U.S. gambling giant Las Vegas Sands is not interested in running any casinos in Britain after the government there scaled back its plan to open a supe....
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2008-02-16
Screw gamblers, bragged Tatts boss
POKIES giant Tatts has been rocked by allegations its former CEO bragged about "screwing" Victorian problem gamblers until he was forced to stop. The ....
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2008-02-16
Gambling tribes promise to keep sharing profits with reservations that lack casinos
PALM SPRINGS - California tribal leaders vowed Wednesday to make sure the states poor tribes get their share of Indian gambling profits in spite of cr....
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2008-02-16
Casinos chase high-roller who left £11m trail of dud cheques
A high-rolling Arab gambler is being chased through the British courts after he wrote a casino two cheques worth almost £7million combined - both of ....
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2008-02-16
Gambler to sue William Hill for £2m
A compulsive gambler who lost £2 million is making legal history by heading to court to sue a bookmaker for allowing him to keep betting.Graham Calve....
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2008-02-16
Judge rules casino smoke caused dealers cancer
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A judge says years of breathing secondhand smoke in an Atlantic City casino gave a dealer lung cancer. Kam Wong never smoked. Bu....
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2008-02-16
Gambling Mecca set to run dry by 2021
LAKE Mead, the prime source of water for the desert city of Las Vegas, may run dry in 13 years if usage is not cut back, a new study shows.The finding....
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2008-02-16
Church tells Brown to ditch plans for Las Vegas style super-casinos
Plans for a string of large-scale casinos should be ditched, religious leaders have said. The Church of Englands general synod passed a vote calling o....
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2008-02-16
Irregular betting investigated in snooker
The Gambling Commission will investigate matches in the Malta Cup after irregular betting patterns were spotted during the invitational tournament.The....
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2008-02-15
Casino project scaled down
Bridge Investment Group is moving forward with its planned 300-room casino hotel investment project on Tinian, albeit scaled down into the $40-$50 mil....
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2008-02-15
No racing as casino kicks off
Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course will open their slot machines to the public today. However, a forecast of snow, freezing rain, and singl....
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2008-02-15
Casino bid for rink site refused
AN APPLICATION for a second major casino in Bournemouth was refused yesterday - and a major nightclub may now be built on the site instead.Developers ....
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2008-02-15
Gambler who lost $30m sues casino
JAMES PACKER was aware of a plan to lure a chronic gambler back to Melbournes Crown Casino and personally authorised several large cash payments to hi....
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2008-02-15
Judges rule that poker is a game of chance
Poker is a game largely dependent on luck, the Court of Appeal ruled yesterday.Derek Kelly, the former chairman of a private poker club, had argued th....
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2008-02-15
Regulators trail Yungs casinos
HOTELIER GAMBLING ON COVINGTON SITE HAS THREE STATES INVESTIGATING OPERATIONSNorthern Kentucky hotelier William Yung III may be gambling on Gov. Steve....
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2008-02-15
Grosvenor Casinossues Abu Dhabi bank
One of Londons most prominent casinos is challenging the rules that underpin the free flow of money around the globe in an attempt to recover £7.36m ....
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2008-02-15
SkyCity and TAB join forces to fight taxes
SKYCITY Casino is suing the State Government after it was forced to pay for the regulation of the states gambling industry.Gambling Minister Paul Caic....
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2008-02-15
New casinos still months away
Construction plans for Miami-Dade Countys new slot-machine casinos mean grand openings are probably at least 18 months away.Voters approved slot machi....
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2008-02-15
Dragonara casino being restored
The Dragonara Casino Co. Ltd has embarked on a prestigious project that entails the complete restoration of the external colonnaded portico around the....
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2008-02-15
Strip resort-building a tried-and-true fix to Southern Nevadas periodic economic doldrums
Game theorist Frank Lefty Rosenthal is the man Sports Illustrated crowned as the greatest living expert on sports handicapping.But hes probably better....
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2008-02-15
The Boulevard Formula
Strip resort-building a tried-and-true fix to Southern Nevadas periodic economic doldrumsIn Washington, D.C., leaders have been proposing economic sti....
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2008-02-15
Cher to Headline The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
Worlds Number One Pop Icon inks three-year deal with AEG LiveThe legendary Cher today confirmed along-lived rumor that she will headline in Las Vegas ....
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2008-02-15
MONTE CARLO: Resort to reopen Friday
MGM Mirage officials said late Friday that the Monte Carlo, closed since Jan. 25 because of a fire atop the resort, would reopen in time for President....
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2008-02-15
Casinos lost $2.6 mil on Super Bowl betting but somehow the industry will recover
News flash: Nevada casinos can actually lose money.For only the second time since the state started reporting Super Bowl figures in 1992, Nevada sport....
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2008-02-15
City wants open debate on casino
SOUTHAMPTONS elected leaders say the public will help them decide if the city gets a giant Las Vegas-style casino - and if a referendum was held today....
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2008-02-15
Casino sees some cash returned
Casino Regina is still betting a few more people who mistakenly got extra cash will come forward, but it’s also placing odds on the long arm of the ....
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2008-02-15
£10m Lotto winner has spent it all & is £2m in debt
Hospital porter who scooped a fortune to have house repossessed He blew millions on gifts..& lost rest on football club he didnt even supportA hospita....
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2008-02-15
Despite smoking ban, some casinos boost admissions
Despite statewide drops in gambling receipts, three of the state’s nine casinos had increases in admissions when comparing January 2007 to January 2....
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2008-02-14
