Archives for April 2008
Microsoft, Google, Yahoo to pay for promoting gambling
BEIJING — Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc on Wednesday agreed to pay US$31.5 million to resolve accusations that they had promoted illegal Internet gambling, according to US Department of Justice quoted by media reports Thursday. The companies were accused of receiving money from online gambling businesses to advertise illegal betting from 1997 through […]
Improving the odds
Walk into any London casino and the first thing that strikes you is who the punters are. You will not see many Americans or Europeans. Overwhelmingly they are Indians, Pakistanis, Iranians, Arabs, Chinese and South-East Asians, doing what new money does best: throw it around as if there was no tomorrow (for further confirmation that […]
Macao gambling industry outpaces Las Vegas
Macao may not be hitting the astronomical growth targets set by excitable financial analysts, but the Chinese gambling enclave is still growing much faster than Las Vegas, the US gambling capital. The tiny former Portuguese colony - the only legal place to place bets in China - has posted a 47 percent increase in annual […]
Are you game? Poker is set to take the city by storm
Are you familiar with the words pocket Rockets, The Flop or Big Slick? Well, if not, they might soon become a popular pastime, or even sport, in Asia in the coming months. Join the fun and excitement of Hold-em poker in the comfort of your living room at any hour of the day or night […]
Westminster set to announce big casino plans
The British government was set to formally lay out plans yesterday for 16 large casinos across the country, including a requirement that the gambling industry make a multi-million pound charity payment, political and industry sources said.
Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe was to make the announcement in parliament, a political source said, while an industry source said […]
Macao Chief says no new casinos for near future
MACAO — Except for the existing casino projects, the government of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) will neither grant any new gaming concession or sub-concession nor approve any land for the building of new casinos in the near future, said the SAR’s Chief Executive Ho Hau Wah on Tuesday. In light of China’s central government’s […]
Gambler gives birth in casino
A woman playing the penny slots left the Resorts Atlantic City casino with her own little jackpot — a new baby boy. Eight-months pregnant Nyree Thompson, 32, went into labor on the casino floor about 9:30 am. Thompson said she mistook labor pains for gas at first, but after going to the restroom told a […]
Woman’s belly gets $4,000 on eBay
A woman selling advertising on her pregnant belly will receive $4,050 from the highest eBay auction bidder, Golden Palace Casino. Amber Rainey will have the online casino’s Web site temporarily tattooed to her stomach Thursday. It will remain until she delivers her first child, due on March 21. Rainey didn’t think her belly would fetch […]
Casino tells winner slot machine jackpot was error
A woman who won £7,600 on a slot machine in a US casino, was told she wouldn’t be paid because the machine was in demonstration mode.Debra Hughes thought she had won the money at a slot machine in a casino in Tulalip, Washington State.But resort officials told her the jackpot was mistake. Technicians put machines […]
Goa to get new floating casino
A company is setting up a 50-room hotel for visitors who come to try their luck Goa’s Mandovi river is soon to be home to what is possibly the largest floating casino in India. Highstreet Cruises and Entertainment, a player in the gaming and entertainment industry, is ready to launch an offshore casino next month.
The […]