This Week in Gambling

As more and more Las Vegas casinos seem to be saying “no” to poker, it’s nice to hear that the Sahara poker room is about to make a come back! Last week they announced on their Twitter feed last week that they would be opening a brand new seven-table poker room later this month. An official date has not been released. The Sahara originally closed its 11-table poker room in 2011. The rest of the casino closed a month later, 59 years after its opening in 1952. After a $415 million renovation, it was reopened as the SLS Las Vegas…

Don’t look now, but Chinese hackers have set their sites on internet gambling. Since the summer of last year, a group of professional hackers has been targeting online gambling websites. According to reports published this week by cyber-security firms Talent-Jump and Trend Micro, hacks have been officially confirmed at gambling companies located in Southeast Asia, while unconfirmed rumors of additional hacks have also come from Europe and the Middle East. Talent-Jump and Trend Micro say hackers appear to have stolen company databases and source code, but not money, suggesting the attacks were espionage-focused, rather than cybercrime motivated. The two security…

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Some fifty casino have applied for licenses, and now seven have been approved to conduct Colorado sports betting once the activity becomes legal on May 1st. Now it’s a question of whether those seven licensees will be ready in time. Each license permits retail sports betting and one online betting skin per licensee. Each applicant pays $10,000 before applying, plus a $125,000 license fee on approval. Bettors will need to be physically located within the state’s border to place bets via their mobile devices. The state’s two tribal casinos are also understood to be pursuing sports betting, although they do…

The continuing fight over Kentucky sports betting has split the state legislature. It seems any effort to legalize gambling other than horse racing has always exposed tensions between Republicans, and House Speaker David Osborne has said sports betting legislation is a “very divisive” issue that brings out strong emotions. The bill sailed through a legislative committee nearly a month ago but has languished in the full House since then while awaiting a vote, Local 12 reports. In a House Thursday speech, Republican Rep. Chris Fugate denounced gambling on moral grounds. In the Senate, where Republican leaders typically present a united…

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