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Lotto, scratchies most popular gambles
New Zealand: Lotto and Instant Kiwi scratchies are the most popular gambling activity, according to a study.
The study released last week by the Department of Internal Affairs showed few people reported using gaming machines or betting on racing.
The 2005 survey found 66% of respondents had played Lotto in the past year. The figure was down […]
Brown scotches plan for UK supercasino
LONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown has backed away from UK plans to build a Las Vegas-style supercasino in the northern city of Manchester, saying there might be better ways to encourage economic growth there.
A source close to government told Reuters: “The regional casino
is pretty much dead in the water”, saying that plans for 16 […]
Ugandian ground-based Kampala Casino - Trying hard to get a Jackpot
The jackpot at Kampala Casino was a cool Shs 17.5 million. Each of us secretly prayed to hit it – with a tactical ‘investment’ of Shs 500,000 at most. It was never to be.
Most gamblers soon lost interest in the jackpot and played other machines, just for fun.
Then one Wednesday night an inner voice told […]
Sun International buys into Chilean casino
LUXURY hotel and leisure group Sun International has won approval from the Chilean gambling regulator, the Superintendencia de Casino de Juego, to buy a 40% stake in the holder of a 15-year Chilean casino licence.
Sun International did not place a value on the 40% in San Francisco Investment, which has a 15-year casino licence in […]
Ugandian ground-based Kampala Casino - The Second Report
February has been my worst month at Kampala Casino. I have lost every gamble I made, and Mama Kisanja was so furious the other day when I staggered home at 3 a.m. and confessed I was as broke as a church mouse because ‘the machines’ had eaten all my money.
“What do you mean the machines […]
Ugandian ground-based Kampala Casino - The Report
I am really not the gambling type; but I have recently become an occasional visitor at the Kampala Casino. I don’t belong to that nouveau riche crowd but I pop in to “pass time” without disturbing the peace of the mighty ones in their exclusive wing.
Mama Kisanja doesn’t know I go to the casino – […]
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas
Who said a desert is all about severe heat and sand dunes? Welcome to Las Vegas, the most populous city in the State of Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping and entertainment.
If those things describe you, pack up your bags and run to Vegas. But before you do, get […]
Uganda: Pyramid Casino
Big-time gamblers can now add a new casino onto their list – as the new Pyramids Casino opened its doors. Located on Yusuf Lule Road after the Irish Embassy in Kampala, the new casino as its name suggests is endowed with the Egyptian pyramid architecture.
And while it’s placed a few metres outside the city centre, […]
Pope’s apartment for sale online
An apartment rented more than 40 years ago by the new Pope Benedict close to the German city of Bonn is up for sale on an Internet auction site just weeks after an online bidding frenzy for his six-year-old car.
Joseph Ratzinger, the German cardinal who became Pope last month, lived in the flat in a […]
J. Lo’s Mom Hits $2.4 Million Atlantic City Jackpot
NEW YORK - Jennifer Lopez’s mother, a retired New York kindergarten teacher, scooped up a $2.4 million jackpot playing slot machines in Atlantic City.
Guadalupe Lopez, 58, hit it big off a $3 bet on a “Wheel of Fortune” slot machine at the swanky Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa on Saturday night, a representative of her […]