Online gambling ‘no threat to casinos’
CAPE TOWN — Internet gambling was expected to involve only about 2% of the gambling population compared with the 80% engaged in land-based casino activity, according to the trade and industry department.
The figures were used to rebut claims by the Casino Association of SA that the introduction of online gambling would have negative consequences for […]
Buyout giant Permia cashes in on Macau casino
HONG KONG — Europe’s leading buyout firm Permira Advisers will buy 20% of Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group for HK$6,5bn ($838m) in its first Asia investment.
Permira Funds will purchase $775m Galaxy shares at HK$8,42 a share, according to a press briefing in Hong Kong yesterday.
Galaxy, one of the city’s casino license holders, will use […]
Pyramids: A touch of Egypt in Uganda
CHUCK Swift, an expert in casinos, and a person who has reviewed over 200 of the world’s best casinos, could hardly have said it better about the launch of the Pyramids Casino on Tuesday night: “The Pyramids is the gem of Africa.”
And it was a statement that all the guests, including the chief guest […]
Uganda: Simba Bet stakes 20 million jackpot
KAMPALA - Simba Bet, the sports betting arm of Simba Casino has unveiled a 20 million jackpot in Ugandian Shillings for a client who predicts the winner of the African Nations Cup. The campaign dubbed ‘Who will be champion?’ was launched yesterday at the company’s Garden City premises.
Clients only have to bet at least 10,000 […]
What pyschologists say about betting and gambling
A website dedicated to reporting news from the online gambling industry, casinogamblingweb.com tells the story of a man (Harry Kakavas) from Gold Coast city in Queensland State, who lost over $26m gambling in an Australian casino. Gambling was an addiction that cost him everything he had, and closer home, he might be in good company.
Nowadays, […]
Sports betting for the money, and the fun
It is 2p.m., on a working day, but a host of smartly dressed, possibly working class young men, already hang about the surroundings of Casino Simba. They are not here to dabble at the slot machines, rather, to take a different gamble altogether - place their bets on football games happening later in the […]
...read moreMacau Casino Mogul Buys Stolen Relic
HONG KONG - A Macau casino mogul paid $8.9 million for a bronze horse head, stolen 147 years ago from China’s imperial palace, and plans to donate it to a Chinese museum.
The horse head was originally scheduled for auction Oct. 9 by its previous Taiwanese owner, but Stanley Ho pre-empted the sale with his offer, […]
Blunder like Beckham
Fans have a chance to kick the ball sent flying over the bar by David Beckham from the penalty spot in England’s Euro 2004 quarter-final defeat by Portugal.
The winner of an ebay online auction will be allowed to kick the ball during halftime of a second division match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Gillingham on February […]
The man who won a million
Rizal Arifin came to Namibia on diplomatic service with the Indonesian High Commission in Windhoek. Last weekend he won the Black Diamond Black Jack competition. The prize is a cool Namibian $1 million.
Arifin says he gambles for fun. The Black Diamond Black Jack competition takes place every year. This year 350 competitors from 15 resorts […]
Regency Casino: Harare’s little Las Vegas
Harare is a beautiful city and relatively friendly to any would-be visitor. The city is a bright and well-organised haven and the hinterlands are positively bursting with gorgeousness, now that the winter season is over and enter the windy, sunny and conducive merry-making weather conditions
Now that winter is entering the twilight zone it is […]