Archives for March 2008
Gambling in casinos
In most jurisdictions, gambling is limited to persons over the age of license (18 or 21 years of age in most of the United States and 18 to 21 in most other countries where casinos are permitted).
Customers gamble by playing slot machines or other games of chance (e.g., craps, roulette, baccarat) and some skill (e.g., […]
Goa casino review
It’s impressive. The casino occupies much of a middle deck. Its pillared gold ceiling fills the hall with cheerful illumination: no glare, no shadows. Punters sit on padded stools around the gaming tables, watched by ceiling-hung security cameras, dealers and croupiers dextrously handle cards, chips and the spin of the clicking roulette wheel. Supervisors keep […]
Bulgaria Govt Gives Green Light to Online Gambling
Bulgaria’s three-way ruling coalition is to allow the online gambling through introducing some amendments in the law they agreed on at the two-day closed debates held in the resort town of Hisarya.
The structural plan of the country’s state lottery will also be changed to result in expanding the distributing network - more companies will be […]
Brussels’s Biggest Casino Robbed
The biggest casino in Brussels has been robbed in the early hours of Sunday, international media reported. Four masked men broke into the casino and forced the staff to open all cases and safes. According to initial data the stolen money amounts EUR 600,000. The artful thieves escaped with a taxi, which they had stolen […]
World’s Biggest Casino Opened in Macau, China
The Venetian Macao, a USD 2.4 B project by US-operator Las Vegas Sands Corporation, will open Tuesday in Macau and become the world’s biggest casino.
In addition, the casino will be also the second biggest building in the world with its 3,000 hotel suites, 350 shops, a 1,800-seat conference centre and a 15,000-seat entertainment centre. The […]
Denver casinos
You won’t find Wayne Newton or Cirque du Soleil in Colorado’s gambling towns, but you’ll get a nice mountain view, low stakes gambling, and, for the frugal gambler: nickel slot machines! In downtown Denver, The Ace Express bus leaves from 15th Street and Glenarm Place at the Denver Pavilions to Central City and Black Hawk, […]
Retired New Orleans Public Library Staffer Wins Big in Casino
A 30-year veteran of the New Orleans Public Library, who had moved to Opelousas, Louisiana, to stay with family after Hurricane Katrina left her homeless last month, won $1.6 million at a casino October 4 after spending only $4.25 in a Wheel of Fortune game.
Jacquelyn Sherman, who had worked at the East New Orleans Regional […]
History of the term casino
The term “Casino” originally meant a small villa, summerhouse or pavilion built for pleasure, usually located on the grounds of a larger Italian villa or palazzo. There are examples of such casinos at Villa Giulia and Villa Farnese. In modern Italian, this term designates a “casa chiusa”, literally “closed house”, while the gambling house is […]