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Stars Group Inc (NASDAQ: TSG) shares are down 54.4% in the past year, but a series of unusually large options trades Wednesday morning suggests at least one trader thinks the bottom may be near. The Trades On Wednesday morning at around 9:02 a.m., Benzinga Pro subscribers were alerted to a purchase...

Last year, roughly 50 percent of all adults in the U.S. played a state lottery, a recent Gallup poll revealed. While some of these people were just feeling lucky one day and decided to drop by a Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) to place a bet, others are regulars who spend not only...

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) shares jumped 1.5 percent Thursday after the Washington Post reported President Trump will be having dinner with Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson. Adelson was a major contributor to Trump’s campaign. Adelson and his wife donated a total of at least $21.2 million to...

Golden Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: GDEN) revealed Friday that the final per share amount of the earlier disclosed special cash dividend would be $1.71 per eligible share. Golden Entertainment indicated on June 20 that its board had declared a special cash dividend of an aggregate of about $23.5...

It's not necessarily a winning hand, but the online poker industry was dealt some good cards recently. Last week, the owners of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker agreed to be purchased by Canada's Amaya Gaming Group (OTC: AMYGF) for $4.9 billion. The deal between privately-held Olford...

Gambling, in both the online and physical worlds is all about generating excitement. Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) hoped to generate some excitement of its own Wednesday as it prepared to unwrap its real-money gambling apps for Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and for mobile. San Francisco-based, Zynga said that...

Chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS), Sheldon Adelson, said some pretty surprising comments in an interview with Bloomberg. The video for this interview can be viewed here. Online Gambling Before explaining why online gambling is cancerous, Adelson clarified his position. “I bring...

In a bizarre application of a century-old gambling law, the state of Kentucky is suing to recover losses incurred by its residents playing on online gambling sites - namely FullTiltPoker.com - a move that again places the online gambling controversy into the limelight. The suit is based on an...