Thursday, September 10, 2009
The UK’s Channel Five announced a new five-year contract with NetPlay TV this week.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Leaders of the Native American Cherokee Nation and their business entity, Cherokee Nation Entertainment, have announced a partnership with the executives who run the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino chain to rebrand their current gaming destination from Cherokee Casino to Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Tulsa. In a state once known for its “Dust Bowl” years, a name like Hard Rock will help to build its reputation as a gambling mecca. read more
Monday, September 7, 2009
A federal appeals court ruled this week that the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act does not threaten the privacy rights of online gamblers, nor is it too vague to comply with the US Constitution. The ruling denies the claim of the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association, a group representing the online gaming industry, that the law is unclear and unenforceable. read more
Monday, September 7, 2009
When asked if gambling is recession-proof, a lot of naysayers point to Las Vegas and Atlantic City, which have been bleeding money for months.
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Also tagged atlantic, atlantic-city, been-bleeding, gambling, gambling news, macao, mgm macau, naysayers-point, over-the-last, the-gambling, the-resort, travel
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Sunday, September 6, 2009
As anyone who has been following the news knows, the new influenza virus known as the H1N1 virus (or “swine flu”) has been making people sick all over the world.
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Also tagged are-choosing, Blackjack, brick-and-mortar, gambling news, Gambling News, h1n1, having-their, making-people, news-knows, Roulette, slots
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As a consequence of the recent ruling by Russian sports officials that poker should not be considered a “sport”, organizers for the European Poker Tour were forced to make arrangements to relocate the event. They found a welcome host site at the Palace of Sports in Kiev, Ukraine, more than four hundred and fifty miles away from their original site.
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Also tagged european poker tour, european-poker, four-hundred, from-their, Gambling News, sports, the-recent, ukraine, welcome-host, were-forced, world
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The Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association is waiting for a decision that could overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. iMEGA went to bat for online poker by challenging the UIGEA in front of the 3rd U.S.
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Also tagged circuit-court, court, gambling, gambling-enforcement, gaming, gaming-association, interactive, online poker, Poker, poker tips, the-3rd, uigea
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Though most gambling-related financial reports coming out of Las Vegas have been grim this year, on Thursday the Las Vegas Sands Corporation (LVS) delivered some much-needed good news. The casino operator’s lenders accepted a plan that will allow the company to pay down a significant portion of its $3.3 billion in loans
Thursday, August 13, 2009
The new Rivers Casino near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, opened last weekend to fireworks, confetti, music and capacity crowds. The new site offers over three thousand slot machines, most of which were in use within the first hour after the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new casino also conducted two “test runs” on 5 August and 7 August; casino officials donated the proceeds from those sessions to local charities.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The United Kingdom’s ambivalence toward lowering taxes applied to online gambling operations has cost their treasury yet again. Over the weekend the UK’s biggest online sportsbook — Ladbrokes— announced that it will be moving its operations to Gibraltar. read more
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Also tagged companies, Gambling News, gambling taxes, gibraltar, ladbrokes, online gambling, toward-lowering, treasury-yet, united-kingdom, weekend
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