New Jersey is about to initiate the largest gambling surge in the United States since 1978, the year it allowed casinos to open in Atlantic City. On Nov. 26, almost all of the state’s 9 million adult residents will be able to wager at virtual table games and digital slots – simply by using a desktop […]
Gambling is the new black in America. There was a time when a person would have to fly to Las Vegas or take a bus to Atlantic City to indulge any desire they may have to throw their moneydown the proverbial toilet. These days, with all but two states having some form of legalized gambling and […]
GOP mega-donor Sheldon Adelson was one of the biggest players in the 2012 Republican primary, bankrolling much of Newt Gingrich’s presidential bid, giving Mitt Romney’s PAC $20 million, and eventually donating nearly $150 million to GOP candidates and causes. But Adelson’s newest lobbying effort to ban Internet gambling puts him at odds with at least […]
As the 2012 election showed, billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson isn’t afraid to throw around some money for a cause he believes in. And according to a Washington Post report, along with his stalwart support for the Israeli right and the GOP, Adelson is taking on a new challenge: banning online gambling in the USA. Adelson, according to […]
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is reportedly set to wage war against online gambling. According to The Washington Post, Adelson — a billionaire and major political donor — is preparing to launch an advocacy group called the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, which will aim to convince legislators to ban online gambling on the grounds that legal online […]
Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, whose record-breaking campaign spending in 2012 made him an icon of the new super-donor era, is leveraging that newfound status in an escalating feud with industry rivals over the future of gambling. Adelson, best known for building upscale casino resorts in Nevada and more recently in Asia, wants to persuade […]