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The Taunton City Council has approved a deal with the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe that would pay the city more than $13 million a year if the tribe gets the approval it needs to build a casino in the city, according to the Standard-Times.
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By PBN Staff
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The R.I. Economic Development Corporation has commissioned a forensic audit of 38 Studios LLC to learn how Curt Schilling’s beleaguered video game company ran out of money and how much the former pitcher has put into it.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Voters in Freetown overwhelmingly voted against a nonbinding referendum regarding the $167 million casino off Route 140 proposed by the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah, according to the Taunton Daily Gazette.
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By PBN Staff
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Rival game companies are lining up to hire the recently unemployed staff of 38 Studios LLC, former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s embattled gaming company, according to Boston.com.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island would receive 18 percent of revenue from proposed table games at Twin River Casino if voters this November approve allowing the facility to open them there.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Area boaters are being asked to take notice of safety zone regulations during the America’s Cup World Series, which will race through the East Passage of Narragansett Bay June 23 through July 1.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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(Updated, 7:19 p.m.)
Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company has laid off its entire staff in the wake of financial difficulties, according to multiple media reports.
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By PBN Staff
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38 Studios LLC, the teetering video game company of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, could be ineligible for million in state tax credits because the firm is incorporated in Delaware, not Rhode Island.
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(Updated, 6:30 p.m.)
Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee on Wednesday said the apparent departure of two of 38 Studios’ top executives – CEO Jen MacLean and Senior Vice President of Product Development John Blakely – "is not good news" for the struggling video game company.
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By PBN Staff
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Michael Pachter, managing director of equity research at Los Angeles-based Wedbuch Securities told gaming-publication Joystiq that 38 Studios' intellectual property is worth only $20 million.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |