By Robert Weston on Aug 23, 2007 in Gambling Financials, Featured, Casino | 0 Comments
Gambling is considered illegal in Dubai, yet Dubai’s state owned investment company, Dubai World, bought a piece of Las Vegas on Wednesday, announcing an investment of US$5 billion in MGM Mirage.
Dubai World, the state-owned investment firm in this fast-growing Persian Gulf emirate, will pay US$2.7 billion to acquire a 50 percent stake in CityCenter, a […]
By Robert Weston on Aug 22, 2007 in Gambling News, Casino | 0 Comments
Florida’s government has three more weeks to make a deal with the Seminole Tribe over bringing Las Vegas style gambling to its casinos after the U.S. Interior Department extended Tuesday’s deadline for an agreement to Sept. 11.
The Seminole tribe believes it can bring Class III games like blackjack and roulette to its Florida casinos because […]
By Robert Weston on Aug 20, 2007 in Gambling News, Casino | 0 Comments
A landlord from the UK and a multi-millionaire entrepreneur in the US are leading the charge against smoking bans on both sides of the Atlantic. Les Fuller, landlord at the Seven Stars in Bury, ended his tenancy after claiming the smoking ban would cost him thousands of pounds in lost revenue, while in the US […]
By Robert Weston on Aug 20, 2007 in Gambling News, Lottery, Casino | 0 Comments
Gamblers at the Twin River casino in Rhode Island were given more than they bargained for after a video lottery terminal awarded credit for twice as much money as had been inserted and erroneously paid out $450,115 over two months. A spokesman for the machine’s supplier said the machine’s money-doubling feature was turned on, apparently […]
By Robert Weston on Aug 20, 2007 in Gambling News, Casino, Online Casinos | 0 Comments
WPT’s Internet casino powered exclusively by CryptoLogic’s award-winning software
Vegas-style online casino action is now available from one of the world’s top names in poker entertainment. CryptoLogic Limited (TSX: CRY)(TSX: CXY)(NASDAQ: CRYP)(LSE: CRP), a leading software developer to the global Internet gaming market, has launched a new casino on World Poker Tour®’s (WPT) gaming site (www.worldpokertour.com), […]
