Cosco Property Development Ltd. has 1,800 people on the waiting list to buy apartments in a planned condominium in Macau, China's gambling capital. Pr....
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Probation will likely wash ex-casino worker's record
A former marketing executive at Mohegan Sun, who was charged with running an illegal gambling operation in the basement of her home, is likely to have....
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Billionaire heads up Cardiff casino complex
A BILLIONAIRE businessman has been chosen as the face behind a multi-million pound casino complex in the heart of Cardiff Bay.The multiplex, which wil....
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Living closer to a casino increases likelihood of problem gambling
Individuals who live within 10 miles of a casino or in a disadvantaged neighborhood are more likely to experience problem gambling, according to new r....
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Prime Sports, Supreme open $300-m gaming lounge
Prime Sports will today put the final touches on a $300-million, 12,000 square foot hi-tech gaming lounge and restaurant, just days before formally si....
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Casino could boost Penghu tourism, says Lu
Taiwan may reconsider an offshore casino plan as a way to boost the local economy and attract tourists to the Penghu islands, according to the vice pr....
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Partygaming steals a march on US casinos
It seems bizarre but one of the biggest companies on the European side of the Atlantic is banned from operating on the American side.Partygaming, the ....
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New Law To Allow Casinos To Stay Open Longer
Beginning Friday, gamblers will be able to spend more time in New Mexico's casinos.A new state law will now let racetrack casinos stay open 18 hours a....
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McCain takes aim at off-reservation gambling
Congress never intended for Indians to build Nevada-style casinos away from their reservations, and tribes risk a backlash by pursuing the trend, Sen.....
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Baptists to help track down illegal machines
South Carolina's largest religious group has volunteered to help police find illegal gambling machines.The Southern Baptist Convention will use ....
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Japan could be next Asian hotbed for legalized gaming
Where will be the next casino hotspot in Asia after Macau and Singapore?An expert from Osaka University of Commerce says he'd bet on Japan.Ichiro Tani....
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Top banks to arrange two casino bond sales
Two Macau casino outfits have picked bankers to arrange more than half a billion US dollars (HK$3.9 billion) in bond sales, according to bankers famil....
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Citizens want inquiry on VLT addictions
Families of video-lottery-terminal addicts are calling for a national inquiry into the social impacts of electronic gambling machines. Keith Piercey, ....
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PartyGaming surges after biggest UK float in 5 yrs
Shares in online casino group PartyGaming surged on Monday after it completed the biggest London flotation in five years, taking its market valu....
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Numbers indicate big payoff for Falls, Ont. casinos
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s $1 billion gamble on building a second casino in Niagara Falls is paying off.According to year-end financial st....
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WEB POKER CHIPS ARE DOWN
Poker firm PartyGaming has been valued at well over £4.6bn in the biggest flotation in London since the dotcom boom. The company, which owns online b....
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Giant Macau casino wins convention boost from China: report
China has snubbed Hong Kong and other established Chinese expo venues to stage one of its most prestigious trade shows in an American casino-hotel in ....
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Coral Eurobet heads league
BRITAIN’S appetite for a flutter has transformed Coral Eurobet into the country’s biggest private company. As turnover almost doubled last year to....
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Innocent fun or high-risk thrill?
The big-hitting gamblers in the City of London might be licking their lips at the most intriguing share-flotation bet in years — that of PartyGaming....
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New bets on Thai casinos
THE prospects for Australia's gaming tycoons of new opportunities in Thailand have improved, with the Thai Government pushing for a referendum on lega....
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Florida to appeal judge’s ruling allowing slots on July 1
Lawyers representing the state of Florida decided Friday to appeal a judge's ruling that allows slot machines to be installed as early as July 1 in Br....
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Coast casinos join trend using foreign workers to fill job gaps
It's not uncommon to hear Caribbean accents in hotel halls because casino resorts employ hundreds of foreign workers for housekeeping and other hard-t....
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Gambling Industry Explodes In Russia
The new Casino Angara on Moscow's neon-flooded Novy Arbat street is the latest bet that this country's love affair with gambling is a sure thing. The ....
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Casino chips with chips offer security, tracking
Big Brother is coming to a casino near you.It is a miniature high-tech spy - a chip within a chip. This microprocessor is embedded in regular gambling....
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Gamblers flock to Cambodia after Bangkok crackdown
A recent crackdown on gambling dens in Bangkok's district of Tao Poon has sent Thai gamblers flocking over the Cambodian border to casinos in th....
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Cabbies angry over gambling ad
Norwich taxi drivers today branded the city council petty after they were banned from advertising a new gambling website on their cabs.New adverts pro....
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Barrick landlord files for share of gaming
The landlord that owns Barrick Gaming Corp.'s downtown casinos has filed an application with state regulators to be allowed to get some portion of the....
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Tatt's may hit jackpot
TATTERSALL'S shareholders look set for a huge windfall when the company lists on July 7.Indicative trading by spread betting agency IG markets has see....
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MGM Mirage to spend $170 million on video lottery casino
MGM Mirage will spend $170 million to build and operate a 4,500-machine video lottery casino at the Aqueduct Race Track outside New York City. Althoug....
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Moscow seeks control over the gambling business
The gambling business has been booming in Moscow in the past few years. Today, for its 10 million residents, the megalopolis has 56 big casinos, more ....
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Betfair warns Treasury over tax rate changes
Betfair, the betting exchange, has issued a veiled threat to the Government that it will move its operations offshore if it gets slapped with a heavie....
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CHELSEA STAR IN POKER RUCKUS
A CHELSEA star trashed a hotel room after gambling away thousands in a card school, striker Didier Drogba revealed yesterday.The room at the club's Me....
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Don't bet on Web gambling crackdown, experts say
Online-poker company PartyGaming has warned investors that the U.S. government could interfere with its operations, but observers say that's about as ....
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Casinos bet on slots, chips with star images
Celebrities are cashing in at casinos by allowing their images to appear on slot machines and poker chips.Slot machines featuring comedians Paul Rodri....
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Tabcorp Joins in on Singapore Casino Bid
Australia's Tabcorp Joins P&O Cruises for Singapore Casino Bid SINGAPORE (AP) -- Australian gaming company Tabcorp Holdings Ltd. said Tuesda....
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World's Richest Sporting Event Keeps Getting Richer
Organizers of the World Series of Poker, the richest sporting event on the planet, today predicted the total prize pool at this year's tournament will....
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Casino Rouge to pay $60,000 for violating exclusion rule
Louisiana will receive almost $60,000 from Casino Rouge because a person on the Voluntary Exclusion List was repeatedly allowed to gamble there.The ca....
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Stanley Leisure plc
Stanley Leisure plc is pleased to announce the completion of the disposal of itsRetail Bookmaking Operations to William Hill PLC.Following the disposa....
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PartyGaming advisers get £54m fee pot
ADVISERS to next week's £4.7bn stock market flotation of internet poker giant PartyGaming could pick up a bumper £54m in fees.The float, which has b....
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Governments can become addicts, too
I can’t help but notice how quickly the city of Detroit became addicted to the money the three casinos bring to its coffers. The same has to be said....
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Gaming industry braces for another hurricane season
Tourists traveling crowded U.S. 90 along the casino-dotted Mississippi Gulf Coast are greeted by a towering video screen outside the Beau Rivage Hotel....
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Legislature still split over slot machines
More than a month after they adjourned without agreement on how to regulate slot machines in Broward County, the House and Senate are again searching ....
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Church to get back its gambled money
An order of priests plans to reimburse St. Alphonsus Catholic Church after an audit discovered a fellow priest's gambling addiction cost the parish mo....
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PartyGaming float in doubt as nervous City hedges its bets
The world's largest online poker company, PartyGaming, may be forced to slash its float price before its full listing next Monday. It is still possibl....
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More Than $53,000 Found At Two Alleged Gambling Houses
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department has found more than $53,000 at two alleged gambling houses in Star City. Three people are facing felony charge....
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Gambling study welcome but 'very limited'
Welfare provider Anglicare has criticised the scope of a new study into the impact of gambling in Tasmania.The State Government says four companies ha....
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City reaches deal to sell Old Reno Casino to buyers of Fitzgeralds
Reno officials have negotiated the sale of the Old Reno Casino, along the downtown railroad tracks, to the family buying Fitzgeralds Casino-Hotel, clo....
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Regulators' merger questioning unusual
There were a lot of people shifting in their seats during last week's regulatory hearings to vote on Harrah's Entertainment Inc.'s purchase of Caesars....
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Gamblers blow R10bn as casinos hit jackpot
South Africans blew R9,9bn gambling at casinos, on the horses, bingo and limited payout machines in the year to March, a 22% increase on the R8,1bn th....
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The chips are down
PUT your cards on the table or quit.That's the ultimatum from city chiefs to firms who want to build a casino and arena complex in Southampton.Council....
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BOOKIES FEAR EXCHANGE
There's been a major gamble ahead of this afternoon's action at Royal Ascot at York, with the Dermot Weld-trained Simple Exchange attracting a flood o....
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THE independence of PartyGaming’s non-executive directors was called into question last night after it emerged that they will receive big payments when the internet poker company completes its £4.7
IT IS a golden rule of poker that if you sit down at the table and cannot spot the sucker who is liable to lose his shirt, it is probably you. M....
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Non-execs to net big fees in float of PartyGaming
THE independence of PartyGaming’s non-executive directors was called into question last night after it emerged that they will receive big payments w....
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Bally’s to get new name New owner plans rebrand
When they coined the term "identity crisis," they must have been thinking about Bally's Atlantic City.Where else can you find a stately, red....
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California tribal casinos earn most in U.S
The nation's 405 Indian casinos generated about $19 billion in gross revenues last year, a 12 percent increase over 2003, according to a report releas....
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Governor reaches casino deals with two tribes
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced agreements Thursday to allow two of California's largest Indian tribes to build casinos, deals that are expected ....
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Singapore delays request for casino proposals
Singapore needs more time to review the feedback from bidders to operate the city-state's first two casinos and will delay requests for casino proposa....
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MGM Mirage finalizes deal to develop, manage N.Y. casino
MGM Mirage said it has signed a definitive agreement to develop and manage a $170 million casino at the Aqueduct horse racing track in Queens, N.Y., a....
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Machine makers vie for slots in Macau gambling boom
Slot machine makers are jostling to hit the jackpot in Macau, where the world's fastest growing casino market has so far been driven by high-rollers p....
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Late-night casino plan is rejected
Oldbury residents have won their battle to stop a Casino being created at a bingo hall in their street. Berkshire-based firm Rank Group wanted to open....
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Betting On Some Winners
Event organizers of the World Series of Poker, now under way and owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment, expect more than 6,500 players to battl....
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Indian casinos rake in $19 billion last year
The 405 Indian-owned casinos in the United States won $19 billion last year from gamblers -- $8.5 billion more than all of Nevada's gaming resorts.An ....
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Game over: Moscow to be relieved of casinos and gambling clubs
There are 56 casinos and 63,000 slot machines in Moscow now The gambling business is flourishing in Russia nationwide. However, the people, who make t....
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CITY POISED TO ALLOW THE FIRST CASINOS FOR 20 YEARS
Aberdeen's first new casino licences in two decades could be granted next week. The separate applications would see Grosvenor Casinos moving in alongs....
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New owners of Tahoe casino looking for name, theme, employees
Caesars Tahoe has new owners who are looking for a new name, a new theme, an upgraded image and some new employees.Since Harrah's Entertainment Inc. a....
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Confusion on internet gambling spurs US appetite for more facts
US lawmakers may intro-duce a bill calling for broad study of online gambling if Congress again fails to pass an outright ban on internet betting. S....
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Gambling Website To Be Worth £4.8bn
Online gambling firm Partygaming will be valued at some £4.76bn when it floats on the Stock Exchange in the next few days. The company has confirmed ....
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Wisconsin’s tribal casinos rake in $1 billion in 2004
Native American-owned casinos in Wisconsin brought in $1 billion last year, according to a report released Wednesday, the fifth most of states with tr....
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Company to face scrutiny
Long after Harrah's Entertainment Inc. closes its purchase of Caesars Entertainment Inc. -- expected to take place this afternoon -- regulators will b....
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TURNING MACAU INTO THE LAS VEGAS OF ASIA
China's strategy is to turn Macau into the Las Vegas of Asia, according to a report by Hong Kong-based UBS Investment Research, Macau Gaming - Let the....
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Harrah's Completes Mega-Merger With Caesars
Harrah's Entertainment buy-out of Caesars Entertainment officially closed Monday. Harrah's is once again the world's largest gaming company. The deal ....
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Rock music calms casino job seekers
The people in the long line outside the Mississippi Coast Coliseum on Monday morning weren't there to buy concert tickets. They were there to be part ....
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Casino Regina Will Host Canada's Largest Poker Tournament
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS -News) announced today that the Company retired all of its outstanding debt secured by mortgages on assets at its Sand....
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Las Vegas Sands Corp. Retires Sands Macao Casino Debt Early
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS -News) announced today that the Company retired all of its outstanding debt secured by mortgages on assets at its Sand....
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Harrah's closes merger with rival Caesars
"We are pleased to bring our two great companies together," Gary Loveman, chairman and chief executive of Harrah's, said in a statement. &qu....
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Grand mother smiling at 70
Dee Evans, a witty redhead with sparkling eyes, doesn't look like she's been dealing cards for 49 years.She's kept on smiling through the clouds of ci....
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6,000-ton casino boat afloat
A new $163 million Blue Chip Casino boat, weighing more than 6,000 tons, should be ready for gamblers by the end of the year.Crews lifted the boat off....
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Fred Done gambling on 'sexy' casino venture
BOOKMAKER Done Brothers is making a multi-million pound drive into the online gaming sector.Fred Done, the multi-millionaire Salford-born businessman ....
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Penta owns largest odds-betting network in CE Europe
Czech odds-betting company Fortuna, Slovakia's Terno and Poland's Profesjonal generate annual sales of CZK 6 billion.Penta said it was planning to ent....
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Mangaung casino on track
Construction work on local empowerment company Mangaung Sun's R240m leisure development, the Windmill Casino & Entertainment Centre in Bloemfontei....
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Legal ambush could slash Party Gaming's £5bn jackpot
Leading American senators plan to attack online casinos by banning credit-card companies from dealing with them — a move that would seriously hinder....
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Casinos are likely to stay open
The Mississippi Gaming Commission on Friday had no plans to close the Coast's 12 casinos, but its key personnel continued to monitor Tropical Storm Ar....
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Casinos set more revenue records
Casino revenues set a record for May and for the year to date. Tropicana, Borgata and Resorts topped all the gainers.Such favorable statistics have be....
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POKER-FACED Bots
Of the millions of gamblers who have rushed to play Texas Hold 'Em and other fast-growing poker games online, Roger Gabriel isn't the most intimidatin....
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Caesars Tahoe Aquired By Columbia Sussex
Columbia Sussex Corporation, owner, developer and operator of more than 60 hotels, resorts and casinos worldwide, acquired Caesars Tahoe casino and re....
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Internet gambling may become illegal
A parliamentary majority now supports the idea of forbidding Norwegian citizens from participating in gambling operations based on foreign-based web s....
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Only one casino in Catskills, Pataki now says
George Pataki, who at one time proposed as many as five casinos for the Catskills in his attempts to settle long-standing land claims with Indian trib....
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Reno casinos finally a winner in April
Reno casinos won more from gamblers in April compared with last year even without a major bowling tournament in town, making it the first month this y....
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Wynn Resorts Comments on Encore Plan
Wynn Resorts Ltd. has extended the completion date for its $1.4 billion Encore hotel-casino to Dec. 31, 2008 to allow time to refine the scope of the ....
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Las Vegas Sands may spend $2.75 billion on Macau projects
Las Vegas Sands Corp., which opened the $265 million Sands Macau in 2004, may spend about $2.75 billion to build a casino resort and finance the devel....
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Moscow Puts Its Bets on a Rally
About 200 people showed up outside the White House on Thursday morning for what the United Russia party billed as an anti-gambling rally. But some exp....
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House approves bill that allows gambling on American Queen
The House approved legislation Wednesday that would allow gambling on New Orleans-based cruise ships that travel to other points in Louisiana.Represen....
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Nevada casinos enjoy record month in April
April was a banner month, the best April on record for Nevada casinos, as the opening of Wynn Las Vegas, big baccarat winnings and the continuing stre....
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Blues Casino: It's time to gamble
TOMORROW is D-Day on the make or break decision on whether to bid for permission to build a super-casino in Birmingham.A positive outcome is vital to ....
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Two World-Record Slot Jackpots Waiting to Be Won
The current world-record payouts for penny and nickel slot machines will be shattered when the next MegaJackpots(TM) prizes are won on IGT's TV Hits(T....
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Federal Trade Commission Clears Harrah's, Caesars Transaction
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) and Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:CZR) have been notified by the Federal Trade Commission that the FTC has....
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100 reported after poker night
About 100 people, including some from interstate, have been reported after police raided an illegal poker tournament in Adelaide.Police said gamblers ....
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Casino split puts Blues stadium future in doubt
A crucial decision on whether to bid for permission to build a super-casino in Birmingham will be made by the city council tomorrow.A positive outcome....
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Casino winner is beaten and robbed
Casino Queen employees could not persuade a winner to take a check instead of cash when he won several thousand dollars Monday morning, but their came....
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Malaysian tycoon bets on IPO for Cambodian casino
NagaCorp, a Cambodian casino operator owned by Malaysian tycoon Chen Lip Keong, is planning to float its shares on Hong Kong's stock exchange after it....
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Pay Strike At Casino Group On the Cards
The first strike by casino workers in Britain has been threatened in a row over wages and working conditions.The GMB union announced a consultative ba....
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Jury acquits video casino owner, manager of gambling charges
A video casino owner and his manager were acquitted Friday morning from charges that they violated state gambling laws by awarding coffee, peanut butt....
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Macao's casino boom awaits intitial construction
The rush to cement new structures by hoteliers and casino operators has been making Macao "a city of dreams" for international construction labor forc....
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Urban village by Wynn may cost $4 billion
Details are starting to slither out about developer Steve Wynn's concept for an urban village development on 135 acres of his Desert Inn site. Althoug....
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Fewer tourists visiting Reno to gamble
Fewer tourists are visiting the Reno area primarily to gamble, a report shows, and more are coming for special events and conventions.Only 8 percent o....
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Singapore loosens moral leash with casino legalization
Long known for its strict social controls, the city state of Singapore is now planning to develop casinos. Amid fierce competition among Association o....
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US gambling laws threaten £5.5bn float
Partygaming, the Gibraltar-based owner of the world's biggest online poker site, may be forced to pull its £5.5 billion London float as fears grow ab....
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Las Vegas the Steve Wynn way
A day shy of two weeks after it opened, Steve Wynn addressed the attendees of a financial conference at his $2.7 billion Wynn Las Vegas hotel and casi....
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Confessions of an online gambler
When I first learned how to play Texas Hold 'Em after watching Late Night Poker on Channel 4, I was the only person I knew who played. And that, of co....
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Fischer bets on Tattersall win
TATTERSALL'S chief executive Duncan Fischer says the lottery and poker machines operator is very confident it will keep its licences despite an increa....
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Judge allows casino classes at USM
A judge has ruled that the University of Southern Mississippi can teach gaming management classes.Hinds County Chancery Judge Patricia Wise issued a 1....
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Casino panel hiring process starts
The government has begun implementing its controversial new gambling legislation by starting the recruitment process for the panel that will advise mi....
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Speculators place their bets on the fortunes of casino operator
Dealers continued to watch London Clubs International yesterday as they speculated that an Indonesian business figure is running his slide rule over t....
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Online Gambling Site PartyGaming To Float IPO
In a move likely to have reverberations across the Web, online poker site PartyGaming has filed for what could be one of the largest initial public of....
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Hold 'em tourneys a big draw around town
With this week's start of the World Series of Poker, Las Vegas poker rooms are ramping up popular no-limit hold 'em tournaments right and left.Anthony....
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Many Favor Calexico Casino
CALEXICO, California As reported by the San Diego Tribune: "On the sidewalks in front of the colorful bargain stores, perfume shops and taquerias, it'....
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Mississippi University Can Run Casino Courses
"The University of Southern Mississippi can proceed with its casino management program, Chancery Judge Patricia Wise ruled Friday."In a 16-page decisi....
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Video Slots a Hit
When Donna Muir first tried to play the newest video slot machines at the Quil Ceda Creek Casino, she discovered she couldn't find one available to pl....
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Multimedia Games Wins VictoryLand Contract
Multimedia Games, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGAM) announced today that the Company's Players Passport player tracking system has been selected by Macon County Gre....
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Alliance Gaming Appoints Member to Board
Alliance Gaming Corp. (NYSE: AGI) announced today Stephen M. Race has been elected to the Company's Board of Directors as an independent director effe....
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Gaming Executives Top Highest Paid List
Casino bosses cashed out a large number of stock options last year, boosting their total compensation packages to historic highs and easily topping th....
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International Companies Seek Piece of Macau
"When MGM Mirage, a US-based hotel and casino company, broke its first ground here on Wednesday, it seemed that more and more international hands are ....
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Good News for Casino Players
Are you tired of having your non-gaming friends eye you warily when you tell them you enjoy frequent trips to the casinos? Do questions like, "Don't b....
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Australian Lottery Beneficiaries Named
"One of the most closely guarded secrets of Australian gambling has finally been revealed with the naming of the Tattersall's beneficiaries, a select ....
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Montreal Man Hits it Big
"A 22-year-old Montreal man has struck the jackpot -- to the tune of nearly $900,000. "The windfall came Monday night at Casino de Montreal and is the....
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Las Vegas Executive Air Terminal Sold
A rapidly expanding ground services provider for corporate and private aircraft has agreed to buy the Las Vegas Executive Air Terminal for approximat....
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Caesars Completes Nova Scotia Sales
LAS VEGAS -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Caesars Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: CZR) today announced that it has completed the sale of its interest in the company t....
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Ohio Mayor Ready for Casino
LORAIN, Ohio – As reported by the Ohio Morning Journal: "Mayor Craig Foltin said yesterday he has an ordinance ready for City Council considera....
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AGA Launches 10th Anniversary Research Series
WASHINGTON -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- In commemoration of its 10th anniversary this month, the American Gaming Association (AGA) is launching a series of r....
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Government stresses overseas gambling not allowed
At a press conference on May 29 officials from the Guangdong Public Security Department stressed that if any travel agency takes its tourists to visit....
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PartyGaming gambles on float by end June-sources
The world's biggest online poker company, PartyGaming, aims to price its flotation on the London Stock Exchange by June 27, market sources said on Wed....
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MGM Grand Macau Breaks Ground on 600-Room Resort Set for 2007 Debut
At a ceremony held Wednesday morning in Macau, MGM Grand Paradise, the international partnership of Pansy Ho and MGM MIRAGE, officially launched const....
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Rangers v Man Utd in race for new casino
Rangers Football Club will take on the likes of Manchester United and Birmingham City in the race to land the UK's first supercasino.Representatives o....
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MGM, Planning $975 Mln Macau Casino, Seeks Expansion
MGM Mirage is looking for more projects in the southern Chinese city of Macau as it prepares to build a $975 million casino hotel in the only place in....
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Casino beach bar draws $50,000 fine
It seems Resorts was a bit too naughty in its desire to bring the "sexiest party on Earth" to the Atlantic City beachfront this summer.The casino has ....
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Man charged with firing gun inside casino parking garage
Perhaps somebody got too carried away celebrating at the Tropicana this weekend.Police received a call at 2:12 Sunday morning saying a shot had been f....
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eSun plans $5b Cotai complex
Lai Sun Group's media unit, eSun Holdings, plans to team up with overseas partners on an HK$5 billion hotel-casino-residential-TV studio complex in Ma....
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Government Itching to Wager on "Hungo Vegas"
The government wants to help an investment group build a "small Hungarian Las Vegas" in Bezenye, Magyar Hírlap reports today. It seems that the unide....
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Glasgow is still a good bet to land a super-casino
GLASGOW can still get Britain's first super-casino, says the boss of the city's business organisation. The Government has ruled the UK will get just o....
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Las Vegas in tourism push amid crackdown
Las Vegas is looking East, betting rising affluence will make China a big market for tourism and trade shows - despite a gambling crackdown aimed at o....
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Addicted to bingo
A WOMAN has been jailed after stealing £22,000 to fund her bingo and fruit machine addiction.Julie Evans, who worked in the Department of Work and Pe....
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Arroyo's son accused in gambling probe
MANILA: President Gloria Arroyo’s son and the Philippines’ police chief were yesterday accused of either taking kickbacks or sanctioning a numbers....
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Legalizing Gambling in Jakarta…Money vs. Valuesc
Attempts to legalize prostitution and gambling in Jakarta are causing heated debates, with pros raising the slogan of economic benefits while cons ins....
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Odds shorten on a licence for Betfair
The State Government is in the advanced stages of discussions with online gambling broker Betfair but has ruled out a social impact study on the effec....
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Sun International plans to list Singapore integrated resort if it wins bid
Singaporeans will have a stake in the integrated resort on Sentosa if South Africa-based Sun International, which is bidding to build a resort there, ....
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Rights to fund gaming push
International Entertainment Corporation, majority-owned by Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, expects to complete its new listing application in two to three ....
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Eyes on Arroyo family in Senate gambling probe
World News, MANILA - Senators in the Philippines will begin hearings on Monday into an illegal numbers game, with opposition law-makers promising test....
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Louisiana casino managers relieved by failed Texas gambling bills
There are several reasons why Mesquite, Texas, resident Todd Cangelose would prefer casinos closer to his hometown. For one, there's wayward deer.The ....
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Gambling via satellite proposed
A company that has patented a way to make casino-style gambling available via satellite is courting Indiana and its riverboats as the hosts of its gam....
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Could it be you again, Camelot? vvvv
It was once one of the most reviled companies in Britain. Disliked in Whitehall and mistrusted by the public, Camelot, the national lottery operator, ....
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Sage boss hits jackpot in poker float bonanza
MICHAEL JACKSON, head of the Sage software company, is to collect a salary of about £500,000 to be non- executive chairman of Party Gaming, the onlin....
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Poker club's bluff called
One of the swanky poker clubs shut down by cops last week was so confident about its alleged illegal activities it published a newsletter hours before....
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Historic casino faces challenges
The facade and distinctive script-lettered marquee of the Moulin Rouge is all that remains of the landmark that stands as both an icon of Las Vegas' c....
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Modesto "Bonnie and Clyde" Robbers Arrested at Jackson Casino
Modesto Police detectives have captured a husband and wife described by officers as a modern-day "Bonnie and Clyde" following a daring daytime bank ro....
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The casino millionaire, the unwritten novel, and the big fat cheques
The country's biggest literary philanthropist, American millionaire Glenn Schaeffer, has plans to give more. Anthony Hubbard reports. Glenn Schaeffer ....
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Casino bosses attempt to jump the gun
UK casino firms are rolling out plans to build up to 100 new casinos. Gambling bosses are trying to take advantage of a loophole which could result in....
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