Legal
January 28, 2026
Court Dismisses Mega Millions Jackpot Co-Winner’s Claims for the Full $394M
Faramarz Lahijani, who in 2023 scored half of a $394 million jackpot from Mega Millions, has been in a court battle ever since, claiming he bought two winning tickets but lost one, entitling him to the full amount, and not just the $197.5 million he got. However, Judge Rolf M. Treu from the Los Angeles Superior […]
Legal
January 28, 2026
Churchill Downs Strikes Back Against Maine’s Tribal iGaming
Maine’s decision to grant local tribes exclusive rights to offer online casino gaming does not sit well with Churchill Downs, judging from the operator’s decision to challenge the law in court. The company argued that online gaming would undermine brick-and-mortar casinos, such as its Oxford Casino, which have been major contributors to the local economy. […]
Industry
January 28, 2026
NFL Super Bowl Projected to Attract Record Volume of Bets
The upcoming Super Bowl is expected to be one of the most bet-on events ever as experts predict that fans will wager up to $1.7 billion. Super Bowl to Generate $1.7B in Wagers Set to take place next month, the culmination of the NFL season will see the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks […]
Casino
January 28, 2026
DOJ Probes Wynn Over Alleged Liquor Kickback Scheme
Wynn Resorts is once again under the microscope, this time over a federal investigation tied to the way liquor contracts may have been handled at its Las Vegas properties. The probe, led by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), is still in its early stages with no charges filed yet. Nonetheless, as expected, the allegations […]
Sports
January 28, 2026
FBI Investigating More NBA Games
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is supposedly looking into more games and more NBA players, in the wake of two major investigations that implicated league aces Jontary Porter and Terry Rozier in match-fixing schemes. Porter has since been banned from the NBA game for life, and efforts to play overseas have been somewhat hindered. […]
Casino
January 28, 2026
Skill Games Sector Blames PA Brick-and-Mortar Slump on iGaming
Gambling facilities in Pennsylvania are losing more customers and failing to turn churn into bigger numbers, all of which, argues a skill games industry insider, can be traced back to the iGaming sector. Pace-O-Matic Sees Issue with Physical Casinos’ Decline in iGaming Pennsylvania has long taken a dim view of skill games, with the state […]
Lottery
January 28, 2026
New Jersey Player Scoops $12.3M from Pick 6 Jackpot Game
A lottery player from Ocean County, New Jersey, has beaten some long odds to win the $12.3-milion jackpot from the Pick 6 game last Saturday. The ticket was sold in the nick of time before a major winter storm that descended on the Garden State, with the winner grabbing the ticket at ShopRite #619, 501 […]
Casino
January 28, 2026
Ex-NBA Star Seen in Vegas after Recent DUI, Refuses to Talk About It
Only a week after his DUI arrest, the 46-year-old Lamar Odom, a former NBA star, returned to Vegas. This Saturday, he was promoting and endorsing his new drink, “Odom 7,” at the C3 Lounge. The restaurant is located on South Decatur Boulevard near West Sahara Avenue. Odom told this to the Las Vegas Review-Journal: “I’m […]
Lottery
January 27, 2026
Michigan Lottery Winner Plans Voyage After Winning $2M from Scratch-off Ticket
A lucky Michigan Lottery player has won $2 million from one of the lottery’s scratch-off games. This came just a few months after the lottery announced that a separate player had won $6 million from another game. The Man Plans to Travel a Bit In its official announcement, the Michigan Lottery announced that a player […]
Lottery
January 27, 2026
Powerball Player Wins $209.3M Jackpot, Monday Drawing Goes Without Big Win
A lucky player in North Carolina has won Powerball’s latest jackpot around the same time the mysterious winner of the game’s earlier top prize came forward to claim their money. The jackpot has since been reset and has so far survived two drawings. The Jackpot Landed in NC for the Sixth Time A few days […]
