Archives for March 2008
Russia: Moscow City Casinos May Close in 2009
Moscow - The flashy, neon lights of Moscow and Saint-Petersburg are expected to go out now that the State Duma has tentatively approved the creation of four gambling regions outside the two cities.The measure — establishing gambling havens in the Altai, Primorsk and Kaliningrad regions, and an area between the Rostov and Krasnodar regions — […]
Election slogan: A pox on poker machines in Australia
Sydney - Theresa Lawson rumbled when her employer found thousands of dollars in her handbag, ended up in a Sydney court pleading guilty to stealing millions to fund a 25-year gambling habit.
Lawson is one of Australia’s gambling addicts. The country has more of them per head of population than anywhere else in the world.
Her tale […]
Gambling addict sues Australian casino
Sydney - Melbourne’s Crown Casino enticed a gambling addict into losing 30 million Australian dollars (25 million US dollars) in 14 months by providing free flights in a private jet, wads of notes to get him started and a 20-per-cent rebate on losses, a court was told Tuesday.
Property developer Harry Kakavas is suing the casino […]
Thai gambling site for low-budget punters
An online casino has caught on with Thai teens on shoestring budgets.
The website - www.holiday-palace.com - sounds like the name of a popular casino in the Cambodian border town of Poipet, across from Sa Kaew’s Aranyaprathet district.
A member of the site from Chiang Mai said yesterday that the virtual casino offered three kinds of games […]
Suspended casinos bet on their sale
Following suspension of the two casinos at Bucharest’s Hilton and JW Marriott hotels for suspected illegal activities, the owner has put both of them up for sale.
The decision by the Grand Casino and Diamond Grand Casino to pull-out comes in the wake of the National Agency of Fiscal Administration’s (ANAF) investigation into alleged tax fraud […]
Online gaming industry faces clean-up
Online gaming companies are set to face tougher regulations, after authorities said yesterday they will take more measures to crack down on the undesirable aspects of the industry.
“In the next five years, China’s online gaming industry will reach a turning point where ‘green’ games will be appreciated and encouraged,” Kou Xiaowei, deputy director of the […]
Macao logs over 10 bln USD in gaming revenue of 2007
Macao casinos saw their gaming revenue surge to 83 billion patacas (10.4 billion U.S. dollars) in2007, up 46.6 percent compared with 2006, according to the latest statistics released by the government’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (GICB).
The statistics show that, Macao’s gross revenue from games of fortune (casinos) and Pari-mutuels (horse and dog races) and […]
Poll: More than half Thais oppose legalized casinos
A recent poll released on Sunday showed that more than half Thais disagreed with the government’s plan to legalize casinos in the kingdom.
The poll, conducted by the Assumption University, was conducted on 2,726 people in 18 provinces nationwide and found 56.4 percent of respondents opposed the idea, which was floated recently by prime minister Samak […]
Valuation of hands in Baccarat
In Baccarat, cards 2-9 are worth face value, 10’s and face cards (J, Q, K) are worth zero (note that 10 modulo 10 is equal to zero), and Aces are worth 1 point. Players calculate their score by taking the sum of all cards modulo 10, meaning that after adding the value of the cards […]
Baccarat
Baccarat is a casino card game. It is believed to have been introduced into France from Italy during the reign of Charles VIII of France, and it is similar to Faro and to Basset. There are three accepted variants of the game: baccarat chemin de fer (railway), baccarat banque (or à deux tableaux), and punto […]