This week has seen a million-dollar jackpot winner, as a lady from Connecticut got lucky with a huge jackpot.
Jennifer Pendexter, who lives in the Colchester Area in Connecticut, was the lucky women. Playing at the Mohegan Sun, she hit the jackpot on a Progressive penny slot. The jackpot amount was USD 2,330,336.63 million.
Once there was the implementation of heavy gambling regulations in the country, US became a roadblock in the development of a static presence in online gambling industry.
Now, as the bans and sanctions seem more likely to get slacked after a major shift in both the state and the federal laws, there are a lot of experts, who believe that there would be a rush in the US online gambling industry for filling this market.
William Bells, Chief of Nevada’s Shoshone Nation, and Gerry Gionet, who is the founder of the GEObet Network, came to an agreement and are looking to further expand the exploratory deal, which they first announced on February 20.
According to this deal, the Shoshone Tribe Online casino services will be offered on a worldwide scale from May 1 onwards. At this moment, it is going to exclude all the players from the USA zone.
Marc Schorr, who is the current COO of Wynn Resorts Limited, is going to retire from the company, effective June 1 2013.
The Las Vegas-based firm announced that the 65-year-old COO would step down in a filing done with Securities & Exchange Commission.
Internet cafes across California have come under the scanner from both the local as well as the federal officials.
Sheriff Office at the San Bernardino County was able to seize more than 200 electronic gambling machines from different internet cafés. It is believed that these cafes have come under major scrutiny for becoming illegal gambling locations.