The House Oversight Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic holds a hearing titled “Churches vs. Casinos: The Constitution is not Suspended in Times of Crisis” at 10:00 a.m. ET on June 21. …
LIVE 10 AM ET: House Oversight Subcommittee Reviews COVID Pandemic Policies
The House Oversight Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic holds a hearing titled “Churches vs. Casinos: The Constitution is not Suspended in Times of Crisis” at 10:00 a.m. ET on June 21. …
LIVE NOW: House Oversight Subcommittee Reviews COVID Pandemic Policies
The House Oversight Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic holds a hearing titled “Churches vs. Casinos: The Constitution is not Suspended in Times of Crisis” at 10:00 a.m. ET on June 21. …
California Reinstates 20-Year Ban on New Cardrooms
California Gov. Gavin Newsom reinstated a 20-year ban on new cardrooms, signing the bipartisan legislation on May 22 to protect the state’s growing gaming industry from smaller gambling operations. Sponsored by Assemblyman James Ramos (D-San Bernardino), Assembly Bill 341 prohibits the state from issuing new licenses but allows licensed cardrooms to operate fewer than 20…
Hundreds of Taiwanese Citizens Held Captive in Cambodia by Telecom Scam Human Traffickers
News Analysis Hundreds of Taiwanese citizens are being held captive in Cambodia and forced to work in telecom scam networks run by human trafficking organizations, according to Taiwan authorities. Furthermore, the rise in crime in Sihanoukville, a coastal city in Cambodia, has reportedly been linked to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Human Trafficking Taiwan’s National…
Macau Shuts Most Businesses Amid COVID-19 Outbreak, Casinos Stay Open
HONG KONG—The world’s biggest gambling hub Macau began its second day of mass COVID-19 testing on Monday after dozens of locally transmitted cases were discovered over the weekend, with most businesses shut but casinos remaining open. The testing of Macau’s roughly 600,000 residents is expected to end on Tuesday as the Chinese-ruled former Portuguese colony…
Pennsylvania Casinos Warn Gambling Parents: Don’t Leave Children in Cars
While inside a warm casino, playing slot machines, a Pennsylvania woman’s small children, ages 2 years and 11 months, sat alone in a cold car at the Lady Luck Casino in Pennsylvania. She is not the only parent who left children unattended while they gambled. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, which oversees all aspects of…
In Supreme Court Case, Indian Tribe Asks Texas to Leave Its Bingo Games Alone
A Native American tribe urged the Supreme Court to allow it to continue to offer bingo games on its land even though Texas maintains state law prohibits tribes from running gaming operations. If the Texas tribe were to win, there could be a ripple effect, spurring more tribe-controlled casinos and gaming operations. Gaming is an…
EpochTV Review: Oh, Canada
Commentary It sounds like the plot of a Robert De Niro movie. A powerful criminal organization uses casinos to launder drug money into “clean” cash that can then be used to purchase international real estate by corrupt politicians. It’s the kind of scheme one would expect to find in Las Vegas back in the 1960s,…
China Moves Crime Money to Fuel Fentanyl Crisis in the West, Investigative Reporter Says
Beijing is fueling the fentanyl crisis in Canada and the United States through a sophisticated web involving drug cartels, loan sharks, and foreign casinos, said investigative journalist and author Sam Cooper. How Chinese money was funneled through such a web was described by Cooper as the “Vancouver model” in his book “Wilful Blindness: How a…
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