Monthly Archives: January 2016

Wynn Everett Chooses Boston's Suffolk Construction to Build $1.7B Casino

When hammers start pounding nails on the new Wynn Everett casino, the hands holding those hammers will be local hands working for a local company. Wynn Resorts announced a major milestone in the development of its $1.7 billion Wynn Resort on the Charlestown line by naming Suffolk Construction Company of Boston as general contractor for the project.

Wynn Everett Chooses Boston's Suffolk Construction to Build $1.7B Casino

When hammers start pounding nails on the new Wynn Everett casino, the hands holding those hammers will be local hands working for a local company. Wynn Resorts announced a major milestone in the development of its $1.7 billion Wynn Resort on the Charlestown line by naming Suffolk Construction Company of Boston as general contractor for the project.

Louisiana man claims $1M runner-up Powerball prize

A 60-year-old St. Tammany Parish man has claimed a $1 million runner up prize in the Powerball drawing held Jan. 13. Louisiana Lottery officials say Charles Schweitzer II, of the Talisheek community, held a ticket that matched all five white-ball numbers, but missed the red Powerball number in the drawing, which featured a record jackpot of $1.58 billion. The Advertiser reports Schweitzer on Jan. 15 received $700,000 after federal and state taxes were withheld.

Louisiana man claims $1M runner-up Powerball prize

A 60-year-old St. Tammany Parish man has claimed a $1 million runner up prize in the Powerball drawing held Jan. 13. Louisiana Lottery officials say Charles Schweitzer II, of the Talisheek community, held a ticket that matched all five white-ball numbers, but missed the red Powerball number in the drawing, which featured a record jackpot of $1.58 billion. The Advertiser reports Schweitzer on Jan. 15 received $700,000 after federal and state taxes were withheld.

Adult care "postcode lottery" labelled "perverse" by Worcestershire councillor in council tax row

A WORCESTERSHIRE councillor has called the changes to council tax “perverse” – accusing the Government of creating a “postcode lottery” over care for the vulnerable. Labour Councillor Chris Bloore says ministers have heaped too much pressure on local authorities by directly linking adult social care funding to tax rises.

Judge Orders Adelson to Produce Documents

A federal judge ordered Sheldon Adelson, Las Vegas Sands and its former CEO William Weidner to produce documents they sought to protect under attorney-client privilege in a securities class action. U.S. Magistrate Judge George Foley Jr. granted lead plaintiff Frank J. Fosbre Jr.’s motion to compel relating to claims for lost EBITDA caused by lawsuits filed in 2006 and arising from a subcontractor’s work during construction of the Palazzo.

Judge Orders Adelson to Produce Documents

A federal judge ordered Sheldon Adelson, Las Vegas Sands and its former CEO William Weidner to produce documents they sought to protect under attorney-client privilege in a securities class action. U.S. Magistrate Judge George Foley Jr. granted lead plaintiff Frank J. Fosbre Jr.’s motion to compel relating to claims for lost EBITDA caused by lawsuits filed in 2006 and arising from a subcontractor’s work during construction of the Palazzo.

Irish National Lottery website knocked offline by DDoS attack

Ireland’s National Lottery has become the latest gambling operator to be hit with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

While nowhere near the recent $1.6b Powerball jackpot in the US, Wednesday’s €12m prize was the biggest the Irish Lottery had offered in 18 months. But unknown hackers knocked the Lottery’s website offline for two hours on the day of the draw.

Interestingly, the attack not only affected the website, but also lottery terminals in retail locations. The attack began at roughly 11:20am on Wednesday but retail systems were back in operation within 90 minutes while the website took about a half hour longer to restore. That night’s draw went ahead as scheduled.

Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), which operates the National Lottery, issued a statement saying the attack had been blunted by the company’s anti-DDoS systems, “limiting disruption and restoring all operations within two hours.” PLI stressed that “at no point was the National Lottery gaming system or player data affected.”

Pearson plc (LON:PSON) Receives Consensus Rating of "Hold" from Analysts

Pearson plc has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the twenty-three research firms that are covering the firm, AnalystRatings.Net reports . Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have given a hold recommendation and nine have given a buy recommendation to the company.

Pearson plc (LON:PSON) Receives Consensus Rating of "Hold" from Analysts

Pearson plc has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the twenty-three research firms that are covering the firm, AnalystRatings.Net reports . Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have given a hold recommendation and nine have given a buy recommendation to the company.

FY2016 EPS Estimates for Alamos Gold Inc Increased by Haywood Securities

Equities research analysts at Haywood Securities upped their FY2016 earnings per share estimates for Alamos Gold in a research note issued on Tuesday, according to Zacks Investment Research . Haywood Securities analyst K. Smith now forecasts that the brokerage will post earnings per share of for the year, up from their previous forecast of .

FY2016 EPS Estimates for Alamos Gold Inc Increased by Haywood Securities

Equities research analysts at Haywood Securities upped their FY2016 earnings per share estimates for Alamos Gold in a research note issued on Tuesday, according to Zacks Investment Research . Haywood Securities analyst K. Smith now forecasts that the brokerage will post earnings per share of for the year, up from their previous forecast of .

Americans don’t think sports betting is immoral, but they want it to stay illegal

Nearly two-thirds of Americans don’t believe that sports betting is immoral, yet half of them want to keep the activity illegal.

With the NFL conference championships set to kick off on Sunday, Nashville-based evangelical Christian polling group LifeWay Research decided to survey Americans on whether it was morally acceptable to wager on the outcomes.

The research found that 64% of those polled disagreed with the statement: “it is morally wrong to bet on sports.” A prudish 31% agreed with the statement, while 5% were on the fence.

But the belief that sports betting isn’t immoral didn’t translate into a push for legalization outside of its existing Nevada confines. Nearly half (49%) disagreed with the statement: “Sports betting should be legalized nationwide,” while 40% were in agreement and 11% weren’t sure.