A new report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal suggests that casino rewards cards may be the latest target for hackers and others who wish to commit fraud. A flurry of cases in Nevada have investigators looking at the customer databases used by casinos, as hackers have attacked ...

South Carolina is set to make changes to their state’s gambling laws, a change that would be the first major overhaul of laws that were first passed in 1802.

The centuries-old law outlaws games of chance, which are loosely defined as games that use dice and/or cards i...

Some California casinos are continuing to back legislation that would legalize Internet poker in the state, claiming it could generate as much as $1 billion for the cash-strapped government over the next ten years. The proposal comes at a time when the state faces a $2...

A bill that would regulate intrastate online poker and other online gambling passed the New Jersey State Assembly Monday, making New Jersey the first state to pass legislation legalizing and regulating online poker. The bill, which had previously passed the State Senate by a 2...

With little fanfare, federal prosecutors in the state of Washington have been seizing large amounts of money from financial firms that processed transactions for online poker companies. According to a report by Forbes, the amount the government has attempted to seize is nearly...

Two men are facing federal conspiracy charges after they allegedly exploited video poker software glitches to inflate jackpot payouts in casinos around the United States.

The two men charged were John Kane, 52, of Las Vegas and Andre Nestor, 39, from Pennsylvania. According...

The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas has agreed to a $650,000 settlement after complaints that employees were selling drugs to hotel visitors. In addition, they were accused of allowing patrons to utilize private bathrooms in a nightclub for using drugs and having s...

A poker dealer at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been accused of stealing over $500 from the poker games he dealt. The crime was brought to light last week when police charged Matthew Eisenberg with theft. Eisenberg, 25, had been dealing poker at the...

According to a report in USA Today, many casino workers from Gulf Coast casinos have seen their claims for lost wages due to the BP oil spill rejected by the Gulf Coast Claims Facility. The Claims Facility was set up to distribute the $20 billion compensatory fund set up t...

The Department of the Interior has approved an application by the Cowlitz Tribe of Native Americans that would allow them to build a casino resort in Clark County, Washington. Although the casino would be located across the Columbia River in Washington, it would become the clo...