Online Gambling Sites Seeing High Value in Bitcoin

Online Gambling Sites Seeing High Value in Bitcoin

themerkle.com a cryptocurrency news source, reports on the impact of anonymous digital currency Bitcoin on the Internet gambling market.

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Genovese Family Mobsters Busted for Offshore Gambling Ring

Genovese Family Mobsters Busted for Offshore Gambling Ring

More than a dozen reputed members of New York’s infamous Genovese crime family have been arrested on a slew of charges stemming from a bust dubbed “Operation Shark Bait.”

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Four Rules to Sportsbook Management

Four Rules to Sportsbook Management

Being an online bookie agent is about turning profit by accepting wagers. Here are four rules to help online bookie agents do that.

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Bad Beat Jackpot at BetOnline to Pay Out Huge

A massive Bad Beat Jackpot is now available for the taking at BetOnline.

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Demented: Man Gets ‘Sick’ Kid Poker Tattoo on Leg

A Norwegian fan of poker pro Daniel Negreanu, also known affectionately as Kid Poker, has gotten a tattoo of the player engraved on his leg.

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Waiter Who Threatened to Shoot Manager’s Wife and Children had Gambling Problems

A waiter who owed significant gambling debts was sentenced to six years, seven months in prison following a brazen home invasion.

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Bitcoin User Files to Block IRS Access to Coinbase Accounts: Online Gambling Watches

Bitcoin User Files to Block IRS Access to Coinbase Accounts: Online Gambling Watches

The online gambling sector has fully embraced the anonymous digital currency known as Bitcoin, some claiming the platform accounts for more than a quarter of all payment processing.

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Japan to Finally Allow Casino Gambling

Japan's parliament is about to approve a law on "integrated resorts" that is the first major hurdle in allowing casinos to set up shop in the wealthy nation.

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Liquor Board Chairman Resigns After DUI Leaving New MGM National Harbor Casino

Liquor Board Chairman Resigns After DUI Leaving New MGM National Harbor Casino

Caldwell attempted to leverage his position on the commission to get out of his arrest

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New Bidder lLfts Stakes for Tatts

Tabcorp's plan for an $11 billion merger with Tatts Group has hit a hurdle with a rival full takeover bid emerging from a consortium that includes Macquarie Bank and US private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.

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Jennifer Harman a Bitch, Matt Savage a Wussy, I Turn Straight Men Gay: Who Am I?

Tweeting more fast and furious than US President-Elect Donald Trump, one poker player went on a Twitter tear while playing in the WPT Bellagio Poker Open

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Christie Says Voting Against North Jersey Casinos was ‘Dumb Move’

Christie Says Voting Against North Jersey Casinos was ‘Dumb Move’

Gov. Christie said it was a "dumb move" when New Jersey voters rejected a referendum to expand casino gambling to northern New Jersey.

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Kayne West Meets With Donald Trump at Trump Tower: 500-1 Odds to be Next President

Kayne West Meets With Donald Trump at Trump Tower: 500-1 Odds to be Next President

US President-Elect Trump once had a similar price of becoming the next Commander-in-Chief

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Will the New Trump Cabinet be Good or Bad for Gambling?

Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions could be a problem

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Son of Soprano’s Star Arrested For Spray-Painting a Swastika on College Dorm

Son of Soprano’s Star Arrested For Spray-Painting a Swastika on College Dorm

The son of a top star on the hit HBO mob series The Sopranos has been charged with spray-painting a Swastika on the dormitory at Purchase College.

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Quebec Won’t Block Online Gambling Websites for Now

Quebec Won’t Block Online Gambling Websites for Now

Canadian Radio-televisions and Telecommunications Commission claims any new law attempting to block Web gambling sites would have no teeth as the agency has final say

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New Jersey Seizes $69K in Unclaimed Atlantic City Jackpots

New Jersey Seizes $69K in Unclaimed Atlantic City Jackpots

New Jersey gambling regulators have seized more than $69,000 in unclaimed jackpots won by gamblers at three casinos who couldn't prove they were old enough to gamble legally, or who left the premises without cashing in.

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Chinese Embassy Ready to Assist Gambling Tycoon Jack Lam

Mainland China has said it is prepared to offer consular assistance to a local gambling junket magnate Jack Lam following an order for his arrest by Philippine authorities and its President last week.

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Books Get Nailed in Sunday NFL

Books Get Nailed in Sunday NFL

A big Pittsburgh Steelers cover and later the Packers beating Seattle at home helped nail the coffin for bookies Sunday.

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Gronk a Mobster?

Gronk a Mobster?

Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowsky may essentially be done for the rest of this season following surgery but we may be seeing plenty more of him during the offseason.

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Macau Eases Gambling Crackdown Concerns After Casino Shares Plummet

Macau, the world's biggest gambling hub, moved on Friday to clarify it had not tightened daily cash withdrawal limits for Chinese gamblers

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Oulala clinches the Best Fantasy Sports Product Award

Oulala.com, the daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator and B2B provider, won the award for 'Best Fantasy Sports Product' at SBC Awards ceremony in London.

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John Glenn: Patriot and Hero But a Foe of Gambling

John Glenn, who died Thursday at age 95, was an American patriot.  He was also no friend of gambling as this Thomas Somach expose reveals.

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JPMorgan Employee Charged in Stealing $5 Mil From Bank to Pay Off Gambling Debts

JPMorgan Chase Charged in Stealing $5 Mil From Bank to Pay Off Gambling Debts

A former JPMorgan Chase & Co employee who has been ordered to attend counseling for gambling is facing criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to defraud the bank out of $5 million in order to pay personal debts.

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Casino Stocks in US and Australia Plummet as Crackdown Continues

Casino Stocks in US and Australia Plummet as Crackdown Continues

Crown Resorts in Australia dropped as much as 8 percent in trading Thursday as a crackdown on gambling continues with a shock move announced heading into the weekend.

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PMs Crack Down on ‘Crack Cocaine’ of Gambling, Stocks Plummet

PMs Crack Down on ‘Crack Cocaine’ of Gambling, Stocks Plummet

British bookmakers fear the worst is yet to come as a group of MPs have called for a tougher stance on fixed odds betting terminals, referred to as the “crack cocaine of gambling”. 

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Vegas on the Potomac: MGM National Opening Makes Big Splash in DC

Vegas on the Potomac: MGM National Opening Makes Big Splash in DC

$1.4 Billion Resort Fuses Energy of Las Vegas with Rich History of Capital Region

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US First Artic Blast Means More Web Poker and the $4 Mil Super Series

US First Artic Blast Means More Web Poker and the $4 Mil Super Series

The weather outside is frightful throughout much of the northern portion of the United States to close out the week as the first artic blast of this new fall/winter season debuted. 

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Reputed Mobster and Brothel Owner Pleads Guilty in Plot to Kill Rival

A Nevada man said to be part of a New Jersey mob family for which HBO’s “The Sopranos” was modeled after has admitted to plotting the death of an organized crime rival.

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Ohio Mayor Pleads Guilty to Illegal Gambling, Racketeering

A former longtime northeast Ohio mayor accused of taking bribes in exchange for jobs and running an illegal gambling house has pleaded not guilty to numerous charges.

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Finland’s digital gambling scene is undergoing a transformation. Once dominated by a state monopoly, the market is increasingly embracing international platforms with proven regulatory credentials.

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