Filed in archive Casinos
by jo on March 31, 2006
A fugitive who spent 11 years on the run after driving off with almost $3 million from the Circus Circus casino in Vegas gave herself up last September - and received a 5 year sentence for the...
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Today is the day! We will start our April contest and survey in the category "Gaming & Gambling" with the prize being a gift certificate over $50 from Best Buy! The rules are pretty...
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Luton, a town in or near Bedfordshire UK, is seeking permission to build a casino. The recently passed Gambling Act allows one regional casino, eight large and eight small. Luton wants a large one. A...
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Filed in archive Casinos
by jo on March 30, 2006
Publicity seeking online casino, Golden Palace, have bought the flophouse bathtub used by James Earl Ray to shoot Martin Luther King Jr. They paid $7,600 for the tub via an Ebay auction. It was owned...
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When two men attempted to claim on the same lottery ticket, california lottery officials resorted to checking surveillance tapes to find the winner. The first man to claim the $530,000 prize could not...
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Filed in archive Racing
by simon on March 30, 2006
Trainer Jonjo O'Neill expressed his certainty that Clan Royal will take first place in the Grand National. The race is only 9 days away and the joint favourites are currently the popular...
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Filed in archive Casinos
by jo on March 29, 2006
A slots player left the Seminole hard rock Casino, without realising he'd won over $220,000 on a slot machine. The employers were about to congratulate him - but were too late. He'd already...
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More than 5,000 retailers in North Carolina are anxiously waiting until 6am tomorrow morning when the first scratchcards will go on sale. Over 50 million tickets have been shipped out across the state...
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Filed in archive Gambling General
by jo on March 28, 2006
3.3 billion euros in Germany 1.3 billion euros in Austria 0.3 billion euros in Switzerland. These are the latest figures coming out of the Dach region for online gambling and betting. The German...
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Filed in archive Betting
by jo on March 27, 2006
Employees for the Hong Kong Jockey Club are so busy, they don't even have a chance to take a leak - and are asking their bosses to employ more people to give them that break. Some operators have...
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Slot machines at Gettysburg? Susquehanna Financial Group has set the odds at 99/1. CEO of the Chance Enterprises, David LeVan, who wants the license reckons those odds are cheap. A spokeswoman said,...
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Tucker Keeling of Bixby, oklahoma who has ALS (commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease) has won the inaugural $250,000 PartyCasino.com World BlackJack Championship. His total winning could be in...
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Operation Kings Flush a 16 month investigation into illegal gambling has snared 11 people and thousands of dollars in cash and equipment in raids this weekend. Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes...
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Gamblers in Ohio, USA are campaigning for slot machines to be allowed to operate in the State's seven racetracks. Each machine can earn in excess of $67,000 per annum of which 30% could go towards...
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Gaming Guru Mark Pilarski, of the Casino City Times, has posted an email he received in which a screenplay writer asks what you call a person who can control the outcome of the dice they throw at the...
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The FBI has had a word with basketball players about the dangers of sports gambling, especially when it comes to betting on their own games. A survey of the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic...
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Filed in archive by jo on March 24, 2006
FIFA will be keeping an eye on suspicious betting patterns during this year's world cup. After being rocked by a huge betting scandal last year, the footballing governing body, FIFA will be...
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Russia's State Duma (not pictured) has taken steps to end underage gambling. Anyone under the age of 18 will be banned from gambling establishments and slot machines that can be easily assessed...
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Filed in archive Poker
by jo on March 23, 2006
PartyGaming has found their successor to Richard Segal, the CEO that left the company back in February. Mitch Garber will be taking over the CEO mantle - and will be earning $17 million for his...
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Filed in archive Gambling General
by jo on March 22, 2006
It seems as if the US media are finally realising the hypocrisy and idiocy of certain congressmen's attempts of trying to ban online gambling - and restricting gambling across the country. The...
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The Sportman, Britain's first daily national paper in over 20 years, was launched today. I had a look at it this morning instead of doing something "more constructive" as my father would...
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Filed in archive Casinos
by jo on March 21, 2006
Online casino publicity seekers, Golden Palace have once again been scouring the auctions and bought another piece of celebrity memorabilia they can hawk to the masses. This time they paid $7099 for a...
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Filed in archive Casinos
by simon on March 21, 2006
Ever since Majestic Star bought the former Trump Casino-Hotel last year, the company have been reducing staff. Staff numbers have been dropped from 2000 to around 1,400. The casino has eliminated 33...
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