Richard Zelasko who hit a $80m Jackpot whilst playing the Mega Millions Lottery, some $38m after Federal and State taxes were taken into consideration, is today licking his wounds somewhat. You see Zelasko and his wife Mary, of 7 years decided to part ways and get divorced in 2011. Then in 2013, whilst they were still negotiating the divorce settlement,...
Some good news albeit more of a stall in proceedings, but the Department of Justice last Wednesday issued a memorandum from the Deputy Attorney General which ensures there will be no action concerning the wire act until 2020. You may well be asking as a result, what on earth is this concerning and how does it affect me? Or indeed...
The Director of the California State Lottery Hugo Lopez, who had been in position since 2015, resigned on Friday last week, vacating his position immediately as a result. Lopez's resignation comes about as a result of a letter sent to former Governor of California Jerry Brown last year, whereby lottery management were accused of public drunkenness and other unprofessional behaviour...
A Mega Millions lottery ticket which was purchased in San Diego California is the winning ticket for the half a billion dollar jackpot prize on the Mega Millions lottery, which was drawn last night. Friday night's draw, which saw the numbers 17, 19, 27, 40, 68 with a Mega Ball of 2 pulled out, means that the owner of the...
Good news for Pennsylvania with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reporting an increase in slot machine revenue for the month of May. With revenues showing an increase of 2.7% on the previous year. According to the report, the combined gross revenue from slot machines at the 12 casinos in May of this year was $209,579,851.21, 2.7% higher than the May 2018 gross revenue figure of $203,993,259. The...
A review of casino and gambling regulations for Atlantic City has been recommended by the Special Counsel to the governor of New Jersey State, Phil Murphy. In a bid to ensure that their is not a collapse on the industry that underpins the city, Special Counsel Jim Johnson has asked for an examination of the casino casino and gaming regulations....
The New York Gaming Commission is set to vote on legalizing sports betting this coming Monday, with a meeting set for 1pm in New York City, where the vote will take place. The vote surrounds a new set of rules being proposed that if passed will see the potential for the operation of licensed and legal land based and online...
In great news for residents of New Jersey, established European Sports Book and online casino operator, Unibet, have announced they have now gone live in the State. Providing residents of New Jersey the facility to use their full suite of online casino products that they have to offer. Unibet which is owned and operated by the Swedish based Kindred Group,...
Galaxy Gaming who are responsible for the development and distribution of casino table games and enhanced systems have announced the appointment of Gaving Issac to their board of directors. Issacs who previously worked in an executive role for Scientific Games ( WMS ), only took up his previous position as non-executive chairman of SBTech in January this year. Commenting on...
The State of Pennsylvania have announced the introduction of a self-exclusion tool, which will enable individuals to exclude themselves from online gambling sites that operate and are licensed within the state. In a Press Release issued by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board yesterday afternoon, it goes on to state: "Modeled after the successful Self-Exclusion Program that has assisted thousands of...
