A £5m CASINO in Huddersfield town centre remains deserted – eight months after it closed with the loss of 100 jobs.Prospects for the grade II listed p....
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Goa hikes entry fees to casinos ten times
In a bid to dissuade youths from visiting off shore casinos, the Goa Government on Friday increased its entry fees by ten times and also hiked the fee....
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Time to say no more to bookmakers demands over fixture list
Racing has donned blinkers in a recession and the result could be calamitous. Its key revenue stream is in freefall, horse numbers are falling, traine....
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Holland Casino Installs SlotTimer from Gaming Support to Save Money on its Slot Operations
Gaming Support announced today that it has reached a definitive sales agreement with Holland Casino covering the purchase and installation of SlotTime....
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Two sponsors show interest in Fontainebleau investment
At least two parties have a serious interest in investing in the bankrupt, 70-percent complete Fontainebleau casino resort in Las Vegas, Fontainebleau....
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Gambling Ban Now Covers Poker in Russia
When Russia carried out sweeping restrictions on gambling this month, closing thousands of casinos and slots parlors, their owners grasped at a small ....
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Government gambling revenue up in B.C., bucking national trend
B.C. is bucking the trend when it comes to revenue generated by government-run gambling.A Statistics Canada report released Wednesday concluded that r....
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Warning over fruit machines scam
Criminal gangs are targeting gaming machines in a new scam in Greater Manchester bars and hotels.They huddle around fruit machines and pretend to have....
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Poker Loses Its Status as A Sport
A government order has stripped poker of its status as a sport, closing a loophole that allowed some former casinos to remain open as card halls after....
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Colorado Town Bets on Gambling
A 33-story hotel tower is rising here, in a little mountain town where anything taller than three or four stories in any direction for probably 30 mil....
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The mystery gamblers with a carrier full of cash
TWO mystery gamblers turned up at Sheffields greyhound racing track with nearly £47,000 in a carrier bag - in an attempt to claim the biggest jackpot ....
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Study tests city casino benefits
Hull Council is to spend £50,000 establishing the regeneration benefits a so-called "large" casino would have for the city.The authority won the right....
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Port considers moving
The Port Canaveral Board of Commissioners is considering relocating SunCruz Casinos from the cove side of the port to the cruise terminal side.The flo....
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Playtech warning hits William Hill
Gaming stocks are taking a pasting after a gloomy update from Playtech, which supplies software to the gambling industry.Playtechs shares have slumped....
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The Boardwalk set to retain casino licence
THE Boardwalk seems set to retain its casino licence in Port Elizabeth after rival bidder Embo suffered a major setback when the Eastern Cape Gambling....
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Ministry to look at gambling marketing
The Ministry of Health wants to pay for research probing issues such as whether casinos and the TAB -- and other parts of the sector -- target specifi....
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Ministry of Health asks about gambling pop-ups
The efficacy of pop-up panels or "player information display systems" (Pids) to rein in problem players on electronic gaming machines is being investi....
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Casino operator plans float
THE Las Vegas Sands Corporation plans to file papers with regulators in Hong Kong as early as next month for a public float of its Macau casinos, some....
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Indiana Casino Fined For Grand Opening No-Show
Indiana Live Casino in Shelby County has been fined $124,000 after being cited by the Indiana Gaming Commission for five unrelated violations. The pen....
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Casino charity odds on to help kids
A GLITZY casino is collecting goods to help children in some of the worlds poorest slums.Croupiers and cocktail waitresses at Manchesters 235 casino a....
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Launch of Scotland’s first interactive TV casino on STV
NetPlay TV plc (AIM: NPT), the interactive gaming company, is pleased to announce a TV distribution deal with STV Group plc (STV) and the launch of Sc....
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Online casino’s £100m gamble
THE internet gambling group Party Gaming has clinched a £100m deal to buy Cashcade, owner of foxybingo.com, the bingo website. The sale, which is like....
[click here to read more]2009-07-27
Red Hawk Casino Announces the Addition of New Progressive Jackpots and Table Games
Red Hawk Casino is pleased to announce that Beat the Field(TM), a new progressive jackpot game, will make its world debut at Red Hawk Casino on Friday....
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Commerce Casino tries its luck with off-track betting
Beginning this weekend, horse racing fans can place bets and watch televised races at the Commerce Casino, the first new off-track betting site approv....
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Gambling dens flourish despite national ban; police blamed
Less than a month after lawmakers outlawed gambling, many casinos and gaming establishments have gone underground and reopened illegally.Three weeks a....
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Desmonds bet on private gambling club yet to pay off
DERMOT DESMOND’S punt on The Sporting Emporium in Dublin doesn’t appear to be paying off for the wealthy financier.Accounts just filed for The Sportin....
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Bookies Slam New Gambling Rules
Bookmakers said Tuesday that they were “shocked” about a State Duma initiative that would require them to drastically boost their charter capital, war....
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Atlantic City casino security guards given more power to curb underage drinking, gambling
Security guards at Atlantic Citys casinos will be able to detain gamblers and drinkers they suspect are underage, new powers granted to them today by....
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Five counties make pitch for a casino license
Folks from five Iowa counties who hope to land a casino in their area made a pitch to state gambling regulators today, but there were critics, too, wh....
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Online gambling for the Facebook generation
U.K.-based Betfair is betting that the U.S. market will be legalized sooner rather than later If your favorite book happens to be Seabiscuit, you alre....
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Race to open Singapores first casino heats up with charity event
Singapore - Resorts World at Sentosa on Tuesday announced a charity concert for December, ahead of the scheduled soft opening early 2010, putting pres....
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Drop in global casino earnings unlikely to hit Singapores IRs
The surprise drop in casino earnings around the world is unlikely to affect Singapores integrated resorts in a big way when they open. Analysts said t....
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Parents ditch kids for casino tables
THE rate of children being dumped by parents at Queensland casinos has almost doubled, with one father abandoning his two daughters on Christmas morni....
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Gauging casino buyouts’ role in misfortune
Taking companies private ballooned debt, led to layoffs, but the moves have defendersPrivate equity firms made offers to acquire Harrah’s Entertainmen....
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Genting Singapore casino set to open before rival
Genting Singapore’s Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) is in a good position to pull ahead of Las Vegas Sands’ Marina Bay Sands (MBS) in the race to open ....
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Two Casinos Gamble on a Joint Campaign
Attack advertising is always in vogue, but going after competitors in a hard-nosed way happens more often in hard times. Now, rival casinos in Connect....
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Visit-Montenegro.com: Russians Turn “Queen” into Casino
Proprietors of the hotel in Becici found new partners interested in recapitalization of the company: Russian “Korston Group” will get the majority sta....
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Adelson says Singapore casino opening delayed
Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson said the opening of the companys $5.5 billion Singapore casino and resort will be delayed until early next ye....
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Macau ranks top 20 in tourism list
Macau registered over 13.6 billion US dollars in revenues in the tourism sector in 2008, according to statistics published by the World Tourism Organi....
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TV and London Offer Gambling Fix
A week after gambling was banned in Moscow, viewership for televised poker shows is climbing, a London casino is offering to send private jets for big....
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Could slot machines be on their way to Miami International Airport?
Miami-Dade County said it needs new sources of cash to meet rising airport costs -- and that could come in the form of slot machines.Are slot machines....
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How lottery dream can turn deadly
Winning the lottery will make you happier, but your life of luxury might be cut short. Excessive partying, with too much smoking and drinking, may cau....
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Moscow Says All Gambling Halls Shut Down
Police said all Moscow casinos and slot machine halls were closed Wednesday, and only one gambling establishment was found operating past the midnight....
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Russians crack down on gambling
A new law has come into effect in Russia, confining gambling to four regions far from the capital Moscow.It bans gambling on the internet and at airpo....
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Historic cinema to be flattened
Doncasters historic former Odeon cinema is to be flattened and replaced with a casino after councillors gave the go ahead to plans.The cinema was sold....
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