Great Yarmouth casino makes UK-first

August 18, 2010 12:00
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Palace Casino goes online ... go to website »

Viewpoint – Online Bingo Market

August 18, 2010 12:00
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In Augusts’ Viewpoint video feature, Rebecca Liggero discusses the online bingo market with Phil Fraser from Which Bingo and Sarah Bateson from Paddy Power. See their views on the inevitable consolidation of the hugely saturated online bingo market plus what affiliates look for when promoting online bingo sites. See past viewpoints here. ... go to website »

Atlantic City rescue plan has been attempted before a century ago

August 18, 2010 12:00
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Can Atlantic City be saved? ... go to website »

Harrah’s shares on the market

August 18, 2010 12:00
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Harrah\'s trade Paulson shares ... go to website »

Russia reconsiders placing casinos in frozen wastelands

August 18, 2010 12:00
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Russian rethinks remote casino plan ... go to website »

Las Vegas revenues join Atlantic City in downward spiral

August 18, 2010 12:00
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Vegas casino revenues falling fast ... go to website »

Sands China delays Cotai opening

August 18, 2010 12:00
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Sands China Cotai project delayed ... go to website »

Forget Vegas, go to Casino Rama

August 18, 2010 12:00
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People winning big at Casino Rama Megabucks ... go to website »

Temperature up, revenue down at Atlantic City casinos in July

August 18, 2010 12:00
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July revenues down in Atlantic City ... go to website »

Victoryland Casino plans to reopen dog track

August 18, 2010 12:00
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Victoryland plans to reopen dog track ... go to website »

Victoryland Casino shuts its doors fearing raid

August 10, 2010 12:00
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Victoryland casino shuts down ... go to website »

No more casinos for Filipinos

August 10, 2010 12:00
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Pagcor keep watch on casinos ... go to website »

Australia looking for the VERY important people

August 10, 2010 12:00
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Tabcorp aims for VIP status ... go to website »

IRS enlists casino employees to help bust financial cheats

August 10, 2010 12:00
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IRS deputizes casino employees ... go to website »

Could HBO’s Boardwalk Empire rebrand Atlantic City as cool?

August 10, 2010 12:00
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HBO Boardwalk Empire debuting next month ... go to website »

Harrah’s Gary Loveman says spurning Macau worst decision he ever made

August 10, 2010 12:00
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Harrah\'s CEO regrets spurning Macau ... go to website »

Casino Regina slot machine makes record payout

August 10, 2010 12:00
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Casino Regina slot machine makes record payout ... go to website »

NJ gaming summit pledges to explore all options

August 10, 2010 12:00
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Democrats hope to address NJ gaming problems ... go to website »

Harrah’s records $274M net loss as revenue falls 2% in Q2

August 10, 2010 12:00
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Harrah\'s records $274M net loss ... go to website »

Pennsylvania casinos post record slot revenue in July

August 10, 2010 12:00
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Pennsylvania casino slot revenue soars ... go to website »

MGM Resorts posts $883M loss, Boyd Gaming profit down 73%

August 10, 2010 12:00
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MGM, Boyd have dismal Q2 ... go to website »

Macau revenue jumps following World Cup

August 03, 2010 12:00
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Macau revenue boost ... go to website »

Mobile casinos all the rage

August 03, 2010 12:00
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Portable casinos the bomb ... go to website »

Gov. Deval Patrick ripped for failed casino gambling bill

August 03, 2010 12:00
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Deval Patrick ripped for failed casino gambling bill ... go to website »

Foxwoods Resort Casino workers vote to unionize

August 03, 2010 12:00
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Foxwoods Casino workers vote to unionize ... go to website »

Rank gambles on ten new casinos

August 03, 2010 12:00
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Rank to build ten casinos ... go to website »

Gambling propels Singapore’s economic growth

August 03, 2010 12:00
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Casinos spur Singapore\'s economic growth ... go to website »

Massachusetts House approves casino bill; now Senate, Guv must do likewise

August 03, 2010 12:00
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Massachusetts House passes casino bill ... go to website »

Clueless Nevadans want struggling gaming industry to shoulder their tax burden

August 03, 2010 12:00
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Nevadans want to bleed casinos dry ... go to website »

Sands China rethinking policy of direct marketing to Macau fat cats

August 03, 2010 12:00
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Sands China rethinking VIP policy ... go to website »

Wynn doubles its pleasure with double the profits in Q2

August 03, 2010 12:00
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Wynn doubles casinos, doubles profits ... go to website »

Moody’s warns US casino companies at risk of default

August 03, 2010 12:00
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Moody\'s bearish on US casinos ... go to website »

Sands, Melco Q2 figures prove Macau is a tide that lifts all boats

August 03, 2010 12:00
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Sands, Melco Q2 revenue boosts ... go to website »

OLG launching lottery game with poker twist

August 03, 2010 12:00
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The OLG has come up with a brand new lottery game with a poker twist, aptly called Poker Lotto…Stand in awe of the creativity. The new game will provide more opportunities for players to win with instant wins and nightly draws all on the same ticket. Sadly for the rest of us, this game is [...] ... go to website »

Deadline looms as thousands of jobs hinge on Mass. casino bill

August 03, 2010 12:00
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jobs at stake if Mass. casino bill not passed ... go to website »

Future bright for online casinos

August 03, 2010 12:00
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Casino reason for pessimism ... go to website »

MGM sells dirt under Atlantic City Borgata casino for $73M

August 03, 2010 12:00
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MGM Resorts sells Borgata dirt ... go to website »

Sands China appoints new president

August 03, 2010 12:00
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Sands China appoints new president ... go to website »

Paypal finally spreading their seed

July 27, 2010 12:00
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Virgin Casino and Paypal a couple ... go to website »

Pennsylvania taking more from gambling tax than Nevada

July 27, 2010 12:00
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Pennsylvania outstrips Nevada ... go to website »

Real people present Online Bingo!

July 27, 2010 12:00
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Gtech G2 gets in real people ... go to website »

Branding the key to Atlantic City’s rescue plan, say experts

July 27, 2010 12:00
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Branding key to Atlantic City revival ... go to website »

Vegas professor says intrastate poker is like a camel’s nose

July 27, 2010 12:00
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Vegas prof puts gaming biz under microscope ... go to website »

Sands China boss ousted after clashing with Sheldon Adelson

July 27, 2010 12:00
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Sands China CEO turfed ... go to website »

Goa’s floating casinos drop turds in Mundoi River

July 27, 2010 12:00
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Floating casinos pollute Mundoi River ... go to website »

Light about to go out on the Siena

July 27, 2010 12:00
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Siena shut dows ... go to website »

Paypal back in the game

July 27, 2010 12:00
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Paypal\'s back baby! ... go to website »

Ask Calvin Ayre: is online gaming more addicting than land based?

July 27, 2010 12:00
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Calvin Ayre answers a question regarding online and land-based gambling addiction in the video below.You can read more about Howard J. Shaffer and his studies on gambling addiction and related areas.If you would like to submit a question for Calvin to answer in an upcoming video please do so here. ... go to website »

Resignation greets NJ guv’s plans to takeover Atlantic City

July 27, 2010 12:00
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It’s a sign of how truly desperate Atlantic City’s situation is that its major stakeholders seem entirely unphased by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s somewhat radical scheme to take the reins of the troubled gambling mecca. Christie calls it a ‘partnership’ which we’re pretty sure is how the Russians described their takeover of Czechoslovakia in [...] ... go to website »

Casino Regina settles with 1 striking union

July 27, 2010 12:00
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The striking food and beverage workers after weeks of in a standoff have finally reached a tentative agreement with Casino Regina’s management. But it doesn’t end there, the card dealers and other workers still remain on the picket lines. Read more. ... go to website »

Analysts expect Macau’s July revenue to soar 72%

July 21, 2010 12:00
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With the World Cup over, Deutsche Bank AG and CLSA Ltd. are predicting that Asian punters will tsunami back into Macau, resulting in a 72% boost in casino revenue over the same month last year. Can anything stop Macau’s torrid pace of growth? What about as more casinos open in other Asian jurisdictions — such [...] ... go to website »

New Jersey guv plans sweeping takeover of Atlantic City

July 21, 2010 12:00
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Attention Tea Partiers – Communism has landed on the Jersey shore!!! Apparently not willing to wait for the results of that gaming summit, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to announce plans on Wednesday for a sweeping power grab that removes virtually all local control (including police protection and garbage pickup) from Atlantic City’s [...] ... go to website »

Philadelphia’s first casino gets its first slots

July 21, 2010 12:00
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It’s a sweet day for the SugarHouse Casino in Philly, two months before the venue is set to open the doors, they just got a housewarming gift in the delivery of its first slot machines. Things are sweet at SugarHouse but the future is not so certain for Philly’s second casino. Read more. ... go to website »

Witches and Wizards come to Bodog Casino

July 21, 2010 12:00
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Bodog gets witched ... go to website »

Will the London Hippodrome rock? Casino reason why not

July 21, 2010 12:00
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£30m refit for London Hippodrome ... go to website »

Weather expert says Atlantic City overdue for hurricane strike

July 21, 2010 12:00
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In the minds of those nutty Focus on the Family types, this is how an anti-gambling Jahweh starts his day… “Hmmm… Let’s see… So far this year, I’ve punished Atlantic City by causing investors to flee the coop, increasing competition from neighboring states, cutting back on inbound air travel, wrecking air conditioning systems… What’s left? [...] ... go to website »

Calvin Ayre quote in 24 Hour Newspaper BCLC Gambling in BC

July 21, 2010 12:00
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Calvin Ayre received coverage in the 24 Hour newspaper in Vancouver BC, regarding the BCLC entering into Online Gambling in British Columbia Canada.Below is the article snippet. You can read more about Calvin Ayre’s thoughts on this here.(click image to enlarge) ... go to website »

Visionary king of castle

July 21, 2010 12:00
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ViG king of castle ... go to website »

Utility failure means no AC in AC’s casinos

July 21, 2010 12:00
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Atlantic City casinos just can’t win. Struggling to pull in customers any way they can, the fact that they were air conditioned venues was one of the few surefire selling points they had as the entire eastern seaboard swelters under the weight of an epic heatwave. Now even that ace in the hole has been [...] ... go to website »

Has gambling’s mainstream acceptance hurt its recession-proof status?

July 21, 2010 12:00
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Not so long ago, when gambling was considered a dirty filthy sin that only dirty filthy people engaged in, it was widely hailed as recession proof. But as casinos in France (and everywhere else except, curiously, in Macau) have recently discovered, the past decade or so of rampant gambling expansion has not only stripped it [...] ... go to website »

Macau gambling chief pays for acquired stench

July 21, 2010 12:00
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Ho pays for the smell of death ... go to website »

The verdict’s in — the Palms casino stinks (literally)

July 21, 2010 12:00
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With all the problems Las Vegas is having drawing customers in off the street, you’d think they would be extra careful not to scare away the ones they actually managed to coax inside. Not at the Palms, where they got the bright idea to pump in the scent of ‘teakwood’, a kind of aromatherapy so [...] ... go to website »

Bond holders approved as new owners of Trump’s AC casinos

July 21, 2010 12:00
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The New Jersey Casino Control Commission has approved the takeover by bondholders of three Atlantic City casinos formerly controlled by Donald Trump. The new deal will see turnaround specialists Avenue Capital as the biggest shareholders with 21%, while Der Donald will retain a 10% stake. Still up for grabs? Who gets control of that dead [...] ... go to website »

Camarillo Fire keeping gamblers out of Cali Casinos

July 21, 2010 12:00
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Every summer you can expect California wild fires. The fires damage acres upon acres of property and the worst ones drive people from their homes. A Camarillo fire burning in California right now is keeping local resident inside their homes and out of casinos. Too bad no online gambling. Read more. ... go to website »

Las Vegas’ Riviera Holdings Corp. files for Chapter 11

July 21, 2010 12:00
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Riviera Holdings Corp., which controls casinos in Nevada and Colorado, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. Given that the majority of the organization’s creditors are on board with the filing, the casinos in question are expected to remain open for business. Attorneys representing the cash-poor corporation blamed “reduced consumer spending, a tightening credit [...] ... go to website »

New legal casinos will cannibalise eGaming, claim experts

July 21, 2010 12:00
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Analyze this ... go to website »

East coast slots supply vastly outstripping demand

July 21, 2010 12:00
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As New Jersey politicians plan a brainstorming session to figure out how to resuscitate Atlantic City’s dying casinos, they might want to dust off those old college economics textbooks and re-read the portion marked ‘Supply v. Demand.’ The recent flurry of states expanding their gaming options has left a serious glut of casino floor space [...] ... go to website »

Professor wants casinos to reenact alcohol prohibition

July 21, 2010 12:00
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Inspired by the case of Terrance Watanabe — who famously blew millions at Caesars Palace in 2007, then protested that he was wasted at the time and therefore the losses should be forgiven — a UNLV professor wants Vegas casinos to institute a policy by which alcohol can no longer be served to a patron [...] ... go to website »

Turkish anti-gambling zealots plant bombs to make their point

July 21, 2010 12:00
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It’s said that if one has to resort to violence to make your point, then you didn’t have much of a point to begin with, or you’re just too thick to make it with words. Thus we come to the rather preposterous but seriously sad phenomenon happening in Turkey, in which a bunch of nameless [...] ... go to website »

Court backs casino, tells drunken gambler to pay his marker

July 21, 2010 12:00
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Courts have long established that you can’t commit criminal acts like assault, rape or murder and then plead ‘not guilty by reason of shitfacedness’. Similarly, you can’t lose a shitload of money gambling and then claim you were too shitfaced to know what you were doing. After all, would these hungover gamblers have showed up [...] ... go to website »