Casino Crime Roundup: Wisconsin Jackpot Winner Robbed

Casino Crime Roundup: Wisconsin Jackpot Winner Robbed

A woman who was carrying several thousand dollars in her pocketbook was robbed early Monday outside a Wisconsin gaming property.

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Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison, pictured above. The Wisconsin casino was the site of a robbery. (Image: Ho-Chunk Nation)

The sole bandit grabbed her bag as she and her husband returned to their car.

The couple had been inside Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison on New Year’s Eve, where she won an unspecified amount of cash. The couple left the property at about 2 a.m.

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VICI Properties Could Be 2024 Triple-Net Winner, Says Analyst

VICI Properties Could Be 2024 Triple-Net Winner, Says Analyst

 

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Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip. Owner VICI Properties could be a winner among triple-net REIT stocks this year. (Image: CNN)

Amid soaring Treasury yields, triple-net real estate investment trusts (REITs), including casino REITs, stumbled last year, but VICI Properties (NYSE: VICI) could emerge as a winner from the group in 2024.

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Powerball Players Hope to Ring in New Year With $760M Jackpot

Powerball Players Hope to Ring in New Year With $760M Jackpot

Powerball is going out in style this year, as the jackpot has climbed north of $700 million for a fourth time in 2023.

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A lottery retailer in Boston advertises the Powerball jackpot for the game’s Saturday drawing on Dec. 30, 2023. The estimated $760 million jackpot is the sixth-largest in the game’s history. (Image: Boston Herald)

The Powerball jackpot hasn’t been won since the Oct. 11 drawing, when a single ticket sold in California won a $1.765 billion prize — the second-richest Powerball jackpot ever won and the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.

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