Antigua: King’s Casino patron wins $700,000
A local businessman has won the biggest jackpot ever to be paid out in the history of gaming in Antigua & Barbuda.
The man, whose name is being withheld in keeping with local casino standards, has pocketed just under $700,000 after accumulating a hand that produced a royal flush during a Caribbean Stud Poker game at […]
Scam Or Pure Luck?
Botswana’s Capital Gaborone: A punter’s mysterious winning streak at Gaborone Sun Casino Resort was put to a startling halt last Wednesday, when his tickets were intercepted and he was called to the manager’s office in what many believed was an end to a major ticket scam.
This followed complaints by several Gaborone Sun casino punters, who […]
Casino sues lottery winner
Caesars casino is suing the winner of a $315 million lottery jackpot, claiming he bounced checks worth $1.5 million trying to cover gambling losses.
Jack Whittaker, whose Powerball win in 2002 was at the time the largest undivided lottery jackpot, claims he doesn’t owe the money.
In a filing made in response to Caesars lawsuit, Whittaker said […]
Caribbean Region: Former casino workers receive over $.5 million
Some 30 former employees of Kings Casino have received severance payment totaling over $500,000.
The Antigua & Barbuda Workers Union, bargaining agents for the dismissed employees facilitated the payout at its headquarters Friday.
Industrial relations officer of the A&BWU Senator Chester Hughes explained that the severance for the former employees of the casino dates back to 1995.
“The […]
Judge arrested for running casino
BEIJING - Chinese police have put an end to the lucrative sideline business of a judge who was arrested for running a gambling den, state media reported.
The judge of the Lishi District court in north China’s Shanxi province was caught earlier this month after armed officers stormed the underground casino and arrested 122 people, the […]
Manchester wins 1st UK supercasino
The northern city of Manchester unexpectedly won the fight to host Britain’s first Las Vegas-style supercasino yesterday, beating off challengers including nearby Blackpool and London’s Millennium Dome.
Most industry analysts had predicted either Blackpool, the Dome or Glasgow in Scotland would win.
Manchester council expects the giant casino will generate 2,700 jobs on its 5,000 square-meter venue […]
Yang finds yin to claim $8m world poker prize
LAS VEGAS: Jerry Yang, a 39-year-old psychologist from California, won the main event yesterday of the World Series of Poker and its $8.25 million top prize.
Yang, who said he uses his professional training and reads players, vaulted quickly from eighth to the chip lead soon after play began on Tuesday.
He knocked out seven of the […]
Poker pros face off with computer
Poker champion Phil Laak reckoned he had a good chance of winning when he sat down last night to play two days and 2,000 hands of Texas Hold’em - against a computer. It may be the last chance he gets.
Computers have gotten a lot better at poker in recent years; they’re good enough now to […]
No deal for Trump casinos
Donald Trump knows the art of the deal. But he won’t be making one for his three New Jersey casinos.
The company that bears the flamboyant real estate mogul’s name had been up for sale for several months. But Trump Entertainment Resorts announced Monday it is not likely to be sold, sending shares of the company […]
3 wounded in casino shooting
A man on a walkway over the New York-New York casino floor opened fire on the gamblers below early Friday, wounding three people before he was tackled by off-duty police officers, police said.
“It was crazy, pandemonium,” said Jade Jacobson, 28, a tourist from Deland, Fla., whose cousin, a dance teacher from Pennsylvania, was wounded in […]