at @PlaySugarHouse Online #Casino in #NewJersey!

Delve deep into the Underworld with The Demon Code!

This cluster slot has you clear a 6x6 grid of various multi-colour gems, all while a quartet of sinister-looking demons looks on. Clusters bring about cascades, as winning gems disappear before allowing new ones to drop in their place, a…

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#BINGO! #NEWJERSEY BILL AIMS FOR REMOTE SOLUTION DURING #PANDEMIC BY @NJ_Gambling's JOHN BRENNAN (@BergenBrennan)

NJ Online Gambling

The COVID-19 crisis naturally has created a focus on New Jersey’s gambling issues centered around the Atlantic City casinos and the state’s three racetracks.

But there also is a long history of municipal, small-stakes gambling such as the bingo offered by veterans groups; religious, chari…

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#WORLDPOKERTOUR® ANNOUNCES @WPT® #ONLINE #BORGATA SERIES POWERED BY @PARTYPOKERUS NETWORK

Los Angeles, CA (August 25, 2020) – The World Poker Tour® is, once again, partnering with the partypoker US Network to bring the WPT® Online brand back to New Jersey for the first-ever WPT Online Borgata Series powered by partypoker US Network. This tournament series comes on the heels of a re…

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#BetterCollective (@BetterCollectiv) cautious on quick recovery as #COVID drags growth momentum from @SBCGamingNews

SBC News

Better Collective has highlighted the strength of its digital business model in mitigating the impacts of COVID-19, as widespread sporting cancellations hindered performance during Q2.

Publishing its interim results for the period 1 April – 30 June, Better Collective noted a 4% decline in rev…

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#NJ @PartyCasino's #Game of the Week - Monopoly Megaways!

Opt-in every week in August to our game of the week promotion for a new wild adventure. Wager a minimum of $25 playing the featured game every week to receive $5 Bonus Dollars.

Featured Games:

  • Week 1 August 3-9: Black & Yellow Roulette
  • Week 2 August 10-16: Luck O' the Jackpot
  • Week…

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House of Cards(TM) Gaming Report for the Week of August 24, 2020

This week’s stories include New Jersey casino and race track revenue up in July, American gaming Association reports a drop in Gaming revenue, 12 year old busted for gambling in an Australian casino.

Have any news or tips regarding casinos, gaming or legislation? Send us an email at ne…

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#Pennsylvania #Online #Gambling Revenue Holds Steady In #July from @BettingUSA_com's @SteveRuddock

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Pennsylvania casinos have reopened, and despite coronavirus restrictions and continued public caution, the state’s brick and mortar facilities generated over $200 million in July, according to the latest revenue report from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

Interestingly, online gambli…

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House of Cards® - Ep. 657

This week Dave interviews author Mark Paul (The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told) and Ashley chats with George Fiorile, Founder of Five Diamond Development, about the table game Pokerlette.

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#PROMO - @UNIBETUS #Sportsbook Welcome Offer!

Check out some of the key games and matches that will be happening this weekend!  Place your bets at Unibet Online Sports in either New Jersey or Pennsylvania!  New customers get 2 $10 FREE BETS PLUS A $250 RISK FREE BET!

MLB

  • Astros vs. Padres
  • Brewers vs. Pirates
  • Phillies vs. Brav…

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PENNSYLVANIA ONLINE POKER MARKET OVERTAKEN BY NEW JERSEY’S IN FIRST TWO MONTHS OF SUMMER BY PENNBETS' BRIAN PEMPUS

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The COVID-19 pandemic has been good news for fledgling online poker sites in the U.S. and has so far set up a competition of sorts between the markets in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

On Monday, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board released revenue data on the state’s casino gambling industry…

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Online Poker in 2020 from BetMGM Online Poker Blog

From the latest in stats and who is topping the leaderboards, to new casinos and legislation and the introduction of new technology, there is always something new and interesting going on in the world of online gambling. Here we talk about big tournaments, star players and the latest news about …

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Understanding High Variance Slots – Low vs High Volatility from the Borgata Online Casino Blog

High variance slots are another variety of slots that you can play at an online casino. Usually, you will find a diverse range of online slot machines offering either low, medium, or high variance. This simply suggests the risk inherent to the game. To give yourself a better chance at winning, i…

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