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Sheldon Adelson

Could a $10 Billion Loss Slow Sheldon Adelson’s Anti-Online Gaming Charge?

Life has been pretty sweet for Sheldon Adelson over the past five years. The Las Vegas Sands Chairman has seen his net worth skyrocket since 2009 on the strength of a Macau gambling boom. And in early 2014, his net worth hit a lifetime high of $37 billion.

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Another Attempt to Legalize US Online Poker on a Federal Level

In what is becoming an annual event, another bill that seeks to legalize online poker on a federal level is floating around Congress. As reported by Nevada journalist John Ralston, this proposed legislation would legalize internet poker across the United States while banning online casino games and sports betting. Initial rumors credited the Las Vegas […]

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Adelson Visits UNLV: Laughably Hypocritical About Online Gaming

Only Sheldon Adelson could manage to work his crusade against online gaming into a speech about leadership. And this is exactly what the 80-year-old did while speaking to students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Adelson was part of a series of speeches called the “Conversations on Being Successful.” In terms of financial success, […]

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AGA, MGM join Battle against Adelson’s Anti-Online Poker Movement

Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson has made it no secret that he hates internet gaming and plans to do everything in his power to stop it. He even formed the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling and has pledged to throw billions of dollars at the cause. And while his arguments against online gaming continue […]

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Steve Wynn allies with Sheldon Adelson in Anti-Online Poker Crusade

It seems like just yesterday that the poker world was laughing at Sheldon Adelson’s pathetic attempts to stop the spread of legal online poker in the United States. Adelson’s key argument has remained that internet poker will become a “cancer” and create addiction wherever it’s allowed. And the key rebuttal to this argument has been […]

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